Derek Branning

[Dutchgirl]

He looks like he is trouble. Even Michael flinched.

[tammyy2j]

He looks like he is trouble. Even Michael flinched.

The way he looked at Roxy last night I could kinda see him raping or brutally attacking her in the future

[Perdita]

EastEnders' Derek Branning launches a charm offensive with Carol next week as he tries to reassert himself as the head of the family.

Carol (Lindsey Coulson) has given her brother a frosty reception since his recent return to the Square, but she begins to warm towards Derek in an upcoming episode when he stands up for her as she argues with Shirley (Linda Henry).

Keen for a heart-to-heart, Derek (Jamie Foreman) takes Carol off for an ice cream and he soon tries to get his sister to open up by expressing sympathy over Billie's death.

Although a sceptical Carol doesn't think that Derek has changed his racist ways, he assures her that he regrets many of his actions from years gone by.

Finally willing to give Derek a chance, Carol brings him back to the house to continue their chat - but a furious Pat (Pam St Clement) makes it clear that he's not welcome and kicks him out.

Despite the setback, it seems that Derek may have repaired his relationship with Carol. Does he now have the family on side?

EastEnders airs these scenes on Friday, December 9 at 8pm on BBC One.

[alan45]

EASTENDERS star Jamie Foreman takes an unfortunate tumble after a big night out in London.
The actor, who plays hardman Derek Branning in the BBC1 soap, was looking a little worse for wear as he tripped and fell into the road in posh Mayfair.

An onlooker said: "After staggering around for a while, Jamie fell into the road and had to use a Range Rover to pull himself to his feet.

"He didn't look too happy about it at all."

[Perdita]

EastEnders star Jamie Foreman has said that he is delighted by the public's reaction to his villainous character Derek Branning.

The actor, who has been appearing in the part since November, revealed that he is thrilled when EastEnders fans approach him on the street to comment on Derek's antics.

Foreman told The One Show: "I get some wonderful reactions. I get told every day that I'm nasty and horrible and I just want to walk around saying, 'Thank you, thank you'!

"But they say it with a smile on their faces, and I think they're enjoying the character, so I'm doing my job."

Asked whether playing an EastEnders villain comes with pressure, he replied: "I didn't feel any pressure at all, because it was just such an interesting character. And I had a lot of input into it as well, before I went into the show. Because it's such an immediate show in people's living rooms, I thought it was really important to hit the floor running with it.

"And I have some great actors around me - the family that I've gone into, I'm wall-to-wall with good actors. And Pam St Clement gave me the best entrance I could have asked for, with her reaction to me. I was very lucky."

This week's EastEnders episodes have seen Derek threatening Anthony and Tyler Moon (Matt Lapinskas and Tony Discipline) as they have been unable to pay back a £4,000 debt they owe him.

However, discussing Derek's bad behaviour, Foreman continued: "I think he's a very misunderstood man! He's my hero! I always approach these characters as if he's the hero of his own existence. Then you play them truthfully - otherwise you become a cardboard cut-out of a bad guy, which I always try to avoid. He thinks he's the good guy."

He added: "Can I just say, whatever happens to those Moon boys in the next couple of nights, I love them dearly. They're great friends of mine. And for all the young girls out there, I'm only acting!"

EastEnders continues tonight at 7.30pm on BBC One.

[tammyy2j]

Did he abuse or rape someone in the past?

After last night's episode I think he may have abused Michael in the past both physically and sexually

[alan45]

EastEnders' Alfie Moon fears that he's made a big mistake next week after agreeing a dodgy deal with Derek Branning.

When Alfie (Shane Richie) returns to the Square after time away visiting Charlie, he's not best pleased to discover that Derek (Jamie Foreman) has been stashing stolen copper at The Vic in his absence.

Alfie soon plucks up the courage to confront Derek and politely asks him to remove the supply, but as always, Walford's newest bad boy has ideas of his own.

Derek suggests to Alfie that they could team up for a tax scam involving the sale of alcohol at The Vic, and it's a tempting offer for Alfie as he's in dire financial straits.


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In the end, Alfie puts his doubts to the back of his mind and agrees to team up with Derek - unaware of the ordeal that the villain put the rest of the Moons through recently.

However, when Michael (Steve John Shepherd) and Roxy (Rita Simons) find out about Alfie's agreement, they're appalled by the news. As Michael shows Alfie the bruises from his recent beating at Derek's hands, Alfie begins to wonder what on earth he's got himself into…

[Perdita]

EASTENDERS' Jack Branning is horrified when his brother Derek hires a hitman to kill Roxy Mitchell

The Walford villain, played by Jamie Foreman, vows to make the brassy blonde (Rita Simons) pay for getting custody of daughter Amy over Jack (Scott Maslen).

Scott said: "Jack is absolutely sickened when he discovers what Derek is planning.

"Jack may have used underhand tactics in the past to get custody of Amy but this is taking things too far. Jack would never forgive himself if anything bad happened to Roxy."

Jack warns Derek to back off and thinks he's won. But the next day he discovers Roxy is missing.

Scott told Inside Soap magazine: "The first Jack knows of this is when he calls round to the Mitchells' and Shirley tells him Roxy didn't come home the night before.

"Jack is furious with Derek and sick to his stomach at the thought that something terrible could have happened to Roxy.

"He storms straight round to confront his brother."

The Sun

[tammyy2j]

Maybe he is Laurens dad?

That was on the cover of a recent soap mag so perhaps

[Perdita]

EastEnders star Jamie Foreman has claimed his character Derek Branning is worse than any gangster he's ever known.

The 53-year-old actor has published an autobiography revealing his real-life gangster past, growing up knowing the notorious Kray twins and the Great Train Robber Buster Edwards. But he told the Daily Mirror that Albert Square bad boy Derek is nastier than any of the people he has encountered.

Jamie said: "Derek is the man 10 million viewers love to hate, and I'm thrilled at the impact he's made.

"But Derek is so nasty he even makes me cringe. And, trust me, I've met some really nasty b******s in my time."

The Layer Cake star - who joined the soap last year as Max's older brother - said he wrote his book, Gangsters, Guns And Me, "to explain what it was like to be born into that world and to grow up around these characters - the real people, the strong men and women, not the gangster caricatures".

And Jamie is planning to make his own film, about what the Kray twins were really like.

He said: "When I leave EastEnders I'm hoping to produce and direct my own film about the world - and plan to play both the Kray twins myself."