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Post by CG Wendy on Mar 10, 2008 6:12:34 GMT
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Post by Peter on Mar 10, 2008 12:19:06 GMT
Good on him! He seems very strong willed, which can only be a major plus!
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 10, 2008 12:22:46 GMT
Oh excellent if he's well enough.
Reading what June said about hanging around makes me think of the oldies in Corrie.
Patsy
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Post by pearly queen on Mar 10, 2008 15:24:25 GMT
Glad he's on the mend - his absence has affected lots of other people's storylines: Dot, Bradley, Mux, Jack, Patrick - all of them have been treading water a bit, trying to spin out their own storylines/scripts, when there was obviously someone missing.
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Post by CG Wendy on Mar 10, 2008 15:25:57 GMT
I hope they`ll treat 'Jim' like they did when Stan Ogden came back to Corrie after his stroke....letting others speak for him.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 10, 2008 15:57:06 GMT
I'm sure they'll ease him back very gently.
It's amazing how someone like Jim has left that big hole yet in Corrie you wouldn't have noticed his absence. It's a shame John got sick. Jim would have a few things to say about slutty Clare, Mux and Stacey's behaviour and countless other things.
Patsy
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Post by eithne on Mar 12, 2008 22:46:08 GMT
I think he'd be quite smitten with Clare and the show she puts on for the Branning men. Afterall she's been after Bradders, Mux and Jack - so Jim is hardly beneath her. And speaking of Jack it'll be interesting to see how he and his father get on on-screen as we've only heard mentions of them off-screen.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Apr 28, 2008 8:24:46 GMT
From yesterday's People:
27 April 2008
EASTEN DULLS
EXCLUSIVE
By Emma Donnan Emma.Donnan@People.Co.Uk
Eastenders' June Brown says she's desperate for her screen hubby to return - because the soap's too dull without him.
Actor John Bardon, 68, who plays Jim Branning, quit after a stroke last summer.
He'll return for a 10- day trial in six weeks and Dot Branning star June, 81, said: "It'll be nice to be back on screen together and hopefully it will be cheerful and funny. I hope he'll add a bit of comedy instead of it being miserable."
Bbc viewers were told Jim has also suffered a stroke and is in a home.
John's comeback could be shown in August. And June admitted his return had encouraged her to sign a new one-year deal after 23 years.
She laughed: "Who knows if I'll ever leave. Some actors keep going until they can't walk or move."
'I can't wait for John to come back.. the show's miserable without him' - WHAT DOT TOLD US
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Interesting she considered leaving if he hadn't returned.
Patsy
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Post by pearly queen on Apr 28, 2008 15:35:18 GMT
She probably missed Wendy Richard, then John and felt lonely.
But then again she's had more scenes with Bradley - so swings and roundabouts.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Apr 28, 2008 15:49:39 GMT
More than likely. Everyone's going. She must be feeling it and with her partnership with John possibly ended forever who could blame her if she had quit? I'm glad she's staying.
Patsy
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Post by eithne on Apr 28, 2008 19:10:43 GMT
Good that they are bringing him back for a trial and doing it in such a gentle way. I'm surprised about June Brown thinking of leaving at one point, but it must be tough with so many changes in the show over the past few years with the likes of Natalie Cassidy and Wendy Richard bowing out, and then for John to get sick as well.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Apr 28, 2008 19:48:58 GMT
It always amazes me she's so much older than him. I always think of her as being early 70s. I'm sure the writers will go easy on him and do it sensitively.
Patsy
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Post by eithne on Apr 29, 2008 20:34:00 GMT
I hope it links in with Suzy's arrival and Mux's return, maybe the former will go and visit her dad in his care home.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Apr 29, 2008 20:49:57 GMT
Hey that's an idea. Mux wouldn't but I hope he's coming back soon too.
Patsy
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Post by eithne on May 2, 2008 8:59:26 GMT
I think he was gone for 2 months in total on paternity, so he should be back around the middle/end of this month.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on May 4, 2008 15:48:50 GMT
Oh good.  Patsy |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jun 16, 2008 16:27:33 GMT
From Teletext:
Bardon back on the Square
Actor John Bardon has returned to work on EastEnders, a year after suffering a stroke, writes Jonathan Donald.
Bardon, 68, who plays soap favourite Jim Branning, completed filming his comeback scenes last week.
June Brown, who plays his screen wife, Dot, told This Morning: "John has just done an episode and finished filming last Friday. He's much better, improving all the time."
Bardon has had to learn to walk and talk again since having a stroke last June.
A spokeswoman for the soap confirmed that he was back but refused to detail the storyline. "We don't want to spoil it for the viewers," she said. "It won't be a special episode, but just part of the normal show."
Brown said the comeback episode would air on August 12.
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Post by CG Wendy on Jun 16, 2008 17:35:54 GMT
Brilliant news!! What a trooper John is.
Welcome back Jim!!!!
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Post by Nick on Jun 16, 2008 18:58:08 GMT
Well done John ;D
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Post by pearly queen on Jun 16, 2008 18:58:52 GMT
Great news!
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jul 25, 2008 17:47:04 GMT
It's on the 11th so only a day out. There hasn't been any news on any more episodes, has there?
Patsy
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jul 29, 2008 21:46:53 GMT
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Post by pearly queen on Jul 30, 2008 20:28:17 GMT
It'll be good to see Jim back.
Another article in that link referred to Scorn and Poxy's wedding. Apparently Scorn takes Bradley's clothes and 'Bradley's left in his pants'. Can't wait!!
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jul 30, 2008 21:01:08 GMT
Who cares about Scorn? It's Jim we want! Oh and Bradders starkers.  Patsy |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Aug 9, 2008 9:40:20 GMT
Sounds like it's going to be a great episode. From the Mirror:
EastEnders - Jim's birthday surprise
9/08/2008
For a soap that isn’t averse to some unlikely even if entertaining sensationalism when it comes to the Brannings, how refreshing that EastEnders can still address this story of old age, sickness and love with such simple emotion and, at times, humour.
While Jack has slept his way around the Square, Max was buried alive by his bonkers missus Tanya, and Suzy escaped the clutches of some violent villains, their father Jim has survived an unpleasant skirmish with the Grim Reaper.
‘Makes you fink though, dunnit?’ muses Peggy as she helps prepare a 75th birthday party for Jim. ‘Illness. You know, it could ’appen to any one of us… None of us are gettin’ any younger. Heart attack, strokes, cancer…’
Made all the more poignant because John Bardon, the actor who plays Jim, suffered a stroke in real life 14 months ago, his return on Monday is an act of true courage. He may not be able to talk yet, but his expressions speak volumes.
As much as Jim’s devoted wife Dot is livid that Bradley secretly arranges to bring his grandad home – if only for the day – even she can’t resist taking charge, despite her personal misgivings.
‘I’m a terrible, terrible wife,’ she berates herself. ‘But I can’t cope with it, yer see. It’s too much, ’aving you back here.’
She still can’t help but share in the simple pleasure of having their friends and family around them – with one exception. As the cake is brought out and everybody sings Happy Birthday, Max arrives – and his dad turns his back on him.
But despite Dot’s fears, she finally makes a pledge to Jim as he leaves to go back to hospital.
‘I’m gunna ’ave you home,’ Dot promises. ‘Yes, I am. Because I love yer. Yer the one true love of me life. We’ll make it work, won’t we? I ain’t scared no more.’
Here’s to a happy ever after.
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