EastEnders first look snaps as BBC One soap films Dot Cotton's emotional funeral
04.10.2022 - 17:55
/ ok.co.uk
EastEnders has started filming a special funeral episode for Dot Cotton after actress June Brown passed away aged 95 in April. New filming pictures give viewers a first look at the emotional scenes, which are set to air in the upcoming weeks, and see a horse-drawn carriage with white flowers spelling out "Dot".
Also spotted on set during the filming were Jamie Borthwick, who plays Jay Brown, and Tony Clay, who plays Callum Highway, with both wearing dark outfits. It comes amid reports that Jacqueline Jossa, who played Lauren Branning, is set to return for the emotional scenes after she left the BBC One soap in 2018.
A source told The Sun: "Bosses got in touch with Jacq about returning for Dot’s special episode and she was more than happy to come back." They added: "She was back last week filming her little guest stint." An EastEnders spokesperson declined to comment when contacted by OK!. Elsewhere, EastEnders boss Chris Clenshaw told Metro.co.uk of the emotional upcoming scenes: "It’s not a story that any of us wanted to think of or do, but under the circumstances, we’ve been working on a story where we will say a final farewell to Dot.
"We lost June earlier this year and what it will be is a fitting tribute to both June and Dot. We are working on it as we speak and it will be exactly what June deserves and I think what the audience deserves.
"We always knew we wouldn’t say goodbye to Dot while she was still with us, but she also knew that we’d have to find a time when we did say that. "The hardest day of my time here so far was having to break the news to the cast and crew and whole company that June had sadly passed away." June, who had played the iconic Dot since 1985, passed away "very peacefully" at her home on
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