This episode is still one of the finest Eastenders has ever done.

the best comedy act in a soap

Brilliant acting - never to be seen again.RIP ladies.

I'd like to see the full episode. Just where it cuts to the BBC logo at the end, Dot says tearfully "I thought you were dead!", at which Ethel is quite offended, telling Dot that she's not ready to snuff it just yet!

Actually, there've been two cases (that I know of) in EE where someone's been assumed dead who wasn't. There was here, when Dot assumed Ethel was dead, and also last Christmas, when Billy Mitchell thought Phil was dead and told Sharon to sit down, and then he stirred and Honey asked Billy " What kind of undertaker are you??!!"

I love these two ladies together

oh that was funny would like to see more of ethel and dot

Dot (to Ethel) " That's coz you ain't been used to the finer things in life." Me "Who are you, Dot? The Dowager Countess fron Downton Abbey?"

i can still remember seeing this on the day it was aired i swear the main part of this is missing ..where Ethel talks about a baby she had during the war.. that she had to surrender

classic comedy

is it my imagination or do you hear Ethel saying 'f*ckin 'ell' just as it fades out?!

Haha did you get the fig rolls?

Aired 2nd july 1987

dot still dresses like this today

They are like sisters

Just add a few laugh tracks and it'll be like an old sitcom.

@lfc1wwe the episode didn't finish yet had a little bit more and it had Julias Theme instead of the doof-doofs

Lol dot looks about 20 ther lol but smoking turns her into looking 4976317 by the year 2012

What year was this

3:12

do u realise theres no doof doof after that?

They are like sisters