Pick of the day: Piers Morgan's Life Stories
Piers Morgan chats with June Brown, who has played Dot Branning (formerly Cotton) in EastEnders for nearly 30 years. Brown’s theatrical skills were honed with the help of legends such as Laurence Olivier and Alec Guinness.
Now she takes a look back at her life and career and reveals how she juggled work with giving birth to six children in seven years, talking about landing the role of Dot in the BBC soap when she was 58 and recalling some of her character's most memorable scenes.