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TV feels quite constipated, and the thing I find particularly difficult is the branding of the channels where it's not 'Is it a good script?' but 'Is it a BBC2 script?'

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Sally Phillips
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 10
Actor
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colonial Hong Kong
Sally Elizabeth Phillips
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I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I am or what I'm about.
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