Eastenders cot death plot brought to premature end
The BBC have bowed to public pressure and decided to bring their New Year “baby swap” plotline to a premature end.
Nearly 6,000 complaints were made to the BBC after the character Ronnie Branning was filmed switching her dead child for that of another fictional characters sprog.
The cot death plot drew criticism from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness campaigners, amongst others, who bristled at the suggestion that the condition could make mothers “go slightly mad.”
BBC Vision director Jana Bennett sought to clarify Branning’s motives saying: "Taking Kat's baby is the action of a character in great distress due to a series of events that have befallen her in the last 18 months. It is the culmination of these that has driven her to this one moment of madness rather than as a direct result of the loss of her baby."
Nevertheless the corporation has decided to curtail the planned story arc by bringing the plots conclusion forward.