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My Inner Child: Episode 2: Jane McCarry

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Jane McCarry

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Episode 2: Jane McCarry

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Richard Woolfson talks to Jane McCarry about her childhood and her acting career.

Psychologist Richard Woolfson examines how childhood can influence adult life. Jane McCarry, aka Isa Drennan from Still Game, talks about her childhood and her acting career.

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Psychologist Richard Woolfson examines the way our childhood experiences influences as adults.


Jane McCarry is best known for her role as the indefatigable Isa Drennan in the television sitcom Still Game and as Granny Murray in the CBeebies series Me Too!


Intrigued by the number of times Jane's played the part of older women Richard's determined to discover if there are people from her childhood that she bases these characters on.

Talking to Richard about growing up in Glasgow Jane brings two childhood toys which hold special memories for her, a musical jewel box and a doll that sparks an extraordinary revelation.

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Psychologist Richard Woolfson examines how childhood can influence a person's adult life.

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