Bianca meets Dan part 1 - EastEnders - BBC

[@NA86737]

I like how Jim stands by Sonia you can tell that she along with Bradley held a special place in his heart

[@Onmysheet]

Until she went lesbian she disgusted him.

[@monalisasmile6629]

Ahhh Jim Branning's first appearance!

[@monalisasmile6629]

Gaming 1776 yes you're right! 👍

[@StormStar626]

Actually it wasn’t, Jim appeared a few years prior when Carol was still with Alan

[@monalisasmile6629]

@@StormStar626 yes you're right. Back in 1996! Thanks 👍

[@gammergq9741]

Shame he never welcomed the best of the lot Alan with open arms like the way he welcomed Dan the man into the Adams ahem I mean Branning family 🤣

[@SuperAgaden]

I don't remember Jim being in it then. Good ole days. :-)

[@Hulk2k6]

It was a one off reappearance before he became a regular

[@Aladdin-nc7cv]

Aired 21st June 1999

[@Hissing-Syd]

That chap's gonna end up in a Range Rover ......

[@girlygirlyblonde]

I always thought Sonia was Jims favourite.

[@startracker5895]

I thought Sonia was Jim’s favourite grandchild. She always seemed like she was. But I guess Bianca had left by the time Jim became a long term character.

[@Hulk2k6]

I would have loved a Dan vs Derek showdown. Derek hated David for knocking Carol up at 14 and Alan for being Black, but he would have really wanted to get Dan for that whole Carol/Dan/Bianca triangle! Producers missed a trick.

[@rorymckernan8594]

Dan was tough, he would have crushed Derek.

[@brendanbradyfan3589]

Rory Mckernan Completely agree but Derek was a gangster with as many contacts as Phil so would have had more power over him long term

[@jamesfeighan5991]

Brendan Brady fan I don’t think Derek was gangster he was just a eastenders version of delboy & don’t forget he was in eastenders in the 90s & wasn’t even hard just took after his dad a racist & he only got a few contacts because of he!s a convicted criminal

[@leeakers1370]

What about Dan and Carl White teaming up to turn Phil over?

[@andrethomas7075]

There wouldn't of been a showdown, just Derek ending up in intensive care and that clown Jack in the next bed 🤣

[@jde9488]

I'm a bit confused here, where was Jim's wife Renee because at this point she was still alive.

[@jde9488]

@REXO 011 this was after. June 1999

[@jde9488]

@REXO 011 no Renee died in October 1999

[@r4h4al]

Jim was in a home so his wife probably didn't live with him.

[@msingh9634]

Dan was so hot

[@elizabethwatson4555]

gchbj such a long drive

[@Aladdin-nc7cv]

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