Eastenders have come up trumps after shelving plans on a controversial storyline which would have ended Dot Branning's association with Walford.
June Brown died at the age of 95 in April having played Dot from 1985 - the year the soap started - to 2020, meaning that only her granddaughter Dotty is the only person left from her family tree to remain in Albert Square. However, this appeared to be in question following a contentious storyline involving Dotty on Christmas Day last year.
Dotty - played by Milly Zero - was rocked by the news that good for nothing Nick Cotton, who terrorised his mother in their fractious relationship over the years, was not her real father.
