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MP’s anger that Mo Mowlam tribute drama shuns Redcar

Feb 7 2010 Sunday Sun

“But the programme didn’t bring out new light on Mo’s personality.

“Although Mo was very friendly and informal very few people really knew what made her tick.

“She was an enigma and remains an enigma.

“Mo had a superb political mind as well as the wacky personality with which she broke the ice in Northern Ireland and won everybody’s hearts.

“The only extra clue is in the scene where she tells her stepdaughter at Hillsborough, that her father’s alcoholism taught her that the worst thing is not being in control. I think that, more than the film depicts, she regained control of her life in the few years before she died.

“It such a pity the programme makers didn’t actually film in Redcar. This has narked a number of locals who were expecting to see shots of their home town.”

Donna Emmerson, a spokeswoman for Channel 4, said: “The drama has received positive responses from all who knew Mo.

“One has to remember that this is drama and not a documentary.

“The vast majority of scenes were shot in Belfast and that is why other scenes were also filmed in Northern Ireland.”

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