THREE of EastEnders star June Brown’s children appear at the TV funeral of her iconic character, Dot Cotton. Show boss Chris Kershaw revealed that Sophie, Nim and Billy asked to be in the touching scenes.
The episode, extended to 37 minutes and with re-worked theme tune, airs on Monday. June — chain-smoking laundry worker Dot from 1985 to 2020 — died at home surrounded by her family in April aged 95.
In her final episode on the BBC soap, she left a voicemail to say she was off to Ireland to visit grandson Charlie. Executive producer Chris said that, while alive, June did not want Dot killed off.
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