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Beppe di Marco is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Michael Greco. He made his first appearance on 29 January 1998, but was axed by executive producer John Yorke in 2002, with his final scene airing on 4 June 2002. Beppe is his family's pride and joy, so it is a big shock to them when he is fired from the police force for attempting to frame local hardman Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp). Beppe is the local heart-throb and he has numerous relationships in Albert Square, which all end in disaster. ==Storylines== Beppe first appears when George Palmer and Peggy Mitchell (Paul Moriarty and Barbara Windsor) attend his father's funeral in January 1998. He moves to Albert Square in February 1998, with the rest of his family: mother Rosa (Louise Jameson), brother Gianni (Marc Bannerman) and sisters Teresa (Leila Birch) and Nicky (Carly Hillman). Beppe's family come to Walford to open an Italian restaurant, while he has built himself a successful career in the police force, progressing through the ranks to the Vice squad. Beppe is a single father to Joe (Jake Kyprianou). Joe's mother, Sandra (Clare Wilkie) left them when Joe was 10 months old - driven away by Beppe's interfering family, who never forgave her for not being Italian. Upon his arrival, Beppe instantly clashes with the Mitchell brothers, Phil and Grant (Steve McFadden and Ross Kemp), who are known to dabble on the wrong side of the law and Beppe sees them as trouble makers. Beppe's animosity towards Grant, in particular, increases when he becomes close to Grant's abused wife, Tiffany (Martine McCutcheon). It isn't long before Beppe falls in love with Tiffany and urges her to leave Grant. Beppe confronts Grant in The Queen Victoria public house over his cruelty towards Tiffany and the pair brawl. Tiffany decides to leave Grant after she finds him in bed with her mother Louise (Carol Harrison) and she packs her bags ready to leave with her and Grant's daughter, Courtney. However, just as Tiffany is about to leave, she falls down the stairs, making everyone suspect that Grant pushed her. Beppe is furious and arrests Grant for attempted murder. He also coerces Tiffany to pretend Grant had pushed her in order to keep him locked up. Tiffany does but her conscience gets the better of her and she later writes a letter exonerating Grant of any wrongdoing and instructs her best friend, Bianca (Patsy Palmer), to give it to the police after she leaves. However, she is killed in a car accident, whilst trying to reclaim Courtney from Grant, who has been released on bail. As Tiffany was about to elope with Beppe, he never forgives Grant and when he finds the letter that exonerates him, Beppe burns it. Beppe is subsequently sacked from the police force for withholding evidence and misconduct. When Grant finds out about the letter, he punches Beppe. Now out of work, Beppe gets a job as a cab driver working for Barry Evans (Shaun Williamson) and embarks on a stormy relationship with Grant's sister, Sam Mitchell (Danniella Westbrook). Sam takes the relationship more seriously than Beppe and becomes extremely jealous of his friendship with his flatmate Nina Harris (Troy Titus-Adams), so their relationship doesn't last long. In 2000, Beppe becomes a partner with Steve Owen (Martin Kemp) and starts managing his nightclub, The E20. His police contacts come in handy soon after when drugs are found in the club and he manages to persuade them to turn a blind eye. Also in 2000, Sandra di Marco returns, wanting to see her son. Although she is met with hostility at first, she and Beppe soon become closer and eventually rekindle their romance, much to his family's disgust. Because of his ties, he decides to stay in Walford when the family move away. Beppe is still in love with Sandra and soon wants to discuss having more children, Sandra flatly refuses. Soon after, Beppe's old vice-squad partner, Jack Robbins (Chook Sibtain), arrives, looking for Sandra. It turns out that Sandra had been involved with Jack for years. She left him following a miscarriage that left her unable to have children. Sandra tries to deny her feelings for Jack, but eventually she admits that she is still in love with him and only reconciled with Beppe so she can get custody of her son. She and Jack reignite their romance and Sandra makes plans to leave with Jack and Joe. However, Beppe catches them just as they are about to leave and when he realizes what is going on, he attacks Jack, takes Joe back and denies Sandra access. Sandra and Jack subsequently threaten to fight Beppe for custody of Joe. Beppe retaliates by using his police contacts to plant drugs on Jack, getting him sacked from the force. The constant rowing is having a negative effect on Joe and he struggles to choose between his parents. This culminates in him getting hit by a car when he disobeys his father and runs across the road to be with his mother. Joe is not seriously hurt but the accident makes his parents rethink their behaviour. Beppe allows Sandra access and she leaves the following year. In 2001, before Steve is killed in a car accident, Beppe buys his share and becomes sole owner of the club, a massive shock to Steve's wife Mel (Tamzin Outhwaite), as she thought she was the sole owner. During this period, Beppe spends his time having sex with anonymous women and dumping them when he gets bored. He even contracts a minor STD. Beppe becomes close to Lynne Slater (Elaine Lordan), who regularly babysits Joe whilst he is working, and she points out the error of his ways. Beppe falls for Lynne and attempts to stop her marrying Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves), but although Lynne is tempted, she goes ahead with the marriage. In 2002, Beppe gets news that his mother has died of a heart attack, which prompts him to sell the club to Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) and leaves Walford to tend to his grieving family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beppe di Marco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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