BBC bosses are expecting a bumper audience as sneering EastEnders villain Dirty Den returns from the dead tonight. Actor Leslie Grantham left the show 14 years ago when the nasty pub boss was ...

Grantham had been living in Bulgaria prior to his death EastEnders actor Leslie Grantham, best known as the roguish "Dirty" Den Watts in the BBC One soap, has died aged 71. Grantham had the ...

Dirty Den is the most memorable soap character of ... but the glint was still in his eye as he contemplated a second reign in EastEnders - a reign which bodes well for those of us who like life ...

Leslie Grantham's role as Dirty Den in BBC soap EastEnders made him one of the most recognisable faces on British TV. Following his death at the age of 71, look back at images from his life and ...

As EastEnders gears up for its 40th anniversary ... The resurrection of 'Dirty' Den Watts who was supposedly killed off in 1988 made headlines and sent ratings through the roof.

As EastEnders approaches its 40th anniversary ... arguably the show’s most-famous character ever. The return of ‘Dirty’ Den Watts from the dead – the character having been ‘killed ...

As Dirty Den's (played by Leslie Grantham) other half, she quickly endeared herself to viewers across 218 episodes. In her ...

It is 1989 and it is going to be a dramatic year for Dirty Den in Eastenders. In Northern Ireland journalists flood in to observe the 20th anniversary of the deployment of troops and Hugh Annesley ...

As EastEnders approaches its 40th anniversary next February ... when producers decided to resurrect arguably the show’s most-famous character ever. The return of ‘Dirty’ Den Watts from the dead – the ...