Anthony Gibson

Anthony Gibson was a wealthy Australian driving down Robblesfield Way in October 1997, when he swerved to avoid Butch Dingle and ended up driving into a bale of hay. Butch helped Anthony out of his car and comforted a shaken up Anthony. Anthony tells Butch how his father made him break off his engagement to his fiancee and sent him to England for a holiday - otherwise he'd be cut off from the family. Anthony told Butch that he's trying to become a record producer, Butch tells him that his father is in a band - The Woolpackers. Butch calls Marlon to get a tow truck for Anthony's car, and Butch introduces Anthony to Marlon, who asks to drive his car to Wishing Well Cottage. Anthony tells Marlon about the family trying to outdo each other on getting his father's birthday present, to which Marlon jokes that he could take the Dingle family van as the worst present.

Inside Wishing Well, Zak is astounded when Anthony wants The Woolpackers to go to Australia, offering them a free trip and £1,000 each, leaving the group over the moon. Zak reveals that his great-great-great-great-uncle Nathaniel Dingle moved to Australia in the 1800s and asks Anthony if they think he'd be able to help track down the Australian Dingles, to which Anthony agrees.

At the airport, Mandy is left disappointed when Anthony reveals that he won't be sitting with them. However, Mandy manages to bag herself a first class ticket right next to Anthony by claiming to be his fiancee. Anthony discovers that Lisa is petrified of flying and tells her she doesn't have to come.