Danny Cohen BBC1 Controller: EastEnders Dot Cotton an example of an ordinary Christian on TV
I’m sorry I can’t resist this one, it’s just classic.
Danny Cohen the controller of BBC1, has cited EastEnders character Dot Cotton, in response to a challenge to provide instances of ordinary believers on television!
I haven’t watched depressing EastEnders for years, but I used to, and remember Dot Cotton very well. I think the Guardian article sums up nicely what I recall of her:
The character is in her 70s and known for her devout Christian faith, chain-smoking, gossiping and hypochondria.
Cohen’s comments were made at a Church and Media conference and apprently weren’t well received.
Big surprise.
Unbelievably, the hole gets even deeper for Cohen, but I’ll let you read about that over at the Guardian.
This one’s definitely going to do the rounds and I suspect Cohen will wish he’d never attended the conference.
Tags: Christianity, Media, Religion Society
June 16th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
It was very encouraging though to hear Andy Frost talking about actress June Brown’s positive effect on the “baby swap” storyline after he had written to her.
June 19th, 2011 at 6:34 am
And read this, which I found on Anglican Mainstream: Muslims are integrating into British society better than many Christians, according to the head of the Government’s equality watchdog.. The comments to the article say what most people pretty much think of that accusation.
June 19th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
She hasn’t been Dot Cotton for 9 years, mate: she’s Dot Branning, these days. At least she is one (if not the only one) of the few characters on mainstream television who quotes directly from The Word of God.