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Man Alive: Stars in their Eyes

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Reporters Jim Douglas Henry, Jeremy James, Jeanne La Chard, John Pitman, Desmond Wilcox, Harold Williamson

This week: Stars in their Eyes
It's not very long since respectable parents thought of fashion modelling as being a step on the road to ruin for their daughters. But the swinging 60s changed all that, and today there are over 80 model agencies in London alone - and a rash of model schools - which cater for the dreams of girls ambitious to earn fame and fortune with their figures.
What is the truth? Man Alive looks at the chic fagade and the seamy side of the world where model girls are fashioned.
(...tall, willowy and slender ... pp 19-20)

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Producer:
David Filkin
Editor:
Adam Clapham
Source: Radio Times

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