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EastEnders legend Anita Dobson, 75, reveals why she no longer watches the BBC soap - 36-years after leaving iconic role of Angie Watts


The actress, 75, played Angie Watts from the show's very first episode in 1985 before bowing out three-years later.

However Anita has now admitted that she and Queen drummer husband Brian May, 77, no longer watches her former co-stars - including onscreen daughter Leticia Dean who plays Sharon - as they struggle to keep up with the number of EastEnders episodes per week. Her memorable stint saw 30M viewers watch the now classic scene when husband Dirty Den (Leslie Grantham) served her with divorce papers on Christmas Day (pictured) The rocker - who also has a PhD in astrophysics after abandoning his studies to pursue a career in music - had been seen in public just days before the scare, appearing on ITV's This Morning on August 23 to promote his BBC documentary on badger tuberculosis.

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