sentences:  Three other of Jim's children, April Branning (Debbie Arnold), Derek Branning (Terence Beesley) and Sue Branning (Julie Christian-Young) also appeared in 1995 and 1996, as well as his first wife Reenie Branning (Joy Graham), who died off screen in 1999, allowing Jim to move in with his grandchildren.Jim was paired romantically with Dot Cotton (June Brown), and the couple married on screen in February 2002.The family was extended in 2005 with the arrival of Jim's grandson Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements), in January 2006.