Dot Cotton Dot Cotton Dorothy 'Dot' Branning (also Cotton) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, "EastEnders", played by June Brown since 1985. Dot first appeared in "EastEnders" in July 1985 as the mother of criminal Nick Cotton (John Altman). The character has worked as a launderette assistant for most of that time along with original character Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard). Dot moved away with her son and his family in 1993. In reality, Brown left the show in 1993, unhappy with the axing of her co star Peter Dean, who played Pete Beale from the shows first episode to
Danielle Jones (EastEnders) 48.3% audience share. A further 1.2 million viewers watched the episode's repeat on BBC Three later that evening. The high ratings caused a power surge more than double the national average, seeing a grid surge of 1270MW compared to the 550MW usually experienced during "EastEnders" episodes. A National Grid spokeswoman commented that the surge was "equivalent to around half a million kettles being switched on at once." Danielle Jones (EastEnders) Danielle Jones is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Lauren Crace. The character appeared between 18 August 2008 and 3 April 2009. Crace's casting in