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In December 2010, Ronnie swapped her newborn baby, who died in cot, with Kat Moon's living baby.

Around 3, 400 complaints were received, with viewers branding the storyline " insensitive ", " irresponsible " and " desperate ".

Roz Laws from the Sunday Mercury called the plot " shocking and ridiculous " and asked " are we really supposed to believe that Kat won't recognise that the baby looks different?

" The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths ( FSID ) praised the storyline, and its director Joyce Epstein explained, " We are very grateful to EastEnders for their accurate depiction of the devastating effect that the sudden death of an infant can have on a family.

We hope that this story will help raise the public's awareness of cot death, which claims 300 babies ' lives each year.

" By 7 January, that storyline had generated the most complaints in show history: the BBC received about 8, 500 complaints, and media regulator Ofcom received 374.

Despite the controversy however, EastEnders pulled in rating highs of 9 – 10 million throughout the duration of the storyline.

A two-minute fight scene in the pub shown in August 2012 received just one complaint to Ofcom from a viewer who felt it was too violent ; Ofcom said they would investigate.