R&R (EastEnders)
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R&R is the name of a fictional nightclub in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, located at the fictional address of 4 Turpin Road.
Over the years it has had several different owners and names. It has also been called The Cobra Club, The Market Cellar, e20, Angie's Den and Scarlet.
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[edit] Owners
Owners of the club have included:
- George Palmer (1996–1997)
- Annie Palmer (1997–1998)
- Steve Owen (1998–2002)
- Billy Mitchell (1998–2004)
- Beppe di Marco (2002)
- Sharon Watts (2002–2005)
- Den Watts (2004–2005)
- Johnny Allen (2005–2006)
- Ruby Allen (2006)
- Roxy Slater (2007)
- Ronnie Mitchell (2007–2009)
- Jack Branning (2007—)
[edit] The Cobra Club/The Market Cellar
The club was originally opened in 1996 and was named Cobra Club. It was owned by George Palmer. Huw Edwards and Lenny Wallace were employed as the barmen. After the club was raided by the police in 1997, the Cobra Club closed, but was reopened later in the year and renamed The Market Cellar. The club was actually used to facilitate George's money laundering operations and illegal gambling. Later George's daughter, Annie Palmer, took over the running of the club and she also started a loan shark business from inside the club with Phil Mitchell and Conor Flaherty.
[edit] e20
The club was later given the name of e20 by Steve Owen, after he had purchased the premises in 1998 from Annie Palmer. It was named after the Walford postcode, London E20. Lenny Wallace was employed as a barman and Matthew Rose was the DJ. Billy Mitchell was also employed to work in the club and was given 1% ownership by Steve.
The opening day of e20 was the 14 February 1999, Valentine's Day, and Steve's obsessive ex-girlfriend turned up and started taunting him and then began knocking him around until she finally tried to strangle him with his tie. In self-defence he reached for the heaviest object - an ashtray - and hit her over the head. Matthew Rose who was a witness to the murder was framed by Steve for the murder and sent to prison. After release Matthew took revenge on Steve by tying him up in the club and threatening to set the club on fire but it was later revealed he was only trying to scare Steve and turn him into an emotional wreck.
Steve married Melanie Healy in 2001, and so she became a supposed owner of the club, though this wasn't correct, it was only in writing. Later, Dan Sullivan kidnapped Melanie as revenge on Steve for aiding playing apart in his imprisonment. After she was finally released from capture, she decided to torch the e20 to get back at for Steve for the lies he had told. As a result, the club needed to be completely rebuilt. Unfortunately for Steve, while his insurance claim was valid, the insurance company used a minor technicality (relating to an incident where he was fined for illegally importing duty-free wine from France in the 1980s) to invalidate his policy and avoid paying out, leaving him with no money to rebuild the club.
Steve sold off the e20 to his friend Beppe di Marco, on the same day as his anniversary, and the day he died in a car crash. Mel left, and the e20 was reopened in 2002 as Angie's Den by Sharon Watts.
[edit] Angie's Den
Angie's Den was named after Sharon's mother, Angie Watts and apparently deceased father, Den. Initial employees were Sam Mitchell and Billy Mitchell (who also owned 1% of the club). Later Dennis Rickman came to work there and helped run the club with Sharon. When Den Watts resurfaced he managed the club and his feud with the Mitchell's led to both Sam and Billy being sacked. This feud later led to Angie's Den being burnt down, by Billy Mitchell on 16 January 2004, without realising that Vicki Fowler was inside. Billy then rescued her, but after an explosion that rocked the club, it had to be closed down. Suspecting foul play the insurance company refused to pay out for the damage, which nearly led to Sharon selling the remains of the club to Sam (who had coerced her cousin Billy to torch it in the first place). Den came home from a holiday in Spain with the necessary funds and so the Watts held onto the club. It was refurbished and Sharon reopened it. Kareena Ferreira and Lisa Fowler worked here briefly as bar staff and so did Juley Smith, but he was sacked for selling drugs.
When Sharon decided to flee Walford to start a new life with Dennis in 2004, she sold Angie's Den to Johnny Allen.
[edit] Scarlet
On 14 February 2005, Johnny Allen bought the club and named it Scarlet after his daughter, who had died in a fire the previous year. Initial employees included Danny Moon, Jake Moon and Billy Mitchell. In 2006, Johnny decided to leave Albert Square.
Johnny's one-time fling, Amy then took over for just a few months, but it proved unpopular for a young woman to be manager. Mike Swann also had a very brief spell as manager. In April 2006 after Johnny was imprisoned for murder, his young daughter Ruby was given the club. Jake Moon was given the role of manager by Johnny and Grant Mitchell ran the club with him for several months. Jake and Grant both left, leaving Ruby and her boyfriend Sean Slater running the club. Ruby tried to employ Wayne Thompson to work as a manager but after Sean got angry at him he was not seen again. Ruby then left Walford for good and the future of the club remained uncertain.
Ruby then sold the club to Jack Branning.
[edit] R&R
On 16 October 2007, Ronnie Mitchell revealed her plans to buy Scarlet to her sister Roxy. Ronnie and Roxy argued over whether to call it "Ronnie's" or "Roxy's". In the end the girls came up with 'R&R', (Ronnies & Roxys).
Shortly after making an offer Ronnie was told that a better offer had been made and Ruby Allen wouldn't accept it unless she made a better offer. This later turned out to be Jack Branning who then went into silent partnership with Ronnie. On 29 November 2007 the club opened, now named R&R.
In June 2009 after Ronnie split up with Jack again, she decided to sell the club solely to him. He brought her out in August 2009 after selling the Car Lot to Archie Mitchell. Jack is now the only current owner.
- Owner: Jack Branning
- Staff: Billy Mitchell, Sam Mitchell Dave and Cameron.
[edit] Key events in the club
- 1999: Annie Palmer is beaten up by the heavies of a rival loan shark company.
- 1999: Saskia Duncan is murdered after a struggle with Steve Owen and Matthew Rose.
- 2000: Matthew Rose takes revenge on Steve, threatening to set fire to the club.
- 2000: Beppe di Marco collapses in Steve's office after taking a mixture of Steve's drugs.
- 2001: Melanie Owen sets the club on fire, leaving it destroyed.
- 2003: Sharon Watts is reunited with her father, Den, having believed him dead for fourteen years.
- 2003: Phil Mitchell escapes from prison and confronts Den and Dennis at the club for setting him up.
- 2004: Billy Mitchell starts a fire in Angie's Den which traps Vicki Fowler.
- 2004: Martin Fowler meets 'Stalker Sarah', who later goes on to stab him.
- 2005: Johnny Allen and Amy sleep together.
- 2005: Dennis Rickman beats Johnny up and Johnny makes the call that eventually gets Dennis killed by Danny Moon.
- 2006: Ruby Allen is mugged by Juley Smith.
- 2006: Jake Moon and Carly Wicks sleep together.
- 2007: Phil Mitchell challenges Jack Branning to a pool game, saying if he wins, Jack must leave Walford.
- 2008: Jack Branning and Roxy Mitchell sleep together behind Ronnie's back.
- 2009: Janine Butcher drugs Jack Branning and ties him to a radiator.
