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Maggie

CHIPPER CHICANERY from north of the border with the titular scamp, aka KIRSTY MILLER, railing against the conformities of her Stock BBC Working Class Family. For much of the country, the first time they’d seen Glasgow on telly. Plenty of early 80s issues including teenage pregnancy, boyfriend trouble and a ubiquitous BA Robertson soundtrack won it a 6pm BBC2 transmission time, in the process cementing that slot as the home for anything too stroppy to air before teatime.

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