Walford to bid final farewell to EastEnders legend Dot Cotton

June Brown, in character as the long-suffering busybody Dot Cotton (Matt Crossick/PA)

The residents of Albert Square will say their final farewells to Dot Cotton in a special episode honouring the death of EastEnders stalwart June Brown, the BBC have said.

Brown became a cultural fixture for her long-running turn as the inimitable Dot Branning – best known as Dot Cotton, the character’s previous married name – providing Walford with one of its best-loved and most memorable figures.