John Altman’s June Brown Tribute

John Altman, who played Nick Cotton on EastEnders, has paid tribute to the generosity and spirit of June Brown who played his screen mum Dot on the BBC soap.

During an appearance on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday April 5, 2022, John Altman referred to June Brown as his “second mother” as he shared treasured memories of working with his co-star while playing Dot’s tearaway son Nick.

John Altman spoke very fondly of June Brown.

John Altman said;

“She was a dear friend. Someone I could confide in, and probably my second mother, really,”

“My real mother said she looked more like my mother than she did!”

“It was such a joy to work with her,”

“She was older than me so she was more experienced – she’d guide me sometimes, say, ‘Slow down a bit on that, dear’.”

John Altman shed light on June Brown’s amazing love for charity and further revealed that he even used to “tell her off” for being overly chatty.

John Altman said;

“We’d walk to the canteen at the BBC and it would always take about half an hour because she’d stop along the way chatting to people,” he said. “She was so kind.

“She used to say healing prayers, actually. She was quite a spiritual person – she definitely believed in a higher power, something more than we know, perhaps. We were a good team.”

June Brown passed away on Sunday at the age of 95.