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Meeting Point: Mothers and Mother-Figures

on BBC One London

"It seemed to me that she had everything I wanted..."
"She was a great nester"
"No girl would be good enough for her boys..."
"Being a mother is a thankless task"
"I found in mother-church the security I lacked"
An enquiry into people's attitudes specially filmed for Mothering Sunday.
A random selection of people - some well known, some unknown - have contributed. They include Jimmy Savile, disc-jockey; the Mother Superior of an Anglican convent; Cliff Hanley, the Scottish author brought up in the Gorbals; and Jean Morris, a polio victim.
(Repeated tonight at 11.17)

Contributors

Interviewee:
Jimmy Savile
Interviewee:
The Mother Superior of an Anglican convent [name uncredited]
Interviewee:
Cliff Hanley
Interviewee:
Jean Morris
Producer:
Oliver Hunkin

BBC One London

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