EastEnders star reveals BBC security was put on ‘red alert’ over death threats

Annette Badland, who played Babe Smith on the soap, said she was told ‘don’t go out’

As Aunt Babe on BBC soap opera EastEnders, Annette Badland was the character that fans loved to hate – but one viewer lost sight of the line between fact and fiction

EASTENDERS star Annette Badland has revealed she received such vile death threats that it put BBC security on "red alert". The 75-year-old - who played supervillain Babe Smith from 2014 to 2017 on the BBC soap - revealed she was put on "house arrest" for six weeks. Annette shared her ordeal on the A Night...