Terry Rich
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| Terry Rich | |
| Portrayed by | Gary Whelan |
| Duration | 1985, 1987 |
| First appearance | 26 February 1985 |
| Last appearance | 14 May 1987 |
| Marital status | Engaged |
| Occupation | Detective |
Detective Sergeant Terry Rich was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He was played by Gary Whelan.
[edit] History
Terry Rich was first seen on 26 February 1985. The police were treating Reg Cox's death as murder and a few days later, DS Rich of the Walford CID arrived in Albert Square to conduct an inquiry.
The following week, a badge that Lofty Holloway was wearing on his jumper caught the eye of Dr Legg, who recognised it as one that he'd seen in Reg's collection of Nazi badges from the war. A few hours later, Rich arrived at The Queen Vic where Lofty was tending bar and questioned him about how he got the badge. Lofty reluctantly admitted that he'd bought it from Mark Fowler for five pounds.
When questioned by Detective Sergeant Rich, Mark insisted that he'd found the badge on the street. However, on March 28, Rich learned that Mark had obtained the badge from Nick Cotton and 'turned over' Nick's place to find the remains of Reg's collection along with other incriminating evidence.
Nick Cotton then fled Walford, but was arrested the following month for the murder of Reg Cox.
Terry returned in 1987 to investigate the case of the 'Walford attacker', who was guilty of assaulting several different female inhabitants of Albert Square. In April of that year, the attacker picked the wrong victim, Debbie Wilkins, who managed to ward him off using self-defence, which led to his arrest.
Terry was impressed with the way Debbie conducted herself so he asked her if she would help him out on some police business. Terry asked Debbie to go to a French restaurant with him on an undercover operation to expose French resaurants using English waiters and he needed her to be his cover. Debbie agreed, but whilst on their mock date they bonded and when they returned to The Vic they made a dinner date for the next night to a Chinese restaurant and they were soon inseparable. Debbie's flat-mate Naima Jeffery seemed to dislike Terry immensely, but this didn't perturb Debbie and when Terry asked her to marry him, she gleefully accepted. The following month Terry was transferred to another division, so Debbie decided to leave Walford with him. Their last last appearance was May 14, 1987.
