Jim Branning

Before suffering with a stroke in 2007, Jim was a regular bar prop in the Vic and a keen gambler. You wouldn’t even trust him with your pint.

His fathering skills lefy a lot to be desired too, as locking your young son in a coffin overnight wouldn’t exactly win Father of the Year! Although, falling in love with Dot and marrying her in 2002 softened his heart.

He almost broke Dot’s heart in 2007 when he suffered a stroke. She feared that she wasn’t strong enough to look after him and wrestled with her feelings of guilt and frustration at her inability to stand by her man in his time of need. But love won out in the end.

Jim may be away, but Dot's visits to his nursing home are something for him to look forward to and he’s the man who keeps Dot standing when times are hard.

Played by John Bardon