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Ellie Harrison

“In the aftermath of our Mother’s Day episode, I was rightly pulled up by the producers for not commanding my place in the joint goodbye and name-checking my own mother. I was new to the lead role, unused to being assertive, and still ruffled by the sound recordist who had taken a wrong turn and arrived late, then ranted at us for not enquiring whether he was in a ditch.

It was an opportunity missed. One I suspect

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