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Hazel Blears' childhood acting role

Michael Crick | 18:53 UK time, Friday, 12 June 2009

Tonight on Newsnight, watch Hazel Blears' childhood appearance in the film A Taste of Honey.

The story, I'm told, is that the director Tony Richardson turned up in Pendelton, part of Salford, spotted a group of street urchins, including Hazel Blears and her brother, and wanted to film them.

Their parents insisted that they get dressed up in their best clothes, so a five-year-old Blears appears wearing a kilt.

I understand she was not paid for her part in one of British cinema's most groundbreaking films.

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