[splodge0]

Found on CEEFAX and conirmed on BBCi today. 3/5/2003

Bringing Angie might be a tad difficult but who knows......................

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...io/2997627.stm

"Dirty Den returns to EastEnders


Dirty Den was a 1980s icon
Dennis Watts - aka Dirty Den - is to return to EastEnders after a 14-year absence.

Actor Leslie Grantham, who played the iconic villain from 1985 to 1989, will be back in Walford after a year of talks with the BBC.

Viewers might have assumed Den was dead after he made his exit from the show after being shot at by a canal.

His body was not seen falling into the water but a year after the shooting a body was fished out of the canal and buried as Den.

The Sun reported Grantham, 57, had signed a six-month deal and said the storyline would reveal he faked his death to escape gangland villains.

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Grantham is likely to be back on the show by September, The Sun said.

Den and his alcoholic wife Angie remain fresh in many people's minds, having been involved in some of the most colourful storylines in the show's history.

Den had a long-term mistress and also made 16-year-old Michelle Fowler pregnant.

In a particularly villainous moment, he served Angie with divorce papers on Christmas Day, after she pretended to have a fatal illness.




In pictures: Life of Dirty Den
Den's flirtations with the underworld provided his comeuppance when he fell foul of local gangsters.

After he refused to take the blame for setting fire to the Dagmar wine bar, as revenge for the rape of his best friend's wife Kathy Beale, they decided to end his time in the square.

Den's daughter by Michelle, Vicki, recently made a return to the soap after leaving with her mother for a new life in America.

And Dennis Rickman, Den's secret son, has also entered the show after being tracked down by half-sisters Sharon and Vicki.

Bet they wish they hadn't killed Angie off now.............

[Boris]

Bet they wish they hadn't killed Angie off now.............

Maybe it could all have been a dream as i'Dallas' a HUNDRED years ago.


Bobby went into the shower........then came out

then 4 years - or so - of TV was wiped out !

[chilledbootz]

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I loved Dirty Den!! His son isn't bad either.:danc e:

[WILDCHILD]

Fantastic!! Even though I was pretty young when he was in Eastenders I am always up for the originals returning, the scenes I have seen him in are pretty good!

[Stu xxx]

Den junior - is lurvely xxxxxx

[Janette]

I thought they found a body in the canal?


I'm sure they did, have I missed something?!?!?!?!?

[BusyBee]

I thought they found a body in the canal?

Dont think they ever actually found a body - just the bunch of daffodils floating in the canal.


It will certainly liven up Eastenders - he and Angie were a brilliant team - perhaps she didnt die just went off to The Priory for a serious amount of rehab


Anyway it was all a set up and he emigrated to America, where he got a job and set up home, then wrote to Michelle who got the next boat and they have been happily living together out there in the sun, but now he's missing Vicky and is coming over to see her.

[splodge0]

Anyway it was all a set up and he emigrated to America, where he got a job and set up home, then wrote to Michelle who got the next boat and they have been happily living together out there in the sun, but now he's missing Vicky and is coming over to see her.

Are you serious???????

[BusyBee]

Splodge my nose is growing by the second - but it could be the scenario - we shall have to wait and see

[James]

The body they found in the canal was missing its head.

So it wasn't identified.

I know this because I watched Eastenders in the days of Den and Angie. I might even start watching again now that he is coming back.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Omg
so weird to think tibb existed back in these days

[Benjamin]

The days of CEEFAX

[Ramsay]

Got excited for a second there

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

splodge0

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by Ramsay

Got excited for a second there

sorry

[Ramsay]

Imagine they some how actually brought him back again

[Shaun]

if only

[Firewire]

bring back chrissie

[cheeky_monkey]

Originally Posted by Shaun

if only

I would like EastEnders to bring back Den and Angie

[Me. I Am Salman]

2003-2004 EE was slated so much by the press/fans at the time, and in general labelled is labeled as the beginning of the show's downfall (which I def don't agree with)

[Marsh.]

Bring Back Chrissie Watts!!!

She was the only watchable part of the show in 2005.

She can come back to kill Shirley.

[Me. I Am Salman]

No they'd ruin her character.. she has no reason to be on the square.

[Marsh.]

I don't care. She was epic.

But yeah they'd probably ruin her.

Bloody Michelle Ryan's fault we didn't see a trial.

[Mystic Mock]

I thought the show had really jumped the shark there.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by The Mockinator

I thought the show had really jumped the shark there.

Really? I thought it was one of the more believable surprises considering the dead body was originally missing a head.