A docudrama about the life of the former UK Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
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The people behind it
Julie Walters
Mo Mowlam
David Haig
Jon Norton
Gary Lewis
Adam Ingram
Tony Maudsley
Peter Kilfoyle
Steven Mackintosh
Peter Mandelson
Toby Jones
Dr. Mark Glaser
Adrian Dunbar
David Trimble
Lucy Boynton
Henrietta Norton
John Lynch
Gerry Adams
Eoin McCarthy
Martin McGuinness
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