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Charles "Charlie" Cotton was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. He was played by Christopher Hancock. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 632 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (639 × 606 pixel, file size: 44 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned...
Christopher Hancock ( 5th June, 1928 - 29 September, 2004) is a British actor best known for playing conman Charlie Cotton in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1986 until 1991. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 175 days remaining. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Nicholas Charles Nick Cotton (also known as Nasty Nick) is a fictional character in the popular British soap opera EastEnders and one of the soaps original and famous bad boys. He has been played by John Altman on and off since appearing in the first episode in 1985. ...
Ashley Cotton was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, the son of Zoe and Nick Cotton and the grandson of Charlie and Dot Cotton. ...
Alice, a fictional character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion...
For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ...
EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[3] and continuing to date. ...
Christopher Hancock ( 5th June, 1928 - 29 September, 2004) is a British actor best known for playing conman Charlie Cotton in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1986 until 1991. ...
History He first appeared in the soap in 1986 as the long absent husband of Dot Cotton and father of Nick Cotton. He had deserted Dot after two years of marriage when she was pregnant with Nick. He was known as a shifty and manipulative conman having conned Dot into believing he has come back for good and changed his ways and then disappearing as soon as he had some of her money. He then had an affair with her sister Rose and even had children with her away from Walford. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Dot Branning (formerly Cotton) is a fictional character played by June Brown on the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...
Nicholas Charles Nick Cotton (also known as Nasty Nick) is a fictional character in the popular British soap opera EastEnders and one of the soaps original and famous bad boys. He has been played by John Altman on and off since appearing in the first episode in 1985. ...
A confidence trick, confidence game, or con for short, (also known as a scam) is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the mark) usually with the goal of financial or other gain. ...
Walford is a fictional borough of East London in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...
In 1987 he met his son Nick for the first time when both coincidentally turned up to visit Dot. Charlie and Nick hated each other and both tried to get rid of each other so they could get the opportunity to con Dot. Charlie discovered Nick had cheated some of his friends out of money and had been involved in some house burgalaries, and that is why he was hiding at Dot's house. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He used this to try and get rid of him by teaming with Graham Clark who was an old friend of Nick and wanted to get back at him for going to prison for Nick's crime. Graham forced Nick to leave Walford and before Nick left he revealed to Dot that Charlie grassed him to the people who were looking for him. Dot got angry and told Charlie to leave too.
In 1989 it was revealed Charlie had a bigamous marriage to a woman called Joan Leggett, who turned up in Walford looking for him and met Dot instead. Eventually Charlie also turned up and found his 'double life' had been exposed. It was revealed he had told Joan his name was Tommy. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 1990 when he turned up to con Dot out of her bingo money he found that his son Nick was already plotting to steal her winnings by poisoning her, but Nick soon backed out with the persuasion of Charlie. Unfortunately just when Charlie was trying to tell Dot that Nick was going to poison her and he stopped him, Dot told him to leave once again not believing that Nick would do such a thing. MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...
In July 1991 Dot received news that Charlie had died in a lorry accident but his death was not shown on-screen. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
However, in October 2000 he returned briefly as a ghost in his son Nick's dream in a special spin-off episode The Return of Nick Cotton. He warned Nick that something terrible was about to happen. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ...
Family Nicholas Charles Nick Cotton (also known as Nasty Nick) is a fictional character in the popular British soap opera EastEnders and one of the soaps original and famous bad boys. He has been played by John Altman on and off since appearing in the first episode in 1985. ...
Ashley Cotton was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, the son of Zoe and Nick Cotton and the grandson of Charlie and Dot Cotton. ...
External links - Charlie Cotton, BBC profile
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