Jim and Max Branning Father & Son Reunion | EastEnders

Jim is less than impressed to see his long lost son Max arrive on Albert Square. Dramatic scenes from BBC drama EastEnders.
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[@Onmysheet]

It was a shame we never got to see more of Jim doing scenes with Max, Jack and Derek. Would have been epic.

[@AndrewChapman]

Yeah, Jamie Foreman first appeared as Derek after Jim was taken into care. I don't know if Jim had any scenes with the original Derek, Terence Beesley. I assume he did because according to Wikipedia, they both made their first appearance on the 29th April 1996. But did Jim have any scenes with Jack at all?

[@rorymckernan502]

Yes Jim had scenes with Jack. Jack went to visit him in his care home. And Jim attended Jack and Ronnie’s first wedding.

[@redd605]

The oldest against the youngest branning, of 3 sisters April, carol, Suzy, and max second youngest .,

[@TheWorstWarlock]

Lesson: Don't abuse your kids because one day, you'll be old and weak, they'll be stronger than you, and they won't forget what you did.

[@TheWorstWarlock]

@Joanna Jordan I'm sorry they put you through that.

[@JohnnyLCob]

@Adam Johnson Don't think like that.Just let it go and move on. Be a better person, be what they should have been to you.

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

@Adam Johnson When you're in that superior position, treat them with kindness and consideration. It will hit them harder than violence ever could.

[@startracker5895]

@@STEJTHEGREATEST why should he? Abusive parents don’t deserve any kindness what so ever!

[@hughmungus1235]

@Adam Johnson pathetic you can't fight back now gotta wait until they're old 😒

[@olie0561]

RIP Jim you been amazing actor and funny character

[@makasamusonda2745]

Honestly Jake Wood is such an underrated actor🔥

[@FariesWearBoots]

Steve Mcfadden and Jake Wood are the 2 best actors in Eastenders history imo.

[@PeterPan-id3yy]

Steve and jake = 😁☺️👍👍👌😎🤠 Max and phil = 😡😤🤬👺🤬👊💣

[@AdrienStevens655]

Jim you legend remember wen him and patrick made beer and it blew up classic !

[@AndrewChapman]

I wish someone would upload that scene. That was probably one of the funniest duff duffs ever.

[@jobber25v]

jim is great actor

[@SJMJ91]

RIP John Bardon (Jim Branning).

[@WSFMarje]

By the acting you could tell max was gonna be one of the best characters ever

[@jonathanmuranganwa4909]

Best character to ever grace the square

[@WSFMarje]

@ definitely up there imo my top 5 is Phil Janine Max Shirley and den

[@dotbranning4435]

R.I.P Jim! My Baby! My R.O.D!

[@erhrjfrjrfeeeromeo3970]

hello dot

[@johnreeveswilliamson7228]

Hello Ma!!!

[@benmullins7868]

God bless John Bardon, who played Jim ❤️

[@seanmwh]

It was shame the stroke he had RIP John Bardon bless him a good man. This showed what a good actor he was.

[@arserobinson7118]

Bradley was the only Branning that didn't have a violent streak.

[@startracker5895]

1:16 Max nearly falls over! 🙈😂

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

Oh yeah lol

[@abdulwahab3604]

He looks like Jason Statham 😂

[@jameliakingstom1190]

@@abdulwahab3604other way round

[@YouTubeForever2025]

I thought Bradley would of knew who Max was the second he saw him 😂

[@stuartsloan8751]

It was classic when Bradley punched max in the Xmas episode lol

[@GreenSmog17]

lol the guy who plays max is a sick actor

[@patrickkennedy6687]

Do ya wanna custard cream? 😂😂😂😂

[@UKSKIDS]

😂😂😂 I am dead.

[@gemma1874]

Jake wood is a fantastic actor

[@jackheaney]

Bloody good acting from them both!

[@AndrewChapman]

Jake Wood once confessed he actually hurt John Bardon when he pinned him against the wall and felt bad for it. He made up for it by buying him a bottle of drink🍾

[@adam2.075]

Good ol' Jimmy. I do miss him and Dot.

[@tellul8r]

Aww look Max had his last remaining hairs back then lol

[@rossrobson6213]

Was an ugly fuck back then and still is

[@Stephen_Reid]

Something he inherited for Jim *ARCHIBALD*

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

@@rossrobson6213 Lol😂

[@alfiemoon2516]

If jim was younger he would of been a another villain

[@shakeymike2003]

Basher Branning was tearing it up!

[@Tad1945]

shakey mike Jim could knock max now well then.

[@H.K.5]

@@Tad1945 Definitely not, Max would demolish Jim even in his prime.

[@lukestewart8322]

@@H.K.5 how do you know none of us do jim was about 65 when he entered the show and he done boxing and was a gangster back in the day

[@H.K.5]

@@lukestewart8322 Doesn't mean he would stand a chance against a beast like Max. Prime Jim was probably Derek level.

[@morizwan123]

Today's episode made me cry :(

[@vimto89]

Good drama at the end

[@blackbirdinthesky67]

sensational

[@tellymadman]

come back jim!!!

[@joelthorpe4170]

Back when Jack wasn't even invented yet lol. The brother Max was referring to is Derek. He said brother, singular, not brothers, plural.

[@YouTubeForever2025]

Blame the script writer for that lol

[@joecorley9543]

Derek was in prison so he might’ve been referring to Jack

[@joelthorpe4170]

@@joecorley9543 He wasn't. Jack didn't exist then. Carol stated in episodes during the early 90s that she had 2 brothers, which were obviously Derek and Max. Jack wasn't invented until the 2000s

[@joecorley9543]

@@joelthorpe4170 oh fair enough didn’t realise she said that

[@Nomoredrama2000]

He talks about how he's a changed man one minute and then states he's proud to have beaten his son and wishes that he hit him harder. Hasn't changed a bit.

[@Yourismouter]

spot on!

[@elliottterenzio144]

That just provides that old people ant as strong as your people

[@Kio67963]

Good acting by jakewood

[@Quirky_Ventriloquist]

The actor from Jim was brilliant too.

[@punkrockgigs]

To think this guy would go on to be the charlie sheen of the street 😂

[@CrazzedKor]

RIP

[@jamesanderson8851]

Never understood why Jim Branning never liked his son Max

[@r4h4al]

Ikr?

[@r4h4al]

@BeJaminYeh Who's April?

[@justjoshua5759]

From what I gather it started from when jack stole his medal and Jim blamed max for it and always singled max out as the bad seed. Then with all the other kids coming along like carol jack and derek not offending his pride as he saw it. Jim was a classic abuser even saying he should’ve hit max harder. He couldn’t see past what happened and max just got worse and worse treatment. Like he locked him in the cellar. Buried him alive with derek and chased off maxs friend who was black as again like derek Jim was also a bigot. Jim’s old man routine makes this stuff less obvious but yeah he hates him for no real good reason.

[@r4h4al]

@@justjoshua5759 What was the custard cream thing about, and showing his wrist? I never got that.

[@MarcelAkifumi1968]

​@@r4h4al something Jim did to him when his younger

[@H.K.5]

Jim deserved to get treated like this by Max.

[@rorymckernan502]

I agree, I liked Jim, but after hearing the way he treated Max, i understand Max’s anger. Max’s speech at Jim’s funeral, was harsh but I understand why he said all of that stuff. If you noticed, all hardmen and bad boys of soap operas were all abused by their fathers. Phil Mitchell, Cain Dingle, Brendan Brady, Aaron Dingle and Max. Brendan and Aaron had it bad, as their fathers Seamus and Gordon sexually abused them. Cain, Phil and Max’s fathers Shadrach, Eric and Jim were abusive, but their dad’s just knocked them about with their fists.

[@Onmysheet]

But Steve Owen had mummy issues.

[@johnreeveswilliamson7228]

Hamza Khaliq agreed Jim was a horrible old bastard a wish Max had punched him.

[@theyoungwolf9852]

Honestly I didn’t like max but Jim was beyond cruel to him

[@rorymckernan8502]

When Max said 'how's me brother', was he referring to Derek or Jack.

[@kksachin]

Max looks like Declan

[@Sirdiggar]

It wasn't Jim it was Derek who buried him alive.

[@Onmysheet]

They both did it.

[@maxbranningfan6324]

Max never said that Jim specifically did it, he said Jim & his mates, but Jim was there and didn't do anything to stop it from happening. It's child abuse. Especially as Jim admitted to hitting Max as well in this very clip.

[@rorymckernan502]

Yes Derek did the coffin business. He admitted it before he had a heart attack and died in 2012. Jim was probably involved.

[@3socksmorgan485]

So derek said

[@JB-yo2gx]

2:07🤣🤣🤣

[@abdi2man]

max completely kicked his ass, he deserved it

[@SonAyoD]

@joshalos1 so hes like that in real life too? or he he better in real life?

[@Meltdown555]

Good for Max

[@laurarawlins446]

It’s not Jim’s fault that he fell into a loveless marriage to Max’s mother. Jim hated the woman. He never loved her. And somehow took that out on Max. I don’t understand why Jim didn’t give Max an explanation as to why he was the way he was when Max was a little kid. Max could have at least asked him why he was the way he was back then. I don’t know why Max didn’t think about hearing his father’s side of the story about what really happened during his childhood in this scene

[@MarcelAkifumi1968]

His dad hated him for no good reason he wasn't going to explain himself because he didn't want nothing to do with him might've been because of guilt passing the blame it's classic abuser behaviour and you can't really tell Max to forgive Jim when he clearly had mental scars from the abuse suffered at the hands of his dad as a kid!

[@sarahlouiseball22]

Where can I watch all of this? What a year is it x

[@NatashaThomas-r4l]

BBC iPlayer they’ve got all the episodes from 2008-2017 that’s where I watch them all

[@kasha.x]

​@NatashaThomas-r4lthis was 2006, bbc iplayer hasnt got pre 2008 episodes , they need to upload 2003-2007

[@thelucieandlaurashow]

Apperently, Dawn and Gary get written out of Eastenders in the summer! Is that true?

[@AndrewChapman]

Did Jim ever have any scenes with Jack or did John Bardon already have his stroke by the time Jack first appeared? I wasn't watching EastEnders when Jack first appeared so I don't know.

[@rorymckernan502]

Yes they had scenes in 2008 and 2010. Jack visited Jim in the care home and he attended jack and Ronnie’s first wedding

[@padraigodonnell6081]

thumbs up if watching in 2017

[@kevshearer3245]

Padraig O'Donnell - guess not

[@liamjohnston5099]

Why did jim tell max he didn't drink anymore when he still very much did drink

[@24s..]

3:08

[@Stephen_Reid]

Jim should've showed remorse for what he did and apologised instead of being arrogant

[@SassyCat20]

He was trying to, but Max just kept shouting.

[@kevinprior3549]

How could Max accuse Jim of being a racist when Jim spent with loads of time with Patrick?

[@maxbranningfan6324]

He was and then he changed. It's not hard to figure out.

[@rorymckernan502]

Jim was a racist when he first appeared, he and Derek walked out of Carol’s wedding to Alan Jackson.

[@ibrahimmohamed5313]

Max Branning Fan jim was a racist making those comments in the pub until phil stopped him

[@rorymckernan502]

Ibrahim Mohamed Yes I remember that.

[@rorymckernan502]

Old age mellowed Jim.

[@asimghaffar8148]

Can someone tell me why does 2:27 - 2:29 with his arms?

[@TheMrWolfity]

maybe he use to smack him on the hand

[@H.K.5]

"Do you want a custard cream?"

[@MarcelAkifumi1968]

Jim, Eric, and Archie are all up there for EE's worst abusive fathers

[@robbiejordan1752]

i never understand why jim hated max

[@rorymckernan502]

Jim thought Max had stole his dad’s war medal. It was Jack (but Jack blamed it on Max)

[@jaredporikos2197]

@@rorymckernan502 Team Jack then !

[@SonAyoD]

is disabled in real life?

[@irishnessie]

E's yer dad.

[@pauljohnson6019]

Max= murderer, Max's dad Jim- mean and cruel, but not a murderer and attempted wife murderer- better person his dad was!

[@H.K.5]

Max killed for a reason. Jim was a horrible wife beater and a racist, he was way worse than Max in his prime.

[@pauljohnson6019]

@@H.K.5 There was no reason Max killed for! He was upset Phil sent him down yeah, but that doesn't justify killing Stephen, who knew nothing about this, and wasn't responsible for sending him down, if it was anyone who should be killed it should be Phil, but Max didn't have the guts, his fight with Phil was pathetic anyway, even a drunken Phil with a heart condition beat him easily without Max even landing a punch, in any case he was not exactly completely innocent, he had an affair with Lucy who was 17 at the time and forced a kiss on her, so technically he was a peadophile. Although he wasn't directly responsible for her death, he led to a small head injury when she banged her head on the post trying to break free of his grip, he deserved to go down if he didn't have this affair I'd have full sympathy for him.

[@H.K.5]

@@pauljohnson6019 How did Max kill Steven exactly? Max was in a bad place at the time and felt betrayed by everyone so I don't fully blame him for acting the way he did after he got out of prison. I'm not saying Max is a good guy because he's not. He's done alot of messed up things but he's nowhere near as bad as his dad was.

[@jaredporikos2197]

@@H.K.5 didnt give him the right to kill Steven

[@H.K.5]

@@jaredporikos2197 He didn't kill Steven.

[@Ghost20093]

Rip

[@lfcspectre4335]

Always knew Maxwell was thug treating his old dad like that. You wait until big brother Delboy Derek gets his hands on you Maxwell.

[@rorymckernan502]

Jim abused Max, so max was finally getting his own back. Derek sucked up to Jim, as he turned into a younger version of Jim, a racist nasty bully.

[@jaredporikos2197]

@@rorymckernan502 Max deserved it

[@H.K.5]

@@jaredporikos2197 No he didn't, he was just a kid when Jim was abusing him. Max isn't an angel or anything but he's still a far better person than Jim and Derek were.

[@jaredporikos2197]

@@H.K.5 yeah he didnt deserve to get abused by Jim , but Lauren didnt care

[@UltimateLegoManiacs]

How come Jim cant talk on the show now?

[@padraigodonnell6081]

Joe the Noctowl cause hes dead.

[@con8200]

Joe the Noctowl He had a stroke.

[@carolineainenibhreithimh7652]

He had a stroke kept going a little and then passed away x

[@JohnAdams198805]

max was a real creep when he 1st appered

[@AndrewChapman]

He's being a creep now.

[@jaredporikos2197]

@WakinTheDeadFan he still is

[@MikeStarKaraokeUK]

Dad i could do with a biscuit. Tampax we don't have any g g g g g g g Hobnobs left Dot and Pauline had the lot. That's typical I've had all the woman apart from Aunt Babe and I can't get a biscuit. Don't worry son I got some laxative you can have later. Thanks i really appreciate it and so will Tanya. That's the spirit Tampax if you need any Bleach call Ian Beale.

[@triplestagedarkness2619]

Let's go lay in the park and get mashed ya na

[@celinegorry6631]

Aaron

[@24s..]

0:15

[@Stephen_Reid]

I know why Jim's middle name is Archibald coz he has hair on the sides and is bald on the top so he is archibald

[@kevinprior3549]

Max always the bad one

[@maxbranningfan6324]

He was abused by his father, of course he's turned out bad.

[@rorymckernan502]

Max Branning Fan I think he’s more badder than Derek.

[@Itsliz1984]

Max is a bully...

[@SassyCat20]

No, why did Jim and Max not get on? Derek was worse than Max and Jim loved him.

[@Itsliz1984]

@@SassyCat20 Because Derek was the one that abused max and told him it was jim

[@SassyCat20]

@@Itsliz1984 . Really?? I never even knew that. I was shocked to read this reply.

[@Itsliz1984]

@@SassyCat20 I bet your fun at parties

[@SassyCat20]

@@Itsliz1984 . How's that relevant?

[@markzins]

max is jake wood whos also is the little green gecko for geico