EastEnders icon June Brown set to land £300k windfall deal to play lovable Dot Cotton for another year
The actress has remained on the soap since its launch in 1985
SHE is the most beloved face of Walford - and it looks like Dot Cotton isn't going anywhere as EastEnders bosses make a tempting £300,000 bid to keep her on the show another year.
, who plays the long-suffering launderette lady, is reportedly in talks to remain on the show until at least March 2018.
The 89-year-old star, who has been on the show since it first aired in 1985, has become a hot property for EastEnders bosses after becoming such a loved character throughout her years.
A source told : "They realise June isn’t getting any younger but she has intimated that she wants to carry on in the role as long as she feels able, so that is great news.”
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Dot Branning (nee Cotton) has seen her fair share of trouble during her time in the Square - and has been a pinnacle of some of the shows most successful and heartbreaking storylines.
After initially joining the show as part of a plot involving her wayward son Nick Cotton, fans have watched as she has seen several of her family members die, remain blissfully in the dark about the fate of her close friend Fatboy, and give her best friend Ethel the pills she needed to die in a ground-breaking euthanasia storyline.
They've also seen her marry Jim Branning, and take care of him after a stroke (which was written into the story when the actor who played him, John Bardon, suffered one in real life).
Earlier this year, fans reacted angrily when she was sacked from her much-loved job at the launderette after decades of employment, sparking Twitter hashtag #JUSTICEFORDOT.
However, there appears to me more heartache in store when she confided in close friend Patrick Trueman that she may be going blind.
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