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Old 14-10-2012, 04:03
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https://twitter.com/franciso22/statu...95636340432897 Thank God for that as many feared she may be on leave for longer than six months.At least shes returning and many fans will be grateful for that.
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Old 14-10-2012, 04:37
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https://twitter.com/franciso22/statu...95636340432897 Thank God for that as many feared she may be on leave for longer than six months.At least shes returning and many fans will be grateful for that.
Thank God lol. Dot IS Eastenders.
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Old 14-10-2012, 04:38
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Thank God lol. Dot IS Eastenders.
Thats putting a bit of a short shelflife on the shows future LOL!
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Old 14-10-2012, 04:57
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Thats putting a bit of a short shelflife on the shows future LOL!
Haha good point, I should have included Ian in that statement

Good to know she's back though, sometimes soap actors and actresses claim they're only taking a short break and then they never return (Leah Bracknell springs to mind...)
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Old 14-10-2012, 05:17
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It doesn't mean she has returned filming, she could be visiting.
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Old 14-10-2012, 06:50
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Old 14-10-2012, 08:47
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Shame she's returning, not a fan.
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Old 14-10-2012, 09:01
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Why are there so many 'breaks from the show' these days? Understand June's due to her age but the rest are getting on my wick. Doesn't help continuity or engaging with the character when we know they are about to bugger off soon. If they aren't committed then they should just leave.
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Old 14-10-2012, 09:03
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I agree, these breaks seem to be becoming more frequent.
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Old 14-10-2012, 09:31
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Why are there so many 'breaks from the show' these days? Understand June's due to her age but the rest are getting on my wick. Doesn't help continuity or engaging with the character when we know they are about to bugger off soon. If they aren't committed then they should just leave.
This . Everyone seems to be taking breaks. Easties bosses seem very accommodating .
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Old 14-10-2012, 09:46
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Why are there so many 'breaks from the show' these days? Understand June's due to her age but the rest are getting on my wick. Doesn't help continuity or engaging with the character when we know they are about to bugger off soon. If they aren't committed then they should just leave.
June and Adam deserved there's I would of just axed Patsy
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Old 14-10-2012, 11:48
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Good to know she is still in the loop and hopefully will be back on our screens come Xmas, it'll be interesting to see if her time away has meant anything to her or if she will just come back and pick up where she left off...in a strange way there isnt much for Dot to come back for...she has no real friends or connection to the Square apart from Ian and Jim's kids and grandkids....I mean if she is having a great time with her own granddaughter and she is retired...why come back? :S

I hope they give her a reason to return and dont just have her turn up randomly and say well that was a nice holiday.... perhaps she can be ill and wanting to hide it from Dotty and her mother?
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Old 14-10-2012, 12:14
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It doesn't mean she has returned filming, she could be visiting.
I think she has returned to filming because June had a 6 month break so I think she's back filming
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Old 14-10-2012, 16:19
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like Dot but not missed her in the slightest. EE survived without her before, it can do it again.
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Old 14-10-2012, 16:24
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Good news.
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Old 14-10-2012, 16:36
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June and Adam deserved there's I would of just axed Patsy
If they axe Patsy then they would need to axe Linda Henry, Charlie Brooks, Jo Joyner, Jake Wood, Lindsey Coulson and June Brown too since Patsy has taken the same number of breaks that they have i.e. one.
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Old 14-10-2012, 16:45
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If they axe Patsy then they would need to axe Linda Henry, Jo Joyner, Jake Wood, Lindsey Coulson and June Brown too since Patsy has taken the same number of breaks that they have i.e. one.
But Patsy was the first, in fact, I believe it's in her contract cause she refused to come back otherwise.

June Brown and Adam Woodyatt deserve their breaks.

I'm convinced Lindsey wouldn't have taken one had Patsy not or had Patsy been fired. I also believe Linda Henry's was to serve the storyline, it seemed the break was more a reward than a request.

And then there is Jake and Jo, they wouldn't have taken had EE put their foot down which might upset Jo but if no one else is taking a break she probably wouldn't even of asked.

I believe breaks should only be given to long serving members of the cast, the elderly cast, pregnant actresses and when the writers believe it serves the storyline. For example, it made sense for Shirley to leave after the Ben reveal but Bianca leaving was very abrupt and all due to the fact that Patsy suddenly turned round and demanded a break.
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Old 14-10-2012, 16:50
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But Patsy was the first, in fact, I believe it's in her contract cause she refused to come back otherwise.

June Brown and Adam Woodyatt deserve their breaks.

I'm convinced Lindsey wouldn't have taken one had Patsy not or had Patsy been fired. I also believe Linda Henry's was to serve the storyline, it seemed the break was more a reward than a request.

And then there is Jake and Jo, they wouldn't have taken had EE put their foot down which might upset Jo but if no one else is taking a break she probably wouldn't even of asked.

I believe breaks should only be given to long serving members of the cast, the elderly cast, pregnant actresses and when the writers believe it serves the storyline. For example, it made sense for Shirley to leave after the Ben reveal but Bianca leaving was very abrupt and all due to the fact that Patsy suddenly turned round and demanded a break.
And patsy's break was so close to the last one too! It gets on my wick. Grrrrrrr!
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Old 14-10-2012, 16:53
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But Patsy was the first, in fact, I believe it's in her contract cause she refused to come back otherwise.

June Brown and Adam Woodyatt deserve their breaks.

I'm convinced Lindsey wouldn't have taken one had Patsy not or had Patsy been fired. I also believe Linda Henry's was to serve the storyline, it seemed the break was more a reward than a request.

And then there is Jake and Jo, they wouldn't have taken had EE put their foot down which might upset Jo but if no one else is taking a break she probably wouldn't even of asked.

I believe breaks should only be given to long serving members of the cast, the elderly cast, pregnant actresses and when the writers believe it serves the storyline. For example, it made sense for Shirley to leave after the Ben reveal but Bianca leaving was very abrupt and all due to the fact that Patsy suddenly turned round and demanded a break.
Linda has always had a break. Two every year, its just hardly anyone noticed she wasnt onscreen. Shes become more popular and getting less breaks.
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Old 14-10-2012, 16:54
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But Patsy was the first, in fact, I believe it's in her contract cause she refused to come back otherwise.

June Brown and Adam Woodyatt deserve their breaks.

I'm convinced Lindsey wouldn't have taken one had Patsy not or had Patsy been fired. I also believe Linda Henry's was to serve the storyline, it seemed the break was more a reward than a request.

And then there is Jake and Jo, they wouldn't have taken had EE put their foot down which might upset Jo but if no one else is taking a break she probably wouldn't even of asked.

I believe breaks should only be given to long serving members of the cast, the elderly cast, pregnant actresses and when the writers believe it serves the storyline. For example, it made sense for Shirley to leave after the Ben reveal but Bianca leaving was very abrupt and all due to the fact that Patsy suddenly turned round and demanded a break.
How do you know that Patsy 'suddenly turned round and demanded a break' given that soaps plan so far ahead I doubt that was the case.

I disagree that Bianca leaving was abrupt, ever since Ricky left she was always complaining about being skint, in fact the character started getting slated for moaning about money so much, but at least it was realistic and not as though everything was fine until her last episode when she was suddenly in debt.

We don't know what the terms of Palmer's contract is, we don't know how committed or otherwise she is, and we don't know that she will continue to take breaks every few months.
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Old 14-10-2012, 16:57
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And patsy's break was so close to the last one too! It gets on my wick. Grrrrrrr!
She wasn't on a break she was on maternity leave and out of contract with the show during that time. She only signed a new contract at the end of 2011 returning for Pat's exit.

People over-exaggerate Palmer's so-called lack of commitment to the programme.

She was there for six years between 1993-1999, appeared in a spin-off in 2002, and then returned for almost 3 years before going on maternity leave.

She worked right up until the birth of her son to the extent where episodes had to be rewritten.

Since she was not under contract during maternity leave then Patsy was not under any obligation to return ASAP. She came back for Pat's exit but wanted 'a bit more time off' to spend with her kids afterwards, there is nothing wrong with that and after she suffered a miscarriage just before returning in 2011 I think people shouldn't begrudge her it.

Palmer has taken the same amount of breaks as the rest of the cast eg. Jo, Lindsey, Charlie, June, Linda, i.e one. Maternity leave is a basic entitlement, not a break.

Also Bianca appeared loads between January and April of this year so the last thing anyone can accuse Patsy of being is workshy. She was way out in front in terms of the character appearance count, by the time she'd left in April she'd earnt a break.
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Old 14-10-2012, 16:59
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She wasn't on a break she was on maternity leave and out of contract with the show during that time. She only signed a new contract at the end of 2011 returning for Pat's exit.

People over-exaggerate Palmer's so-called lack of commitment to the programme.

She was there for six years between 1993-1999, appeared in a spin-off in 2002, and then returned for almost 3 years before going on maternity leave.

She worked right up until the birth of her son to the extent where episodes had to be rewritten.

Since she was not under contract during maternity leave then Patsy was not under any obligation to return ASAP. She came back for Pat's exit but wanted 'a bit more time off' to spend with her kids afterwards, there is nothing wrong with that and after she suffered a miscarriage just before returning in 2011 I think people shouldn't begrudge her it.

Palmer has taken the same amount of breaks as the rest of the cast eg. Jo, Lindsey, Charlie, June, Linda, i.e one. Maternity leave is a basic entitlement, not a break.

Also Bianca appeared loads between January and April of this year so the last thing anyone can accuse Patsy of being is workshy. She was way out in front in terms of the character appearance count, by the time she'd left in April she'd earnt a break.
I agree jan to April is a hard slog. I'll ask my boss if I can have the rest of the year off.
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Old 14-10-2012, 17:02
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I agree jan to April is a hard slog. I'll ask my boss if I can have the rest of the year off.
My point was she appeared in way more episodes than the rest of the cast during this time so it is not like she came back from her year off, appeared in a small number of episodes, and then took a break. That could be seen as taking the mick but she didn't do that.

It still stands that she has only taken one break like all the others since maternity leave during which she was out of contract hardly counts.
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Old 14-10-2012, 17:16
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I agree jan to April is a hard slog. I'll ask my boss if I can have the rest of the year off.

Not really comparable. It isn't a 9 to 5 job.

Not to mention she wasn't going to come back, she'd gone on maternity leave and her contract expired so was therefore no longer under employment. They persuaded her to come back purely because they wanted Bianca there for Pat's exit.

She made it clear that she wanted longer at home with the new baby, so they agreed to make it a temporary return before writing her out before coming back permanently at another time.

I'm sure Jo Joyner or Laurie Brett did the same a couple of years ago. They were on maternity leave but were persuaded to make a short and early return in the middle of it to film scenes for someone else's exit, then complete their maternity leave before making a full time return.
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Old 14-10-2012, 17:23
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Yeah they did. They brought Tanya back for an episode which also happened to be the last episode to feature the original Lauren. It was when Max went round to her house to confront her about some stuff. Of course, Tanya came back full time months later. But Tanya is leaving again next year.

Jane came back to wrap up her storyline with Ian and Masood i assume.
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