EastEndes matriarch, Dot Branning, is to return to the award-winning soap in New Year, the BBC have today confirmed, after what producers are calling an “explosive Christmas” in Albert Square!

Dot, played by June Brown, was last seen on our EatsEnders screens in July when, after the trauma of Heather Trott’s murder, she went to visit her granddaughter, Dotty, along with her sister, Rose.
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As fans of EastEnders will know, June Brown who plays Dot Cotton, is currently on extended leave from the show, and part of her time spent away from the soap was to film June Brown: Respect Your Elders, which will air on BBC1 on Thursday at 10.35pm…

And in it, according to the Daily Mirror, we’ll see June visiting her co-star John Bardon who of course played the role of Dot’s husband Jim Branning until he had a devastating stroke, which saw him having to leave the role.

However, John’s stroke was written into Dot and Jim’s storyline, and Jim was of course an occasional visitor back in Walford at times when John was well enough to make brief appearances.

But as we’ll see in the show, sadly 73 year old John’s condition has deteriorated and he now needs constant 24/7 care from his elderly wife Edna, as he’s unable to walk and is speech impaired… Read more & comment »