"He reveals that he and Nita have split up and he is moving to Milton Keynes and offers Carol the chance to move with him there. Although she agrees, she later decides that she wants an adventure and plans to travel the world on Jim's motorbike, but not before buying Robbie and Sami a puppy, Wellard II, for their move to Milton Keynes. In June 2017, Carmel Kazemi (Bonnie Langford) decides to just work part-time as the market inspector. Robbie arrives at the café and reveals to the market traders that he is the new market inspector. Robbie runs a"
"Roly Roly is a fictional dog from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Roly is an apricot coloured Standard Poodle, who appears in the first episode of the programme on 19 February 1985 and remained in the show until 19 October 1993. Roly was given to Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) by her father, Den (Leslie Grantham). Sharon's mother, Angie (Anita Dobson), does not like the dog much and once even accuses him of deliberately causing her to trip and fall on the stairs. However, during Den and Angie's divorce in 1987, Angie is horrified to hear that Den is considering selling"
"Poodle was a similar size to an Alsatian, Roly got the part. Roly was made the property of the BBC, given an ID card, and taken to live with Julia Smith at her home in London. Roly and Willy the pug shared a dressing room at Elstree studios. Roly Roly is a fictional dog from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Roly is an apricot coloured Standard Poodle, who appears in the first episode of the programme on 19 February 1985 and remained in the show until 19 October 1993. Roly was given to Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) by her father,"
"Robbie Jackson Robbie Jackson is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Dean Gaffney. The character was introduced in 1993, but axed in 2003 by executive producer Louise Berridge. He made brief returns in 2004 and 2010 for two family weddings and again on 22 September 2015 to tie in with the exit of his on-screen mother, Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) on 2 October 2015. The character's reintroduction was announced on 17 April 2017 and he returned on 26 June 2017. Robbie arrives in Albert Square in 1993 with the rest of the Jackson family: mother"
"admitted he had not been wearing his seat belt at the time of the accident, and said ""It could have been a lot worse. One inch down and I would have been blind. One inch up and I would have been brain damaged."" Dean Gaffney Dean Martin Gaffney (born 14 February 1978) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Robbie Jackson on the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" from 1993 to 2003 and again full-time from 2017, he however made guest appearances in the soap in 2004, 2010 and 2015, and has also appeared in various"
"returned when Robinson was succeeded by John Yorke. Wellard's owners for the majority of his duration in the soap were Robbie Jackson and Gus Smith. He was voted ""Best Pet"" at the 2008 Digital Spy Soap Awards, and named the UK's favourite soap opera pet in a 2009 ""Inside Soap"" poll. Wellard was a fan favourite, and although a storyline that saw him threatened with euthanasia for biting local café owner Ian Beale was poorly received by critics, his death drew generally favourable reviews. In November 1994, Walford resident Robbie Jackson (Dean Gaffney) takes in a dog he assumes to"
"Dean Gaffney Dean Martin Gaffney (born 14 February 1978) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Robbie Jackson on the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" from 1993 to 2003 and again full-time from 2017, he however made guest appearances in the soap in 2004, 2010 and 2015, and has also appeared in various reality television shows such as ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"" Gaffney was born in Hammersmith, London. He attended St Mark's Catholic School, Hounslow, and later trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone and the Corona Theatre School in Kew"
"can see, and that follows him everywhere he goes. Though family members often comment on Pogo being imaginary, Robbie becomes exasperated and assures them he is only ""invisible"". Assumed by everyone to be imaginary, one of Emily's dates was actually able to see Pogo. Robbie also meets a girl at Colin's wedding who also has an invisible friend, a female mouse. Package is the family dog, who they found as a puppy on their doorstep. Following the success of the television show's first season, two novels were published in 1999. Both are based on the original scripts by Mark Haddon,"
"Lock suggests, ""generally making a nuisance of himself"". However, Lock observes that this aspect of the character was toned down eventually, and ""the unfortunate Robbie became less of a lout and more of a [...] prat, forever mucking things up and being the fall guy."" In November 2002, executive producer Louise Berridge announced that Robbie Jackson was being axed from ""EastEnders"", along with his screen girlfriend Nita Mistry (Bindya Solanki). The decision was allegedly a ""mutual one"" taken by producers, writers and actors. Executive producer Louise Berridge said: ""Dean and Bindya have contributed an enormous amount to the programme. However,"
"Janimals, who specialized in providing and training animals for television and films, was contacted by ""EastEnders"" co-creator/producer Julia Smith, and informed her that they could provide an experienced Pug for the part (he had previously starred in ""Swallows and Amazons""). The dog was brought to the studio to meet Gretchen Franklin, the actress who played Ethel. She took a shine to him straight away and so the pug was cast as Willy. Willy and Roly the poodle shared a dressing room at Elstree Studios. In the original rehearsal script Willy was named Phillip. Willy (EastEnders) Willy (also Rasputin) is a"
"Willy (EastEnders) Willy (also Rasputin) is a fictional dog from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Willy is a Pug, who appears in the first episode of the programme on 19 February 1985 and remains in the show until 14 May 1992. Willy is Ethel Skinner's (Gretchen Franklin) constant companion. She rarely appears on-screen without him tucked under her arm. He was named after her late husband, William Skinner (Ian Brimble). There were various innuendo-laden references to Willy. Ethel's famous lines being either, ""Where's my Willy?"" or, in a double entendre, ""Has anyone seen my Willy?"" Willy can often be quite"
"years, longer than Zenna and Chancer. The dog, whose pedigree name is Minka Kyte, came to the soap from Raddings' company Stunt Dogs, along with another ""EastEnders"" dog, Terence. She had previous experience in the television and film industry, having appeared on ""A Touch of Frost"", ""The Jonny Vaughan Show"", ""102 Dalmatians"" and ""Gladiator"". Raddings revealed that Kyte came to understand the words ""action"" and ""cut"", meaning the director would sometimes have to give an alternate cue such as ""go"" during scenes featuring Wellard, as the dog would become instantly alert upon hearing the usual commands, which appeared incongruous in"
"a dog (played by Pippin from Come Outside) of the same name. It also starred Thomas Aldwinckle as Eric's best friend Roy Ackerman and later Sarah Smart as his new best friend Rachel Hobbs who moves into Roy's old house. Filming was interrupted for a while when Smart broke her leg. The show generally featured weekly escapades to do with the dog power. In the third series of Eric's run of episodes, a start at a plot arc was developed, with Eric suspecting the transition is caused by adrenaline as it happens when he is hot or excited, and meeting"
"Debbie, and Tiffany, and eight more dogs: Red Rover (an Irish Setter that ran away from his abusive owner and Andi and Bruce's enemy, Jerry Gordon, who is Aunt Alice's neighbor and pretends to be nice), MacTavish (an abandoned dog left by his owner and eats scraps and sometimes food from kids), Preston (a praying beagle), and five ""Bulldales"" (puppies owned by Tiffany, and her father threatens to drown them if they are not sold.) In the end, their expenses overwhelm them, and they are discovered by their father, mother, and aunt. During a final scene, Jerry's wickedness is revealed"
"Jack and Ollie Ross (a Cherokee Indian carpenter and a waitress, respectively), and raised in Orlando, Florida. As a child, Ross entertained himself by caring for injured animals, purportedly including an armadillo, snake, and alligator. One of these animals, a squirrel named Peapod (full nickname ""Peapod The Pocket Squirrel""), was featured most prominently in a few episodes of his show. Another squirrel, one with epilepsy Bob called ""Squirrely Wirrelly Brown"" (which was given 6 months to live by a Vet but Bob talked about her 4 to 5 years after getting her) was also on the show less frequently (she"
"Ricky's companions were a wild Mustang stallion, Champion, and a German Shepherd, Rebel, played by Blaze. (Ken Beck and Jim Clark, in their book, ""The Encyclopedia of TV Pets: A Complete History of Television's Greatest Animal Stars"", quote animal trainer Bob Blair as identifying the dog as J.R., the canine that had the title role in ""The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin"" TV program. ""Rebel was played by J.R. and was owned by Frank Barnes. He was the best-trained dog in the business,"" Blair said.) The television program used characters similar to those in the 1949-50 radio serial, ""The Adventures"
"asking for money for Comic Relief, along with selling his offspring and being put in prison. In January 2012, Wellard appeared (with Dean Gaffney) on ""Big Brother's Bit on the Side"". Wellard Wellard is a fictional Belgian Tervuren dog from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". He first appeared in the series on 18 October 1994, and became ""EastEnders"" longest-serving pet, before being killed off on 15 August 2008. Although the character is male, he has been played primarily by three female dogs: Zenna, her daughter Chancer, and her granddaughter Kyte. A fourth dog briefly served as a replacement for Zenna"
"friend and colleague Warrick Brown. Little was revealed of Robbins's personal life for the first several seasons. He was a twin, though the other was stillborn. His mother attributed his career choice to ""spending so many days next to a dead body."" He is married with at least three children; according to the episode ""Overload"", the youngest child was born in 1987. He has a Siamese cat which had kittens in season 5; in ""Cats in the Cradle"" he stated he is more of a dog person, but he contradicted this in the season six episode ""Dog Eat Dog"", stating"
"played by a female dog called Pippin, and later by the dog's grandson, Mr. Higgins. A feature of ""Come Outside"" is Auntie Mabel's unusual mode of transport: a small aeroplane (a Slingsby T67 Firefly) with multi-coloured polka dots. Pippin was a mixed-breed dog, half Tibetan Terrier, half Bearded Collie, roughly third generation descended from the famous American acting dog Benji and was owned and trained by the award-winning animal trainer Ann Head. Pippin was quite old at the start of the first series in 1993 and so she performed the slower but complex moves while her grandson, Mr. Higgins, performed"
"Bobbie (dog) Bobbie was the name of a British regimental mascot dog, a mongrel from Reading, who accompanied his regiment to Afghanistan and became involved in the disaster of Maiwand. He survived and upon his return to England was presented to Queen Victoria, along with several of his human colleagues. Bobbie belonged to Lance-Sergeant Peter Kelly of the 66th Regiment of Foot (the Berkshire Regiment). He was initially stationed at Brock Barracks, and went overseas with the regiment in the late 1870s. In 1880 the regiment was stationed at the fort in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which had been occupied by the"
"Ethel has to make the heart-breaking decision to put him down. Ethel is devastated to lose her dog, so the residents of Albert Square raise money to buy her a new dog. However, Ethel won't accept it, saying Willy is irreplaceable. On 30 May 1992, two weeks and two days after being written out of ""EastEnders"", the dog who played Willy died. Willy was cast less than a week before the filming of ""EastEnders"" began. From the beginning it was decided that the pensioner Ethel Skinner was to have a Yorkshire Terrier named Willy (after her dead husband). The company"
"that his character was written entirely around Phoebe. She departed the show during the episode broadcast on 15 September 1993. Robertson was desperate to secure the role of Phoebe when she learned of the casting. She knew that the character was going to be a ""bit freaky"" and decided play herself up to the persona. She attended the audition wearing thick glasses and her hair in pigtails. Two days later Robertson was informed that she had won the part. One of Phoebe's reptiles is a pet snake named Oscar. When Robertson auditioned for the role she was asked if she"
"members of the family began to appear sporadically from November 1993 onwards, but in episodes that aired early in 1994, the Jacksons moved from Walford Towers, a block of flats, to the soap's focal setting of Albert Square. Their slow introduction was a deliberate attempt by the programme makers to introduce the whole family over a long period. The Jacksons have been described by ""EastEnders"" scriptwriter Colin Brake as a ""classic problem family"". Robbie has been described as ""unlucky-in-life"". Introduced as a 15-year-old school boy, Robbie was initially portrayed as troublesome; frequently playing truant, occasionally shoplifting and, as author Kate"
"we do feel that the characters have reached the end of their natural course in the show, and they will both be leaving in Spring 2003. It is always sad to be saying goodbye to a good double act, and especially to a long-running character like Robbie Jackson, so we will be leaving the door open for both characters. I would like to thank Dean for his 11 years of devotion to EastEnders, and Bindy for transforming our loveable loser into a winner at last. They will both be personally greatly missed by the cast and crew of EastEnders."" Robbie"
"the matter and the two rarely spoke again. Soon after this angry confrontation, Noakes relinquished Shep, who went to live with Edith Menzies. Noakes subsequently appeared in a series of television advertisements for Spillers ""Choice Cuts"" dog food, using a dog that was indistinguishable from Shep but named Skip. The subterfuge led to a deeper rift between Noakes and Baxter. Shep died on 17 January 1987. Goldie was a female Golden Retriever dog who appeared on ""Blue Peter"" from 1978 to 1986. She was owned by presenter Simon Groom. She made her first appearance on the show as a puppy"
"scenes which called for Wellard to be relaxed. Kyte worked closely with Mohammed George, who played Wellard's owner Gus. George was afraid of dogs as a child, but after working with Kyte for three years, commented that they were so close he ""sometimes [felt] like [her] dad."" Wellard was briefly written out of the show under executive producer Matthew Robinson, but returned in 2000, when Robinson was succeeded by John Yorke. A show insider commented: ""Wellard just disappeared. It seemed odd because Robbie loved that dog and never noticed it had gone."" An ""EastEnders"" spokesman stated of his return: ""John"
"a chip pan fire, gave Mrs Mangel amnesia when he accidentally knocked her off a ladder and also fathered two litters of puppies with random neighbourhood bitches"" - he was still best known for his ""infamous dream"". Readers of ""TV Magazine"" voted Bouncer their third ""favourite ever soap dog"" during a poll. He received 14% of the vote, behind ""Coronation Street's"" Schmeichel and ""EastEnders""' Wellard. Bouncer (Neighbours) Bouncer is a Labrador Retriever featured on the Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"". He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 4 February 1987 and he exited the series on 12"
"Wellard Wellard is a fictional Belgian Tervuren dog from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". He first appeared in the series on 18 October 1994, and became ""EastEnders"" longest-serving pet, before being killed off on 15 August 2008. Although the character is male, he has been played primarily by three female dogs: Zenna, her daughter Chancer, and her granddaughter Kyte. A fourth dog briefly served as a replacement for Zenna in 1996, when she was given time off from the show to have a litter of puppies. Wellard was briefly written out of the series under executive producer Matthew Robinson, but"
"a gift from his second wife. Though Rourke's dogs are generally referred to as ""chihuahuas"", some are not purebred. Loki, his most-publicized dog whom he described as ""the love of my life"", was a chihuahua-terrier mix. So reliant was Rourke on Loki's companionship, he spent US$5,400 to have her flown to England while he was on the set of the film ""Stormbreaker"". Rourke gave his dogs credit during his Golden Globe Best Actor acceptance speech January 11, 2009: ""I'd like to thank all my dogs. The ones that are here, the ones that aren't here anymore because sometimes when a"
"becomes simply ""Dog"" or ""Boy"". Press releases for the show referred to him as the ""Shady Rest Dog"". Higgins remained with the show until its cancellation in 1970. During that time, he won a PATSY Award, and he also was cover-featured on an issue of TV Guide magazine. Higgins had a close rapport with Edgar Buchanan. In the official cast pictures taken each year during the run of Petticoat Junction, Buchanan is shown holding or petting the dog. Higgins went on to star in the successful 1974 film Benji which also featured Buchanan in a cameo role. Another new character"
"scriptwriters have always been very complimentary about the character and Robbie could make a return next week, next year, or maybe never."" On 25 October 2009, it was announced that Gaffney would once again reprise his role, along with other Jackson family members Carol, Sonia and Billie. Gaffney is quoted as saying ""I am really looking forward to returning to ""EastEnders"" for what looks set to be a really exciting storyline. I was thrilled when Diederick [Santer, executive producer] called me personally to ask for Robbie to return once more and working alongside Lindsey [Coulson], Natalie [Cassidy] and Patsy [Palmer]"
"covered both film and television and was separated into four categories: canine, equine, wild and special. The special category encompassed everything from goats to cats to pigs – Arnold Ziffel of TV's ""Green Acres"" was a two-time winner. Arnold's trainer, Frank Inn, was the proud owner of over 40 PATSY awards, thanks to his work with Orangey, the cat from ""Rhubarb"" (1951) and ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961); Higgins, the dog (who played the lead in the ""Benji"" movies and ""Dog"" on ""Petticoat Junction""); Cleo the Basset Hound; and Lassie, and Tramp the dog from ""My Three Sons"" to name a"
"to it being a favoured spot for the more vociferous Rovers supporters, and given the nature of football in Britain in the 1970s, it became notoriously linked with bovver boys and hooliganism – a period documented by the book ""Bovver"" by Chris Brown. Shortly after Rovers left Eastville in 1986, the Tote End was bulldozed. Racing started on Saturday June 16, 1928 becoming the second track in Bristol to open after Knowle Stadium. The first ever winner was a greyhound called Vivacious who collected £20 for his connections. The totalisator system was introduced in 1932 securing the future of the"