Aidan J. David (born 23 December 1981) is a British actor, best known for playing James Arnold (Arnie) in the BBC school drama ''

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''. He appeared in the show from 1994 to 2001. Arnie, who came from an affluent background, was one of the show's most popular characters during the 1990s, and in 2000 the previously healthy character had to come to terms with

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. In a first for ''Grange Hill'', Arnie was brought back for an extra year in 2001 along with classmate Colin Brown (Colin Ridgewell). Previously, no pupils had ever stayed in the show longer than seven consecutive series. Aidan has since appeared in ''

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Rose and Maloney ''Rose and Maloney'' is a British television crime drama series, produced by All3 Media, and broadcast on ITV between 29 September 2002 and 26 September 2005. The series stars Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis as the principal characters, Rose ...

'' and ''

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''. He also features in Ed Sheeran ft Khalid "Beautiful People" video.

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1981 births Living people British male television actors {{UK-tv-actor-1980s-stub