Roly
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| EastEnders character | |||
| Portrayed by | Roly | ||
| Duration | 1985–1993 | ||
| First appearance | Episode 1 19 February 1985 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 909 19 October 1993 |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||
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| Species | Dog | ||
| Breed | Standard Poodle | ||
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| Owner(s) |
Den Watts Sharon Watts Frank Butcher Pat Butcher Grant Mitchell |
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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 Roly. She storms round to The Queen Victoria public house and demands that Den give Roly to her.
Roly is involved in many storylines during his time in the show. He is often used by his owners as a silent sounding board, and is made privy to all their secrets and woes. It is Roly who first alerted viewers to the fact that his owner, Den, had got the 16-year-old schoolgirl, Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully), pregnant in October 1985; one of the soaps most renowned 'whodunit' plots. After months of speculation, Michelle goes to meet the father at a nearby canal, and Roly bounds out of the mystery man's car, showing the identity of the man to be Den.
Roly is a bit of a rogue from time to time. He tramples over Tom Clements' (Donald Tandy) prize leeks, which leads to Tom stealing Arthur Fowler's (Bill Treacher) leeks and winning first prize in the London in Bloom competition. He also bites Alan McIntyre (Pip Miller) on the bottom after he tries to evict Ali (Nejdet Salih) and Sue Osman (Sandy Ratcliff). He also tears apart Ethel Skinner's (Gretchen Franklin) Christening gown she'd been knitting for the Fowlers.
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