She takes in various lodgers, including , her sister Rose and , who causes Dot problems with the council for failing to pay the rent, leaving her in arrears.
And Devon is still very young.
The unchanged style of Dot was deemed so important by the programme makers, that when Brown requested to have dental work carried out to improve her prominent front teeth, the producers refused to allow it, arguing that Dot could not afford expensive tooth capping.
Henri Charles learns about the harvest festival and leaves a box of food on Dot's doorstep, which offends her as she does not believe she is poor or lonely, however, she realises just how lonely she is when Abi is unable to have dinner with her.