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Archie Mitchell View Archie Mitchell. Arthur Chubb View Arthur Chubb. It is in fact his estranged daughter, Alice, who runs off frightened. After she leaves, Derek finds her phone and uses this to track her down, asking her to hear him out. He apologises for abandoning her as an infant and not watching her grow up and Alice admits that she should not have bothered tracking him down.
However, Derek asks her to meet with him the next week so he can introduce her to his family, telling her he is a good man who has done bad things. Derek organises a party for Alice so she can meet the family, but just before the party is about to start, Derek is questioned by the police about some stolen alcohol. They do not find the alcohol, and when Derek returns to see Alice, she is already leaving.
Derek is angry to discover that Tanya spoke to Alice and scared her away. However, Alice decides to visit, but leaves after revealing that Tanya spoke to her, about which Derek says Tanya is demented and nasty. Derek then threatens to kill Tanya if she says anything else to Alice. Cora shows Alice a letter Derek wrote, so Alice decides to get to know him. He promises to live a crime-free life, but she leaves when she discovers he has been dealing in forged banknotes.
Derek then decides to let Alice think he has changed. When Lucy Beale calls Derek's probation officer, saying he is in possession of illegal alcohol, Derek takes revenge by taking money from the tills in Lucy's absent father Ian Beale's businesses. Derek's son Joey Branning arrives, punching Derek. Joey tries to get Alice away from Derek but fails, even after goading Derek into becoming extremely angry.
Eventually, Joey cons Derek out of money, which he pays to Lucy. Derek dislikes Alice's relationship with Anthony. The two men play poker, and Anthony bets his business, losing it to Derek. Derek then forces Anthony to leave Walford, leaving Alice upset and angry. She decides to move out but changes her mind when Derek promises to not interfere in her life again. Derek then becomes business partners with Tyler. Derek gives Alice a mobile phone, and he is unhappy when she gets a makeover.
He upsets her so much that she goes outside, and is mugged. Derek blames Tanya for giving her the makeover. Max backs her up, so Derek threatens to tell Tanya Max's secret.
Alice then tells Derek that it was the phone that caused the mugging and forces him to apologise to Tanya. Derek then guilt-trips Max into making him his best man for his upcoming second wedding to Tanya. Max later tells Derek that Jack is his best man which Derek pretends to take well but is actually hurt.
A letter is sent to Carol from David but Derek hides it from her when she returns. Derek continues to remind Max about his secret, telling him that "they" want more money, and saying he will help as long as he throws Joey out, who is living with Max and his family. Derek discovers that Joey is in a relationship with Lauren, his cousin. Lauren decides she and Joey have to leave Walford, and steal Derek's car. She crashes it into a shop and Derek rescues her and Joey from the building before it explodes.
Derek convinces Joey to take the blame to spare Lauren going to jail as she was drunk. Derek then blackmails Joey, telling him to either break up with Lauren or live with Derek and be a doting son, or he will tell the police the truth. Joey decides he hates Derek more than he loves Lauren so ends the relationship. Derek also blackmails Tanya, saying he will tell Max she knew about Joey and Lauren's relationship if she does not convince Joey to stay in Walford.
Derek continues to alienate Max and Jack by appointing himself as the new best man for the wedding, and further upsets Jack and his girlfriend Sharon when he discovers Sharon's addiction to painkillers. Derek is beaten up by men involved with Max's secret, and Max gives him money for his honeymoon to pay them off, but Derek does not give it to them.
Derek blackmails Tanya again, this time into making Joey leave Walford. At Max's stag party, it is revealed that Kat Moon has been having an affair with Derek. Kat goes home with him and they talk about what has just happened. Derek tells her he loves her. Kat finds a message on his phone that she left for him telling him to leave her alone. Derek says he will play it to her husband Alfie but instead he plays a message in which Kat says she wants to see Derek while Alfie is asleep.
Alfie punches Derek, warning him never to return to The Queen Victoria, and hands him his wedding ring. I really don't know, it's just harsh for fatboy cus it's the first girl he really loved and trusted and now she'll probs leave him for Tyler!!!
I think viewing has gone down a lot too that's why corrie won the nta award for best soap!! Whitney isn't just messing fatboy about. She messed Peter about too remember? Is that why Lucy is mean to her I wonder? I don't feel sorry for Whitney at all. And Ofcourse; I agree with you! I don't blame Lucy one bit for hating her. Sorry people I know it's just a Soap but people like her character get on my nerves! Love Fatboy loadssss'! Keep it up Ricky Norwood!
Whitney is very young. So her mind is telling her to be with someone like Fatboy - kind, funny and caring. But her heart keeps on falling for the guys who are not good for her, what she really wants is adventure.
Basically, she looks for trouble and she always finds it. And Fatboy is only young, too. But I am sure, when he is a bit older and tired of all that heartbreak, he will find a nice girl who he loves and who loves him back. I think that the reason that myself as well as a lot of others dislike the whole Derek malarkey is because he is the most unbelievable "baddie" ever, he is a nobody, I mean the state he was in after beating Michael moon up, I was expecting Michael to be half dead, if not at least hospitalised.
It makes me cringe to watch Derek and his bravado, Shirley is more intimidating. I'm more of an eastenders girl however I watch for entertainment and at the moment I'm not entertained, corrie on the other hand is fab. I love Derek's evil nature but it's the way it gets mixed with him thinking he's doing good but in reality he knows how evil he is. Whitney needs to make her choice. When Whitney leaves Fatboy, which is what I bet will happen. She'll crawl to Tyler who'll take her back and Fatboy will be alone again.
He should get with Lauren. Be her savior. I just love Derek - a real character. To me he's Del Boy with attitude - just brilliant! Be very sorry to see him go and would be good to have Branning v. Mitchel story line. Tanya, you made me cry just looking at that picture, your eyes are so sad : Jo Joyner is the best actress ever. Fat boy Derek is a joke if thats what you have brought in for Phills part then he is not the same carrickter as Phill,he looks like a comedien talks till we get fedup litening to him.
If you cant get someone with Phills looks and nature,then please dont make us suffer this joke as a hard man who looks and acts more like a clown. I have been a massive fan since i was very small : , but i have to agree with most of these comments!! Please Please get rid of Derek Branning he is an awful addition to Eastenders, I have been a fan through good and bad stories but he really makes me switch off, sorry I just don't like his acting at all.
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Comment number 1. Bigsmile I see your point maybe Mandy's not my fav character and Lucy might be alright.
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