EastEnders character
Terry Rich
Played by	Gary Whelan
Duration	1985–1987
Date of birth	Unknown
Marital status	Engaged
Occupation	Detective
Family	Unknown

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History

Terry Rich was first seen on 26 February 1985. The police were treating Reg Cox's death as murder and a few days later, DS Rich of the Walford CID arrived in Albert Square to conduct an inquiry. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Reg Cox was a character in EastEnders, played by Johnnie Clayton and by Marc Tufano in the Christmas special Walford At War: Civvy Street. ... Walford is a fictional borough of East London in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is the branch of all British Police forces to which plain clothes detectives belong. ... Albert Square is the fictional location of the British soap opera Eastenders. ...

The following week, a badge that Lofty Holloway was wearing on his jumper caught the eye of Dr Legg, who recognised it as one that he'd seen in Reg's collection of Nazi badges from the war. A few hours later, Rich arrived at The Queen Vic where Lofty was tending bar and questioned him about how he got the badge. Lofty reluctantly admitted that he'd bought it from Mark Fowler for five pounds. A badge is a device, patch, or accoutrement which is presented or displayed to annotate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, as a symbol of authority (ex: police), or as a simple means of identification. ... George Lofty Holloway was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... The word jumper has many meanings: A jumper is a garment. ... Dr. Harold Legg was a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... The iconic look for the Queen Victoria, that has been used since 1992. ... Mark Fowler was a fictional character in the popular British BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom Inflation 2. ...

When questioned by Detective Sergeant Rich, Mark insisted that he'd found the badge on the street. However, on March 28, Rich learned that Mark had obtained the badge from Nick Cotton and 'turned over' Nick's place to find the remains of Reg's collection along with other incriminating evidence. March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... Nick Cotton (also known as Nasty Nick Cotton) is a fictional character in the popular British soap opera EastEnders and one of the soaps original bad boys. He has been played by John Altman on and off since appearing in the first episode in 1985. ...

Nick Cotton then fled Walford, but was arrested the following month for the murder of Reg Cox.

Terry returned in 1987 to invistigate the case of the 'Walford attacker', who was guilty of assaulting several different female inhabitants of Albert Square. In April of that year, the attacker picked the wrong victim, Debbie Wilkins, who managed to ward him off using self-defence, which led to his arrest. Debbie Wilkins was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Self-defense usually refers to the use of violence to protect oneself and is a possible justification for this otherwise illegal act. ...

Terry was impressed with the way Debbie conducted herself so he asked her if she would help him out on some police business. Terry asked Debbie to go to a French restaurant with him on an undercover operation to expose French resaurants using English waiters and he needed her to be his cover. Debbie agreed, but whilst on their mock date they bonded and when they returned to The Vic they made a dinner date for the next night to a Chinese restaurant and they were soon inseparable. Debbie's flat-mate Naima Jeffery seemed to dislike Terry immensely, but this didn't perturb Debbie and when Terry asked her to marry him, she gleefully accepted. The following month Terry was transferred to another division, so Debbie decided to leave Walford with him. Their last last appearance was May 14, 1987. Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ... The English are an ethnic group or nation primarily associated with England and the English language. ... A waiter in a resort setting A waiter is a person who waits on tables, often at a restaurant or a bar. ... Naima Jeffery was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...