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Hazel works with her dad in the family shop, but is worried that her mother has eyes for someone else.
Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
The story of Hazel Taylor, a young woman from Huddersfield, who dreams of becoming a freelance writer as England struggles through the postwar period of rationing and rebuilding.
Hazel works with her dad in the family shop, but is worried that her mother has eyes for someone else.
Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
Hilda ...... Olwen May
Joe ...... David Fleeshman
Stan/Policeman ...... James Quinn
Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
Philip ...... Luke Walker
Mrs Brook ...... Kate Layden
Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
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Excerpt from: Starting From Scratch
Duration: 01:13
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- Mon 9 Mar 2009 19:45成人快手 Radio 4 FM
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