Despite this, Den returned from the dead in after it turned out he had been living in Spain. Following a very intense reunion with Sharon, Den moved back to the square with his new wife Chrissie Watts. Unfortunately for Den, he was on borrowed time and wife Chrissie actually ended up killing him off for good. Read More: When will EastEnders be back on after the final pre-lockdown episode airs?
When his daughter Sharon came round, she overheard them all arguing and found out what her dad was really like. After Sharon disowned Den, he became furious and attacked the women, before Zoe hit him over the head. But while Zoe thought she had killed him and later fled Walford for Ibiza, it was actually Chrissie who dealt the killer blow. The 20th-anniversary episode of EastEnders was watched by over 17 million viewers in February Chrissie later pleaded guilty to murder and went to jail, while Den was buried in his first grave next to wife Angie.
Den and Angie Watts were the original landlord and landlady of the Queen Victoria pub in EastEnders, appearing in Albert Square when the soap first launched in They were the adoptive parents of Sharon Watts, who spent her teenage years watching them tear chunks out of each other. What a wonderfully complicated, completely joyful, screwed-up, mad kind of creature she was!
Den and Angie's unforgettable love-hate relationship eventually secured their downfalls on the BBC One show. After discovering Angie in bed with a man named Andy - who later died after being struck by a lorry - a furious Den decided to leave Angie for his mistress Jan. But when Den broke the news, a distraught Angie lied that she was terminally ill and only had six months to live. Sharon and Vicki discover Den has a son that he did not know of, Dennis, who joins them in Walford.
Like Den, Dennis has involvement with the Firm, and after some digging he discovers that Den is not actually dead; after surviving the shooting in , he fled to Spain with help from Jan and went undercover. Hearing this, Vicki traces Den and brings him back to Walford in September Sharon has mixed emotions: upset and anger, having assumed him dead for so many years. Den explains that the body found in the canal was that of Mr Vinnicombe , a senior member of the Firm, who was murdered as punishment for Den's escape and dumped in the canal, his teeth having been bricked out to prevent dental identification.
Vinnicombe's body had wrongly been identified as Den's and Jan had assisted in this cover-up by planting Den's signet ring by the canal. Den admits to Sharon that at his "funeral" in May , he stood in some trees nearby watching the service. He mentions how Sharon was wearing a red coat that day.
Den's grievances with the Firm are pardoned by its acting boss, Andy Hunter Michael Higgs , and Den returns to live in Walford to assist Sharon in managing her nightclub. Accompanying Phil Mitchell on a warehouse robbery, before obstructing Phil's getaway and framing him for the crime.
Den gets embroiled in a feud with Sharon's ex-boyfriend Phil Mitchell after hearing Phil has hit her, and also had Dennis beaten up during a feud between Dennis and Phil. Den sleeps with Phil's sister Sam Mitchell Kim Medcalf , then dumps her promptly as part of his revenge tactic. He then promises another of Phil's abused former girlfriends, Lisa Fowler , that he will help her get back her daughter, who is in Phil's custody.
Den talks Phil into accompanying him and Dennis on a warehouse robbery, but during the robbery, Den takes the money then obstructs Phil's getaway, he confiscates the ladder and throws all the money down, and Phil is caught by the police and remanded. Phil manages to escape several weeks later, confronting Den on Christmas Day; in order to stop Phil attacking him, Den pays Phil off and Phil flees into the night, going on the run.
Den and Dot have a heart-to-heart in the laundrette. Family problems arise when Den discovers that Sharon and Dennis are in a romantic relationship; Den accuses it of being incest, despite Sharon and Dennis not being blood-related. He attempts to split them up, goading Dennis about his neglected childhood and the sexual abuse he experienced in a children's home. In fury, Dennis assaults Den and accidentally hits Sharon in a rage.
Den tells Dennis that, in order to remain part of the Watts family, he must split from Sharon; Dennis obliges and begins a relationship with Zoe Slater Michelle Ryan. In , it is revealed that Den had remarried whilst in Spain in , and his estranged wife Chrissie Tracy-Ann Oberman moves to be with him in Walford.
Den still cannot remain monogamous, and when Chrissie discovers that he has been sleeping with Kate Mitchell Jill Halfpenny , she threatens to kill him if he ever cheats again. To rebuild his family, Den attempts to regain the Vic from the Mitchells; he blackmails their lawyer Marcus Christie into convincing Sam that Phil, who is still on-the-run, needs immediate money. Sam sells the Vic to Den at a vastly reduced price and he reinstates his family at the pub in time for Christmas. Things go wrong when Den discovers that Sharon and Dennis have resumed their affair, and in order to split them up, Den persuades Zoe to lie that she is pregnant with Dennis's baby.
Unwilling to allow Dennis to leave his unborn child, Sharon leaves Walford with Vicki, leaving Dennis and Zoe unhappily together. In apparent retribution towards Dennis for inadvertently being the cause of Sharon's departure, Den manipulates Zoe into having sex with him so she can get pregnant and pretend the baby is Dennis's; when Dennis catches them having sex, Den appears pleased.
In the wake of this, Dennis leaves in search of Sharon but not before telling Chrissie about Zoe and Den's affair. Den's wife had left him following his affair, and his relationship with his son was in tatters after he propositioned his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Dot was arguing with her husband, Jim Branning John Bardon and was very reluctant to tell him about her secret cancer illness.
Den and Dot forced each other to examine their relationships with others. Late one evening Den spotted some youths vandalising the launderette. After seeing off the thugs, Dot emerged from the back room and Den could see that she had been crying.
Dot began to engage Den in conversation about his wife Chrissie Watts Tracy-Ann Oberman and how he felt now that she had left him. Dot chastised Den for his demeanour and pointed out that he couldn't face up to his own guilt.
She told him that he treated his friends and family appallingly and when he had heard enough and turned to leave, he found that Dot had locked him in and refused to give him the keys. As Den was forced to continue the conversation Dot pestered him more about Chrissie and threatened to haunt him if he didn't plead Chrissie for forgiveness.
Eventually, Dot informed Den that she was dying and he was shocked to hear that she had kidney cancer. However Dot became cagey when Den quizzed her about her illness.
He wanted her to have the best care possible and even offered to pay for it, but Dot rejected his help - she had chosen not to have her cancer treated. She wanted to face death with dignity and begged Den to keep her secret quiet as even her husband, Jim, didn't know she was suffering.
Den wasn't convinced by Dot's motives for keeping her illness from Jim, but she believed that she was acting in his best interests. Den insisted that Dot's deceit would destroy her marriage and told her to open up to Jim. Den then slyly told her that if she didn't come clean with Jim, she couldn't take the moral high ground next time he messed up. They both decided that they needed to sort their marriages out. When Jim arrived to collect Dot, Den explained that she was sorting him out and squeezed Dot's hand tenderly before leaving.
At home Den apologised to his son and heeding Dot's advice, he bit the bullet and called Chrissie. Meanwhile, Dot took Den's advice and decided that it was time to come clean to Jim. When Zoe discovers she is pregnant with Den's child, Chrissie persuades her to abort and concocts a plan of revenge on Den to ruin him in the eyes of Sharon and gain ownership of the Vic. She recruits Zoe and Sam both scorned by Den and they confront him, setting it up for Sharon to discover Den's deeds.
Sharon subsequently disowns Den in February and in a rage, Den assaults Chrissie and is only stopped by Zoe, who hits him over the head with an iron doorstop in the Vic. Den is assumed dead, but when Chrissie is alone with him, he stirs and grabs her ankle exclaiming "You'll never get me out of the Vic! He dies moments later. This time, he is dead. Sam secretly witnesses the fatal blow, but Chrissie continues to allow Zoe to think it is she who has killed Den. The three women bury Den in the Vic cellar and concrete it over.
Arguments between the women occur, and Sam and Chrissie becomes broiled in a feud to regain ownership of the Vic, with Sam blackmailing Chrissie and digging up Den's body in the hope that Chrissie will be imprisoned, and Chrissie subsequently framing Sam for Den's murder, which leads to Sam's imprisonment.
Eventually the truth is revealed, and Chrissie is imprisoned after pleading guilty. In , it is revealed Den was once in a gang which included Phil's father Eric Mitchell - along with his partner-in-crime Gavin Sullivan and their associates: Henry Hubbard and Ted Hills.
It soon transpires that Gavin is actually Sharon's biological father, and that Den had apparently done a deal with Gavin: he would adopt Sharon in exchange for Gavin partaking one of Den's criminal jobs. This leaves Vicki Fowler as the last living blood relative of Den. This was the first line spoken in EastEnders. Like on the Orient Express.
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