They had the perfect cast of Steve Owen, Dan Sullivan and Phil Mitchell. Ever since, they've tried and failed to redo this storyline. And it never seems to work. They struck gold here.
johnny allen alfie moon andy hunter goldie are all amazing too, larry lamb being in it was refreshing for a bit too, eastenders really did use to have the absolute classics damn
these 3 are probably my favourite, or any of the gangsters that would rotate around over the years, they always kept me going too, gotta love that vibe in eastenders
@@diehard21000- And the fact Phil had two fellas with him didn't have anything to do with the fact Dan walked away from the situation, Phil one on one was no match against Big Dan.
@@deano8403 bollocks, the same can be said for Dan who has to have gun with him like he did in arches when phil threw him into wall or when phil went to see him at flats
Phil used to be the friendly villain of the square. After Grant slept with Kathy, he became pure evil. Now he’s in his mid 60s, he’s back to the friendly villain again.
Ol' Craig, plays Dan good. Does a great job acting.. until recently the last ten years or so EastEnders is nothing to how it used to be. Over the years its turned into a load of Shxt..i prefer these older episodes. 80s an 90s was the best EastEnders series for me. JMHO.💯👏🏾👏🏾
I'm going to say something that will be unpopular with most. Strong as Grant was... I reckon Dan had the edge on Grant. He is just bigger in both ways; mass and height. No wonder Phil was hesitant to ever put his hands on him. Probably knew he would get thrown around and hammered.
In terms of strength they are probably close, in a full on fight I think Grant would batter Dan though. Funnily enough though I did a hardmen video a few years ago and I had Dan at number one - that was mostly just to have a change from everyone else putting Grant or Phil first.
@@RandomUploads-ch3bh I'll have to give it a watch pal. And maybe, I reckon it would be a close one... Grant would be the better fighter for sure, but Dan was stronger, I reckon. He was about 6'3" and build like a brick shit house. Come to think of it... I reckon no one has come close in terms of height to Dan besides Gianni.
@@AB-sg5wn Ahhh it was on a previous channel of mine so unfortunately that video is long gone. Not sure.. he definitely edges Phil though. Who would you say are the fighters in Eastenders and the top strongest? Well that's the thing, I've seen him listed as 6'3" online but he never looks that tall next to a 6' Martin Kemp. Haha I used to say he was built like a brick shit house too! Yes Gianni is quite close to him in size, never sure how tough Gianni is though.
@@RandomUploads-ch3bh ahh that's a shame pal, I would of loved to have seen it. Yeah Gianni was tough but not mentioned in the same breath as, Dan, Phil and Grant. I'd say the top tough men undoubtedly are Dan then Grant and Phil in third. And after that it starts getting tricky to predict... I mean many would say Rickman back in 03 would be just behind Phil but then you think would like Jack Branning get put down by Dennnis in a fight?
@@AB-sg5wn Yh, it is a tricky one. I think Dennis would edge Jack but it could go either way. I think Vincent and Andrew Cotton should be up there with the strongest and Sean Slater would be one of the best fight, along with Vincent, Paul Truman and maybe Beppe D Marco?
Ah but this is eastenders not craig fairbrass vs ross kemp. Grant takes dan every time in an all out brawl. Far more psychotic with better skills and he was a good healthy size. Hes supposed to be 6 foot odd in enders. Dan maybe 6 3 like gianni and grunt wasnt scared of him. Dan was a size but id take grant to batter him at his peak fitness when he was worjing in steve owens gym in late 90s over the bigger bulkier grant of 2005/6
@@bensmithkent22 reason coz Dan didn't get much fighting action, people choose Grant coz he's overrated but Dan is more underrated and def is more kickass
Anyone know the name of the song playing in the background at 1:35? I remember this episode like it was yesterday... And to this day I'm still trying to find out the song name!! 😂
Dan must have spent that £200k ransom money he scampered off into the sunset with, it's high time he paid a return visit... (would make a refreshing diversion from the current stroppy mick storyline that feels like it's been going on for years)
11:51 how the hell did Dan take advantage ? Phil didn't want the Vic back and sold it to Dan, Dan was even hesitant about the offer to run the Queen Vic. Bro I don't even understand Phil sometimes 🙄
Wasn't Phil drinking and having a break down??? Dan is a slippery customer , he has to throw in obligatory concern but he Wasn't so concerned when he actually got it, what friend really busy his friends business for a fiver when they are obviously in mental turmoil. Dan is a hood
@@geedee1264I dont think he cared after realising that he sold his share of the Queen Vic. Dan felt betrayed and rightfully so, Phil just took in him after most people hated him for sleeping with Ricky's wife, and then leaves him high and dry, cos he felt like that he could do that Dan and everyone else, he was in the wrong and never put his hands up, Dan admitted his guilt, why couldnt Phil ? Maybe it was too hard for him too handle. So Dan never took advantage, Dan never forced him to drink, Dan was like the only friend for Phil until he turned his back on him.
They had the perfect cast of Steve Owen, Dan Sullivan and Phil Mitchell. Ever since, they've tried and failed to redo this storyline. And it never seems to work. They struck gold here.
I know! Sean Vs. Jack Vs. Phil so could've been this!
johnny allen alfie moon andy hunter goldie are all amazing too,
larry lamb being in it was refreshing for a bit too, eastenders really did use to have the absolute classics damn
these 3 are probably my favourite, or any of the gangsters that would rotate around over the years, they always kept me going too, gotta love that vibe in eastenders
Ukff
@@joshuamason8992 They got you going did they? 😉
Dan Sullivan, unquestionably one of the top ten characters of all time. Easy.
It helps that he was played by one of the best UK actors ever.
Eastenders like Dan actr
@@H.K.5Best UK actors ever? 😂😂😂
@@DannySmith-z1n Watch the Rise Of The Footsoldier movies and you’ll know what I mean.
@@DannySmith-z1n I take it you haven’t seen Craig Fairbrass in anything outside of EastEnders.
doesnt get better than this. incredible
2am and I’m watching this bollocks, loved how easterners used to be basicly a gangster program 😂
Same here lol
The 1 and only Dan Sullivan
Dan would make a good James bond he's got the acting talent to play a 007.
He’s too big size
Have u seen his films come on
he would make a great Pat Tate
He would've made a good Henchmen in James Bond
@@shazumia1911 Who said James Bond had to be skinny?
This was when I was in my best age, 22. Never again got as good as this, it all went downhill from 2001 and on.
The best years 2000 to 06
It was still decent when they brought back dirty den... Was OK for a little while after with Johnny Allen etc. Got rubbish after that.
They should bring back Dan
A big Christmas storyline. That would be really good. Push phil over edge, put him and ben in hospital, then grant returns
Always made me laugh...Dan could gave snapped Phil into pieces
They never had a punch up.. cos Dan would have destroyed Phil! And we couldn't have that!
Grant would of battered him@@jazzbollywood
Dan - "Roy playing Musical Cars around the Square". 😂
Back when it was decent, Steve Owen on his motorola flip phone driving a 6 series beemer, dan sulivan letting shooters off, Phil hard as f
Billy maybe a weasle who everybody pushed around but he was an opportunistic sadist at the same time 😂
Steve was a legend
Steve owen is phwoar
Dan The Man - "I dont want your money, thats the last thing i want". Love the way Dan mocked Phil and how powerless Phil was to stop it. 😂
Just like when phil got the pub back of Dan and Dan was powerless to do anything about it apart from walk away with his tail between his legs
@@diehard21000- And the fact Phil had two fellas with him didn't have anything to do with the fact Dan walked away from the situation, Phil one on one was no match against Big Dan.
@@deano8403 bollocks, the same can be said for Dan who has to have gun with him like he did in arches when phil threw him into wall or when phil went to see him at flats
@@diehard21000 - Dan didn't want to bruise his knuckles. 😂
@@deano8403 bruise his ego more like lol
Phil used to be the friendly villain of the square. After Grant slept with Kathy, he became pure evil. Now he’s in his mid 60s, he’s back to the friendly villain again.
I love how Mel was pushing buttons with Phil and as soon as she triggered him she started playing victim hahahaahahahahhaaa
Man Eadtenders was actually watchable back then
This was the best year of Eastenders since then it all been downhill
Dan was actually a good mate to Phil
Why did they fall out
@@TextBookPuncher1 - Phil found out Big Dan grassed him up to the Coppers about the stolen cars him and Roy were flogging. 😂
This was EastEnders perfect time
Ol' Craig, plays Dan good. Does a great job acting.. until recently the last ten years or so EastEnders is nothing to how it used to be. Over the years its turned into a load of Shxt..i prefer these older episodes. 80s an 90s was the best EastEnders series for me. JMHO.💯👏🏾👏🏾
I'm going to say something that will be unpopular with most. Strong as Grant was... I reckon Dan had the edge on Grant. He is just bigger in both ways; mass and height. No wonder Phil was hesitant to ever put his hands on him. Probably knew he would get thrown around and hammered.
In terms of strength they are probably close, in a full on fight I think Grant would batter Dan though. Funnily enough though I did a hardmen video a few years ago and I had Dan at number one - that was mostly just to have a change from everyone else putting Grant or Phil first.
@@RandomUploads-ch3bh I'll have to give it a watch pal. And maybe, I reckon it would be a close one... Grant would be the better fighter for sure, but Dan was stronger, I reckon. He was about 6'3" and build like a brick shit house. Come to think of it... I reckon no one has come close in terms of height to Dan besides Gianni.
@@AB-sg5wn Ahhh it was on a previous channel of mine so unfortunately that video is long gone. Not sure.. he definitely edges Phil though. Who would you say are the fighters in Eastenders and the top strongest? Well that's the thing, I've seen him listed as 6'3" online but he never looks that tall next to a 6' Martin Kemp. Haha I used to say he was built like a brick shit house too! Yes Gianni is quite close to him in size, never sure how tough Gianni is though.
@@RandomUploads-ch3bh ahh that's a shame pal, I would of loved to have seen it. Yeah Gianni was tough but not mentioned in the same breath as, Dan, Phil and Grant. I'd say the top tough men undoubtedly are Dan then Grant and Phil in third. And after that it starts getting tricky to predict... I mean many would say Rickman back in 03 would be just behind Phil but then you think would like Jack Branning get put down by Dennnis in a fight?
@@AB-sg5wn Yh, it is a tricky one. I think Dennis would edge Jack but it could go either way. I think Vincent and Andrew Cotton should be up there with the strongest and Sean Slater would be one of the best fight, along with Vincent, Paul Truman and maybe Beppe D Marco?
Dan Sullivan would've turned Pat Tate and battered Grant Mitchell.
Ah but this is eastenders not craig fairbrass vs ross kemp. Grant takes dan every time in an all out brawl. Far more psychotic with better skills and he was a good healthy size. Hes supposed to be 6 foot odd in enders. Dan maybe 6 3 like gianni and grunt wasnt scared of him. Dan was a size but id take grant to batter him at his peak fitness when he was worjing in steve owens gym in late 90s over the bigger bulkier grant of 2005/6
@@bensmithkent22 reason coz Dan didn't get much fighting action, people choose Grant coz he's overrated but Dan is more underrated and def is more kickass
Grant can take Pat but he’d struggle far more than he would with Dan.
Grant was an experienced killed from the parachute regiment, who are not notorious for their gentleness even amongst military
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Reggie Kray and Pat Tate, Eastenders had a great cast back in the day, nowadays its complete shite.
Billy was clever at the period !
Best actor ever dan sullivan
This is the same guy who voiced Gaz from CoD4, Ghost from MW2 & Wallcroft from MW3
Anyone got the poker game between Dan and Phil (and Frank and Roy)?
I had it uploaded but annoyingly it got blocked!
Dam sullivan has to return at somepoint
Craig Fairbrass should return to EastEnders instead of carrying on with that dead franchise Rise Of The Footsoldier.
I agree! I think they should write a catfishing Phil storyline and when he arranges to meet the person, it turns out to be Dan!
@@RandomUploads-ch3bh That’s a brilliant idea, and then it turns out Dan is the biological father of Raymond Dawkins.
@@H.K.5 That would be a perfect twist 👌Would also give Dan a decent reason to feud with Jack!
Phil Mitchell as James Bond
Anyone know the name of the song playing in the background at 1:35? I remember this episode like it was yesterday... And to this day I'm still trying to find out the song name!! 😂
did u find out what it was called
Any chance you can upload phil and dans poker game? Cheers
Dan must have spent that £200k ransom money he scampered off into the sunset with, it's high time he paid a return visit... (would make a refreshing diversion from the current stroppy mick storyline that feels like it's been going on for years)
If he was in any way smart that 200k set him for life big time...
To think Dan was once a TOTP dancer!
11:51 how the hell did Dan take advantage ? Phil didn't want the Vic back and sold it to Dan, Dan was even hesitant about the offer to run the Queen Vic. Bro I don't even understand Phil sometimes 🙄
Wasn't Phil drinking and having a break down???
Dan is a slippery customer , he has to throw in obligatory concern but he Wasn't so concerned when he actually got it, what friend really busy his friends business for a fiver when they are obviously in mental turmoil. Dan is a hood
@@geedee1264I dont think he cared after realising that he sold his share of the Queen Vic. Dan felt betrayed and rightfully so, Phil just took in him after most people hated him for sleeping with Ricky's wife, and then leaves him high and dry, cos he felt like that he could do that Dan and everyone else, he was in the wrong and never put his hands up, Dan admitted his guilt, why couldnt Phil ? Maybe it was too hard for him too handle. So Dan never took advantage, Dan never forced him to drink, Dan was like the only friend for Phil until he turned his back on him.
Ricky fighting was fucking funny
12:46 best acting from Phil amazing, funny doe Dan abit of a problem physically
Sack Steve Owen or Dan sullivan lol. Phil Mitchell is the daddy.
the music when steve is about too sniff the coke is so trippy, does anyone know the name of the song
BT - Remember (Paul Van Dyk's Recollected Remix) (1997
@@marcusharrison4696 thank you so much
Phil beat Dan
Not later though....
Miss it its shite now
😢😮
2:22
Jamie is annoying in all these vids so far lol
I know right? He's constantly mouthing off at Phil!
Pat tate, one of the Krays and Phil Mitchell the ultimate Albert square firm
Steve on sniff