1985-1989 were the best. But people make too much of these two. They were great even if their round-robin relationship got maddening at times, but there was massive high drama between ALL the residents. Sue and Ali's relationship with each other was no less fraught or addictive, and their break-up showdown involving Ali's brother and wife via Donna was WAY more explosive than the divorce paper 1986 walkout. AND it involved the brilliant throwing of a chair in the cafe-why no one goes on about that?! And then the excellent and frightening showdown in the street at night when Guizin attacked Mehmet in rage after having the last straw broken and firing off to Cyprus and him following! Matthew's frightening morph from perfect boyfriend to wife-beating monster, culminating in a frightening atmosphere that two small kids were involved in. Colin's rage over Dr Legge keeping his medical problem from him, Donna's vomit-choking overdose death on Dot's carpet, the brilliant Walford Attacker's brilliant menace pervading the programme for the first 4 months of 1987 till he's caught-this storyline made for several brilliant endings and the duh duh duh drum beat ending cliffhanger each week was something we all looked for to. I'm sure many of us rated them out of 10. And there was the ever present firm who came firmly to the screen in 1988 once Anita had quit. Pauline and Arthur weathered many storms, Kathy's rape was horrific, Mary's continued attempts to raise her baby with all of its disasters, Pat herself would become one of the most important characters, who, like Sharon, long after everyone was gone, and like Sharon and Ian, stayed around to see the programme they started out in destroy itself in a morass of utter bilge.

@K90_ 2019 Bit hard to that when people so fucking maddening.

Bullshit, EVERYONE made EE the great show it was throughout its 80s run and ironically 1988 was a real year of fire, proof it could easily survive her big exit, besides we'd already lost important characters before her-and Mary left at the same time anyway, and Lofty a month before her. The Carpenters were pushed out the year before, Debbie too, Naima went end of '87, Andy was the first to be shoved out. Dobson's disappearance from programme was added to with Barry and Mags and Tina before end of year was up, and 1989 would see another hugely important handful gone, and for my money, a bit of my spirit died when Colin drove out and never came back, despite implying he would. His new boyfriend was promptly dumped out the show and then Sue and Ali, Guizin and Mehmet, Carmel and Matthew and devious druggie bitch Donna all sloshed off too. 1989's introductions were good, but fleeting, as they were dumped early 1990! The show managed to get through the 90s with other decent arrivals, some hung on to longer than others and a good amount of general worthwhile goings on, with a bit of nonsense and repetition with some characters here and there, but way too many deaths destroying the sense of credibility and companionship with the show. But by 2003, it was all dead. Nothing left that mattered of anything-not even a show. Just a pathetic, issue-free, badly acted Hollyoaks pantomime.

Michael Renwick Angie should have her photo behind the queen vic bar not peggy

I was shocked when I heard that.... what an idiot lol

MsFanmail she's dead Sharron watched her die of liver failure

@@imreallydead.23 Not the point at all. Anyone can 'die' off screen, but if you don't see it, where's the evidence. Again not the point, the point being the actress don't want back. There were many reasons to come back long before the show died in 2003. Kathy (her supposed best friend's rape) in 1988 just a few months after she'd left, which her hubby had to deal with, she should have come back when Den went into the canal in 1989, and then Sharon traced her birth mother. Anita Dobson wanted no more part of it. And realistically, EE was about more than just her, it was about ALL of them.

+BUSTY69 - Tiffany as well, please. And Cindy. Hell, bring them all back.

Angie was killed off many many years ago, it's 30 years since she left.. without Den to play off against what would she do ??

Yeah...how cheesy would that be.

She's dead that's why. She died from liver failure. She was a female George Best.

@@jrgboy It's not the point. Anyone can 'die' of screen and then bounce up again-like Kathy did! The point is the actress doesn't want back, but they'd have to develop her more. The programme makes are more at fault than yourself for making her so dependent on Den, but come on, she's supposed to be an EastEnder and that means interacting with everyone else. But there's nothing to come back to. It's not EastEnders anymore, it's a Hollyoaks clone piece of shit that simply has Sharon and Ian stuck in it. It's nothing and all the best ones (and storylines) have long gone. Show died in 2003.

It would be strange if Angie came back since she is a character from the classic era and it wouldn't look right for her to interact with the poor characters of today. It would be good to see Angie, Sharon, Kathy and Ian together again though.

first aired in 2002

James C. Falcon kzfaq.info/get/bejne/idqedKp_vtDeoIE.html

I got it on vhs off ebay a few weeks ago... Its soo good

It was Bet Lynch.