EastEnders wouldn't be the same without its iconic doof-doofs, the drum beats signalling upheaval, heartbreak and some of the show's biggest cliffhangers. Since its debut in 1985, EastEnders has been ...

Sharon Watts, played by Letitia Dean, is a bona fide soap queen with 254 doof-doofs under her belt. First introduced in 1985 as the adopted daughter of Angie and Den Watts, Sharon quickly won over ...

Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) is soap royalty and she has 254 doof-doofs to prove it. Introduced as the adopted daughter of Angie and Den Watts ... affair with Dennis Rickman (her own stepbrother ...

When they first moved into Albert Square in 2000, cab driver Charlie Slater and his eclectic family immediately made an impact on EastEnders ... with Dennis Rickman, Dirty Den, she got engaged ...

In honour of EastEnders' milestone, here's a look back on a major storyline from each of the 40 years it has been on air. Dirty Den got 16 ... and the sad death of Dennis Rickman JrCredit: BBC ...

There was undoubtedly a time in your life when you considered EastEnders appointment viewing. For some, it was the Den and Angie ... died in a gas explosion. Dennis Rickman seemed like a staple ...

Mr Lloyd, from Backwell, near Bristol, also wrote for EastEnders for a couple of years - and wrote the famous episode where Sharon Watts discovered she had a half-brother called Dennis Rickman.

She was involved with Dennis Rickman, Dirty Den, she got engaged to Anthony Trueman ... explaining: 'I always saw EastEnders as an apprenticeship. I always wanted to go on and do different ...

EastEnders Dennis Watts (Leslie Grantham) with screen wife Angie (Anita Dobson) (PA) Here is a round-up of its biggest storylines: – 1. Angie tells Dirty Den she’s dying In a 1986 episode ...