The Dagmar was the name of a wine bar in the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera which was first broadcast on 19 February 1985. ...

The bar was located at 10 Turpin Road, near Albert Square, however it has since seen itself transformed into 'Beale's Market', 'The Meal Machine' and more recently a nail-bar named 'Sophisti-Kate's'. Albert Square is the fictional location of the British soap opera Eastenders. ...

The Dagmar was set up and run by smooth yuppie James Willmott-Brown, in competition with the Queen Vic in Albert Square. The Queen Victoria is often referred to as The Vic or The Queen Vic. It is the fictional setting of a public house in British soap opera, EastEnders. ...

Angie Watts became the chief barmaid of the Dagmar in 1987 to spite Den, the landlord of the rival Queen Vic, which was floundering without her behind the bar. By the end of the year, she had quit and returned to the Vic as partner. Angie Watts, played by Anita Dobson, was a fictional character on the British soap opera EastEnders. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dirty Den Watts was a character in the British soap opera EastEnders played by actor Leslie Grantham. ...

Other employees have also included, Simon "Wicksy" Wicks and Kathy Beale, who was attacked and raped by James Willmott-Brown landlord in 1988. A shocked Kathy was discovered by Den, who vowed revenge. Kathy Hills (previously Beale, Mitchell) was a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Den stuck by his word and the bar was firebombed by Brad Williams, an employee of The Firm, at the request of Den. Willmott left the burnt bar and made a getaway to Nottingham. The Firm is a fictional gangland organisation in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, probably inspired by the notorious real-life criminal gang run by the Krays. ...