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'The Six O'Clock News' by Tom Leonard (analysis)
Tom Leonard reads his poem 'The Six O'Clock News', accompanied by appropriate images that focus on the phonetic spelling of the words. Leonard then discusses language and accent and its effect on people. He also talks about individual phrases within the poem such as 'scruff'.
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