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Early bird! storyline sounds good so far.

Wonder what dereks reaction is when she comes!

Wow, I knew he was hiding something. If he was my dad well I stay well away from walford , he won't be winning dad of the year award any time soon. But who's Alice's mother??

This is another long/lost daughter storyline, when Ronnie found out Danielle wasn't lying about Danielle being her daughter, it was too late. Maybe this will lead to Derek leaving Walford? Maybe Derek and his daughter Alice, might go somewhere away from Walford.

OMG i hope derek goes he scares me :l

GRATE another pointless character added to the show when are they gonna bring in some worth while characters who is going to really make an impact on the show ???

Oh My God except the hair this looks like the old Lucy Beale... just the face xxxxx

eyes...... THEY LOOK JUS LIK DERIKS!!!!

maybe this would change derek... can't wait x

they sais in other blogs that derek change and get sweater she might change derek she actully look like derek

i think she is going to change derek and make him more human!!!! LOL

I will reserve judgement until she hits the screen and I can make an informed comment. However, I quite like Derek as he is. Do not misunderstand me; I hate Derek, but that is exactly what the audience is supposed to feel about him. The character is vile, unpredictable, volatile and untrustworthy which is a good combination for a soap character.
I hope the appearance of his daughter goes to highlight how repugnant he is even moreso.

Another teenager that will turn bad to add to the endless teens we already have. Instead of adding more teens. why not develope charactors you already have. How about giving Alfie a set of Balls. Or even give Tracey a few lines behinf the bar!

Well said PaganLyle, so many people complain how bad he is & want him gone, but like you said that's how he's meant to come across.

Is it me or does she look like lucy jo hudson from corrie.

Can someone just please get rid of Derek Branning, he is just the pits! Don't bring an extended family.....go back to where you came from please...and don't come back!

i agree with you cazzalal they need t get rid of derek. i think he should leave and don't come back .

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why did you not have lauren branning as Dereks long lost daughter??? as this would explane why tanya hates derek so much....and what was their history between them....As lauren is dark haired and very much like her uncle derek, moody and unstable at times...

Derek Branning (jamie Foreman) the worst actor

Ahhh, welcome to walford ruby, i mean, alice =)

Seriously, lets hope this new development will add more depth to foremans character, jamie is an amazing actor but i feel his role as derek is a bit of a cliche, he would be more menacing if he smiled more and frowned less, and didnt wear that silly cap.

Welcome to walford alice xx

canny stand derek canny stand him phils the only top dog in walford !!!

@blog123 Maybe they can give her good storylines so she can grow and develop as a character

It's incredible how many long lost daughters/ sons/ nephews/ nieces/grandaughters etc all of the characters seem to have hidden away. Isn't it time for some new family to appear? I love Tanya's mum, Cora -she seems to be taking over the wonderful role of matriarch of the Square ready for when Dot eventually retires but we need more senior aged characters-we've lost too many all at once -Peggy, Pat, even Patrick is away for a while and where's MO these days? Bring 'em back!

So looking forward to this! I think it would be really good for Derek to have more than just siblings on the square. We may get to see a calmer more sensitive, family-styled Derek. :)

Derck had a lots of family around him how we fit her in

i bet alice branning will come to eastenders to meet her father derek and then suddenly in the next day or so derek will get arreseted

I really hope Derek becomes a bit softer and leaves Alfie alone ... Does anyone remember Derek showing his daughter to Jack ?? I bet he was either showing Alice or he thought it was Alice ... anyways @blog123 how can you say another 'pointless' character added to the square ??? this can changed Derek forever or make Derek a little softer and might make him leave the square so he can find his long lost son ... that would be excellent because we wont have to see him on screen for (maybe) a long time !!!!!!

i agree with missy

Oh grate, another Abi Branning thats exacty what the square needs!!

OMG he has a daughter for some reason i think she might turn out like lucy

i belive derek has a soft side to him and alice may bring this out of him or not we will have to wait and find out but he will never replace phill there is only one top dog and its not DEREK

I too wish that Derek would leave Walford - I am not happy to watch eastenders at present

Derek's not the one sheltering that evil messed up Ben. I would rather have Derek under my roof than Phil anyday.

U15229315- Jamie Foreman 'Derek' is a very type cast actor, he was in 'hustle' as the mark & tends to get type cast as racist/sexist cockney white van man. Ricky Grover 'Andrew' was once in 'not going out' as a comedy nutter guy, but managed to shed that type cast here. It would be nice if they could show a comedy side to these guys too, being a big bruiser is all very well, but it does get boring. Though I very much doubt the writers will let them be anything other than the usual cliche, especially now they have gone with the current storyline.

Alice hanging around with a bloke from E20? Just can't wait to see Derek's ballistic reaction. I wish Pete was here, he'd be perfect for Alice, I guess.