EastEnders - Season 24 - Eps 19: 3518

2008-01-3130 min⭐ 4.2/10

On 31 January 2008, June made history by being the first and so far only actress to carry an entire episode single handed in the history of British soap, with a monologue looking back over her past life, dictated to a cassette machine for her husband Jim to listen to in hospital following a stroke. The fact that co-star and close friend John Bardon (who plays Jim) is recovering from a stroke in real life added extra pathos to the episode. In an interview on This Morning she claimed it was relatively easy as there were no co-actors forgetting their lines. In 2009, Brown was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She is the first actress to be nominated in the category for a role in a soap opera since Jean Alexander's nomination for playing Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street in 1989. Brown's nomination came as a result of her "single-hander" episode of EastEnders, the director of which she praised.

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About EastEnders

EastEnders

Title: EastEnders

First Air Date: 1985-02-19

Last Air Date: 2025-07-31

Status: Returning Series

Rating: 4.2/10 (from 214 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 42

Total Episodes: 7082

Network: BBC One

Genres: Soap, Drama, Crime

Production Companies: BBC Studios Drama Productions

Synopsis

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.

Cast

Louisa Lytton

Louisa Lytton

Ruby Allen

Scott Maslen

Scott Maslen

Jack Branning

Laila Morse

Laila Morse

Mo Harris

Perry Fenwick

Perry Fenwick

Billy Mitchell

Jessie Wallace

Jessie Wallace

Kat Slater

Emma Barton

Emma Barton

Honey Mitchell

Jamie Borthwick

Jamie Borthwick

Jay Brown

Natalie Cassidy

Natalie Cassidy

Sonia Fowler

Jacqueline Jossa

Jacqueline Jossa

Lauren Branning

Tameka Empson

Tameka Empson

Kim Fox

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