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- Jane Rackham
Albert Square has been home to more villains than Wormwood Scrubs, but none — not Dirty Den, Nick Cotton, Andy Hunter, Johnny Allen or the Mitchell brothers — can hold a candle to the streak of viciousness that is Derek Branning. With a smile and a glower followed by a knife in the back, he walks the fine line between pantomime villainy and spine-chilling menace.
Currently in his sights — possibly the telescopic one mounted on a rifle — is Roxy. Determined not to let her “destroy” his family (never mind that they’re quite capable of doing that by themselves), he hires someone to put the frighteners on her.
About this programme
Derek instructs Andy, the hitman he has hired, to intimidate Roxy without hurting her - but when he discovers what happened to his alcohol shipment, his plans become far more extreme. Tyler criticises Anthony for spoiling Amira, Dot enlists Fat Boy's help to put a stop to Rose's romance, and Abi tries to avoid talking to her parents about getting the HPV vaccination.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Derek Branning
- Jamie Foreman
- Andy
- Chris Reilly
- Roxy Mitchell
- Rita Simons
- Tyler Moon
- Tony Discipline
- Anthony Moon
- Matt Lapinskas
- Amira Masood
- Preeya Kalidas
- Dot Branning
- June Brown
- Arthur `Fat Boy' Chubb
- Ricky Norwood
- Rose Cotton
- Polly Perkins
- Abi Branning
- Lorna Fitzgerald
- Max Branning
- Jake Wood
- Tanya Jessop
- Jo Joyner
Crew
- Director
- Daniel Wilson
- Executive Producer
- Bryan Kirkwood
- Writer
- Roy Boulter
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