The BBC soap aired a double bill on Thursday as Sonia Fowler (played by Natalie Cassidy) learnt of the passing of Dot Cotton (June Brown ... from Dot but she was cut off when her phone died.

Dot Cotton made a return of sorts to EastEnders ... With icon Sonia bowing out in the episode, after actress Natalie Cassidy quit the role, the show featured a number of nods to Sonia's past.

During his spell in EastEnders as Charlie Cotton, actor Declan Bennett had managed to become quite a central character. As Dot Cotton's beloved ... both theatre and TV, cut a tall slender figure ...

In For A Penny viewers were taken aback on Saturday night when the show, fronted by Stephen Mulhern, featured a Dot Cotton skit just days after June Brown, the actress who played the soap legend ...

Dot Cotton’s (June Brown ... We hope people will enjoy finding out more about the people who made London the iconic fashion capital we know today.’ June Brown appeared in over 2000 episodes ...

And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis ... storylines she’d been offered. Dot’s final appearance on the show took place ...

And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and ... were among the mourners in attendance at Dot Cotton’s funeral in Monday night’s episode ...

Actress June Brown was the backbone of one of Britain’s best loved soaps. Brown became a cultural fixture for her long-running turn as the inimitable Dot Branning – best known as Dot Cotton ...