Ange: I don't watch
Daily Mirror UK|December 23, 2024
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Ange: I don't watch

AS Angie Watts in EastEnders Anita Dobson was part of one of TV's biggest moments but the actress says she doesn't keep up with the drama in Walford.

The 1986 Christmas Day episode, in which husband Dirty Den served her with divorce papers, was watched by more than 30 million people.

It was a culmination of a rivetting plot in which Angie had lied to Den, who was played by Leslie Grantham, that she had a terminal illness.

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