Ex-EastEnders actress avoids jail after shouting “black lives don’t matter”
A former EastEnders actress who shouted “black lives don’t matter” outside a fish and chip shop has been sentenced to a community order. Katie Jarvis, who played…
Why EastEnders’ June Brown was the most stylish woman on British television
When she went to Buckingham Palace to receive an MBE from the Queen, Brown wore a deep pink skirt suit in a sleek 1930s cut with a…
Why June Brown was the most stylish woman on British television
When she went to Buckingham Palace to receive an MBE from the Queen, Brown wore a deep pink skirt suit in a sleek 1930s cut with a…
EastEnders’ Dot Cotton: a real character with Shakespearean depths
The true test of her faith was demonstrated to superb effect in 2000 in a euthanasia storyline in which she helped her friend Ethel, who was suffering…
June Brown gave EastEnders the power and pathos of an Alan Bennett play
“Give us a tea, Lofty. And a glass of water so I can take a paracetamol.” On 4 July 1985, these were the first words uttered by…
EastEnders star June Brown, who played Dot Cotton, dead aged 95
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said EastEnders star June Brown was a “true national treasure” who “captured the zeitgeist”. “There was nobody quite like June Brown,” Ms Dorries…
£87m for a pub? How the BBC justifies its shiny new EastEnders set
“In the scheme of headaches facing the BBC, an overspend on the EastEnders set is towards the bottom of the list,” says Chris Curtis, editor of industry…
Strictly Come Dancing Live, Birmingham Utilita Arena review: lorryloads of glamour and goodwill
TV presenter AJ Odudu suffered hoofing heartbreak when she reached the final but was forced to pull out with torn ankle ligaments. She’d hoped to recover in…
GB News, the West End and a billion-dollar fashion label: what the Grange Hill cast did next
Grange Hill had passed its peak by the Nineties but limped into the Noughties, when it relocated to Phil Redmond’s native Liverpool, where the set is now…
GB News, the West End and a billion-dollar fashion label: what the cast of Grange Hill did next
Grange Hill had passed its peak by the Nineties but limped into the Noughties, when it relocated to Phil Redmond’s native Liverpool, where the set is now…