The brother of former EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie has been found guilty of her murder and told he will serve at least 20 years in jail. Tony McCluskie, 36, of Shoreditch, east London, had admitted manslaughter at the Old Bailey but denied her murder. Miss McCluskie’s torso was found in Regent’s Canal, Hackney, last March. Other body parts were found later. The 29-year-old actress played...
June Brown, the actor best known for portraying Dot Cotton in the BBC soap EastEnders, has died at 95. Brown, who played the chainsmoking Christian and Walford stalwart between 1985 and 1993 and then from 1997 onwards, died on Sunday, according to the BBC. “We are deeply saddened to announce our beloved mother, June, passed away very peacefully at her home in Surrey on Sunday evening, with her...
I HAVE been reporting on and working with soaps like EastEnders for years – and I don’t criticise them lightly. Hundreds of talented people work flat out behind the scenes to make them the best they can be – and they put their all into their work and care about what they’re doing. But sometimes there are mistakes – and Ben Mitchell’s rape storyline in EastEnders is one of them. With the power...