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Minx · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:00 am Post subject: Mo Mowlem docu-drama

Anyone catch this last night? Julie Walters did a great job portraying her. At times it was almost possible to imagine it actually was Mo Mowlem.

I didn't particularly like Mo Mowlem, as I found her a bit "in your face" and unnecessarily crude at times. The docu-drama made a good point though, which was that she might have been suffering from her brain tumour for quite a long time before it was actually diagnosed, and it may have led to what she herself termed her "dishibitive" behaviour. She posed the question - how much of how her personality was in fact her, and how much was due to the tumour altering her persona.

It was a very moving programme, very well done.
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aviddiva · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:00 pm Post subject: Mo Mowlem docu-drama

Did they recreate any of the real Mo's appearances on The Wright Stuff?
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Minx · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:14 pm Post subject:

Didn't see that. But at the beginning she appeared to be acting as a compere in a fairly crass amateur talent/karaoke show - don't know what that was all about.
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Toggy · Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 1239

I thought it was a good drama with a very good cast. Obviously we already knew the ending but it was very moving all the same. I particularly liked David Haig who played Mo's husband and the fellow playing Adam Ingram whose name I can't recall.
Mandelson came across as a slimy git. Shocked

All in all a decent drama, probably an award in it for Julie Walters sometime.