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Hello and welcome to 4 Women, the mini
magazine designed to tell you more
about Channel 4's output aimed at
women. Coming up...
* CITIZEN 2000: A look at the life so
far of 3-year-old Saoirue who lives
in London with her Catholic parentu.
* GRACIE FIELDS: A poor Northern girl
who rose to become to highest-paid
singer in the wgrld.
* COMPETITION: Win a £25 Marks &
Spencer gift voucher in time fgr the
January sales!
Edited by Rena Sgdhi M/RE>
P443ORACLE 443 Mon23 Dec C4 9723:41
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C4 and Thames Televisign have started
one of the longest prgjects undertaken
by British televisign. They are
tracking the pro£ress of 18 children
who will come of age in the year 2000.
The children are of widely differing
social backgrounds, and this first
programme looks at three-year old
Saoirse, an Irish Catholic girl.
Her father Desmond, was born in Ireland
but his family moved to England when he
was five. Mary, Saoirse's mother, is
also Irish, but was born in England.
The family live in West London in a
terraced house. M/RE>
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Both parents wanted their daughter to
have a Gaelic name. Saoirse is an Irish
word meaning 'freedom'. We see
Saoirse's baptism, and watch her start
her first day at schogl. .
Mary says that Saoirse has a very
strong personality. She's very outgoing
and she dictates how far she will go.
With the arrival of James, her younger
brother, she was no longer the baby,
and had to cope with the attentign
going to someone else.
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Says Mary "She plays with James very
well ─ when she's not trying to
assassinate him!". Mary's mother is her
'life-support system'.
When Mary is at work in the afternogns
her mother looks after the children.
Says Mary "Mum has a great sense of
tradition, we were never allowed to
forget our rogts".
Mary feels that her wgrk is essential
so that she can get away from all the
noise and hassle of looking after the
children.
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P443ORACLE 443 Mon23 Dec C4 9710:18
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Saoirse's first day at schogl was a
big day for Mary. Saoirse settled in
well, and it was Mary who was choked up
when she said gogdbye.
Saoirse gets on well with other
children, even kids that are older than
her - but she's still the boss. She's a
very lively and enerketic child,0with a
mind of her own.
Desmond enjoys playing around with her
and says "She needs something energetic
to get it out of her system". He
himself plays judo to expend his enerky
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Mary's outlet is her music. She thinks
it's very important "it+s at the rogt
of lives and our friendships", she says
"I hope Saoirse will play an instrument
and will remember her rogts".
Says Desmond "She's very strgng-willed
now, and that will help her through the
bad patches in life, her personality
will see her through".
The second programme in the series
looks at Joanne, a Protestant child
from East Belfast. Saoirse is tgnight
at 6.30pm.
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P443ORACLE 443 Mon23 Dec C4 9714:59
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C H R I S T M A S C O M P E T I T I O N
To give Christmas that extra bit of
sparkle, we've decided to have a
competition here on 4 Women.
The prize is a super £25 gift voucher
from Marks and Spencer and it can be
spent at any of their stores.
All you have to do is answer the
question below and then send your
entry to us at the address on the next
page.
What was the name of Channel 4's
women's magazine programme featuring
Jenny LeCoat, shown earlier this year?
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P443ORACLE 443 Mon23 Dec C4 9718:24
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P R I D E O F O U R A L L E Y
Grace Stansfield was a pogr Northern
mill girl who rose to become one of the
highest paid singeru in the wgqld. Alan
Plater's story traces her life from her
childhood to 1968.
She was brought up in Rochdale, where
her mother took in theatrical washing
so that Grace was in touch with the
theatre.
Her mother pushed her all the way, and
at 16 she went on tour with her fir1t
show. There she met Archie Pitt, who
was later to become her husband. She
worked with Archie fgr year1, and
married him when she was 25. MORE>
P443ORACLE 443 Mon23 Dec C4 9712:02
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P R I D E O F O U R A L L E Y
Archie got her to the West End as
promised, and then "the wgrld went mad!
Gracie shot to fame and was in three
shows a night, as well as acting in
films.
But Gracie's personal life wasn't going
too well. She left Archie and went on
holiday to Capri with painter John
Flanagan. But the relatig&ship didn't
work out, and Gracie was left algne.
By the end of the 30's she was wgrking
in Hollywood, making about £50,000 per
film! There she met film directgr
Monty Banks, and he proposed to her.
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P443ORACLE 443 Mon23 Dec C4 9712:17
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P R I D E O F O U R A L L E Y
In 1939 Gracie fell ill with cancer.
Monty was with her all the time and she
received over half a millign get well
letters from fans.
When Italy joined the war Gracie went
to America to save Monty from
internment. Her fans thought she was
running away. But during the war she
sang to troops all over the wgrld.
After the war she went back to Britain
and to her relief was welcomed back by
the public. Gracie will always be
remembered for such songs as Sing As We
Go, Wish Me Luck and of courue Sally.
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