A series of nine programmes 6: Not a Child Any More
At 14 Helen Shapiro was a teenage star. Three years later the bubble burst and she was left with the problem of trying to build a new career to convince everybody that a child star should be allowed to grow up.
' For me, the past is the past. No matter how much people want me to be, I'm not a child any more.' Researcher FAY DICKEY
Director MICHAEL SHOESMITH Producer JOHN WILCOX BBC Birmingham