Some of Albert Square's most well known faces will make a return this winter to bid a last farewell to Dot Cotton. The returning cast are currently filming scenes which will bring viewers up to date with their lives, as they share their cherished memories of Dot.
June Brown who played Dot Branning in the soap for more than three decades died in April 2022 aged 95. She arrived on Albert Square shortly after the soap began in 1985, and aside from a break between 1993 and 1997, was a regular for 2,884 episodes. She left the soap in 2020.
Old friends including Colin Russell (Lord Michael Cashman CBE), Barry Clark (Gary Hailes) George ‘Lofty’ Holloway (Tom Watt), Mary ‘the punk’ Smith (Linda Davidson) and Disa O’Brien (Jan Graveson) will join Dot’s step-granddaughter Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) to say goodbye to the iconic character.
