'EastEnders' June Brown visits John Bardon "regularly"
Published Jul 6 2012, 08:02 BST | By Paul Millar
EastEnders legend June Brown has revealed that she pays regular visits to former co-star John Bardon.Bardon, who played Jim Branning in EastEnders until May 2011, suffered a major stroke in 2007.
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Dot Branning actress Brown - Bardon's on-screen wife - spoke about Bardon's physical condition in an interview with TV Times.
"I visit John regularly - his wife Edna has been marvellous," she said. "I feel for him because he can't write, paint or tell his jokes any more. He is such a clever man and he loved performing."
Brown was promoting her new documentary Respect My Elders, which airs as part of BBC One's 'When I'm 65' season on Thursday, July 12 at 9pm.
The 85-year-old is currently on a six-month hiatus from EastEnders to write her autobiography.
Watch June Brown in the trailer for BBC One's 'When I'm 65' season below:
I love Dot Branning please dont ever leave, sadly we dont have the calibre of writers anymore so I wouldnt blame you if you did, but your great character would be such a huge loss
July 13th 2012 at 10:36pm
The best two scenes of jim after the stroke was with max after bradley died and carol after billy died.... Shows how great an actor he really is
July 8th 2012 at 3:02pm
She is a truly lovely woman
And as for John it is so sad to see what's happened to him
God Bless them both
July 8th 2012 at 12:15pm
god bless you june. you deserved good old fashioned bbc drama series after enders,but sadly they dont produce them anymore. how about a new season of play for today,play of the month?
July 7th 2012 at 10:34pm
Enjoy your time away... but please not too much! We viewers have lost too many of our beloved EE characters!!
I'm still missing Pat (Pam)!
When will the powers that be give a damn about the viewers?!
July 7th 2012 at 7:07pm