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- The Branning family, together with the Jackson family are a fictional, extended family in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Introduced in 1993 were the Jackson family, consisting of Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson), her partner and later husband Alan Jackson (Howard Antony), and Carol's four children, Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer), Sonia Jackson (Natalie Cassidy), Robbie Jackson (Dean Gaffney), and Billie Jackson (Devon Anderson). Billie is the only child fathered by Alan, while Bianca is the daughter of David Wicks (Michael French), Sonia's father is Terry Cant and Robbie's is Gary Bolton (Bruce Byron). The family becomes a more dominating presence in the early 2000s, when Carol's father Jim Branning (John Bardon) moves to Walford following the death of his wife Reenie (Joy Graham) to cancer. Since then, all six of Jim's children have appeared, many of them with their own families. Between 2006 and 2012, a new influx of Brannings joined the show - Max Branning (Jake Wood), his wife Tanya (Jo Joyner) and their children Lauren (Madeline Duggan/Jacqueline Jossa) and Abi (Lorna Fitzgerald). Max and Tanya later had another child Oscar Branning in 2007. Max's son with his ex-wife Rachel (Sukie Smith/Pooky Quesnel); Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements) was introduced earlier in 2006. Jim's son Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and his daughter Penny Branning (Mia Mckenna-Bruce) were introduced in 2007 and 2008, as well as Bianca's children Liam Butcher (James Forde), Tiffany Dean (Maisie Smith), Morgan Jackson-King (Devon Higgs) and her adoptive daughter Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) in 2008. Suzy Branning (now played by Maggie O'Neill) also returned to the show for a five months the same year. In February 2010, Carol returned to the show with her son Billie, who was killed-off months later. Once again in 2011, the Branning family were rejuvenated with the return of Derek Branning (now played by Jamie Foreman), alongside the introduction of his children Joey Branning (David Witts) and Alice Branning (Jasmyn Banks) the following year. Carol's daughter Sonia returned in 2014 with her daughter Bex Fowler (Jasmine Armfield), as did Robbie in both 2015 and 2017 and Bianca in 2019. As of April 2022, the remaining Brannings consist of Jim's youngest son, Jack; Jack's children Amy and Ricky, Jack’s civil partner Denise Fox (Diane Parish), Carol's daughter Sonia, and Bianca's ward Whitney, as well as Annie Carter, the daughter of Max. Branning family members such as Bradley's widow Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) remain in the series but are currently considered part of other families. The family has been central to some of EastEnders most notable storylines since their re-development in 2006. These include Max's affair with his son Bradley's wife Stacey, Max's spurned wife, Tanya burying him alive before digging him back up again out of guilt; the death of Max's son, Bradley by falling from the roof of Albert Square's public house The Queen Victoria; Jim suffering a stroke and Dot's subsequent struggle to care for him; cousins Lauren and Joey's relationship, Lauren's alcoholism, Alice being framed for the murder of Michael Moon (Steve John Shepherd), the news that Reenie has passed the BRCA2 cancer gene down through the family resulting in Carol suffering from breast cancer in 2014 and Sonia also having the gene, Max's relationship with Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater) and being framed for her murder. Max returns in 2016 and aims to get revenge on those that turned his back on him during his time in prison, leading to the deaths of Steven Beale (Aaron Sidwell) and Max losing another child from a fall from the roof of Queen Victoria (Abi). Bianca's daughter Tiffany is involved in a drug trafficking storyline that leads to her rape, Whitney discovers that her fiancee Callum Highway (Tony Clay) has been having an affair with Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) and her being stalked by Leo King (Tom Wells), the son of Bianca's ex Tony King (Chris oghill) sexually abused Whitney. These events lead to Whitney accidentally killing Leo to mark the show's 35th anniversary. also the first half of the year, except The return of William Branning's (John Smith) first meeting and his Dad Max (en)
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- The Branning family, together with the Jackson family are a fictional, extended family in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Introduced in 1993 were the Jackson family, consisting of Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson), her partner and later husband Alan Jackson (Howard Antony), and Carol's four children, Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer), Sonia Jackson (Natalie Cassidy), Robbie Jackson (Dean Gaffney), and Billie Jackson (Devon Anderson). Billie is the only child fathered by Alan, while Bianca is the daughter of David Wicks (Michael French), Sonia's father is Terry Cant and Robbie's is Gary Bolton (Bruce Byron). The family becomes a more dominating presence in the early 2000s, when Carol's father Jim Branning (John Bardon) moves to Walford following the death of his wife Reenie (Joy Graham) to cancer. (en)
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