![]() ![]() Morton in Kay Mellor’s groundbreaking TV drama Band of Gold (1995) with Ahsen Bhatti. Politicians have to show compassion and care, and a commitment to real change, before other people kind of go: yeah, we believe that too. The most vulnerable people in society are children and young people, and because they don’t get a vote, they are just disregarded. So if our politicians are not taking it seriously – the welfare of our children, the care system, how broken the care system is – then how is society expected to take it seriously? We need our politicians to take notes, to listen to doctors and social workers and teachers, and look at how broken this country is. Somebody posted an image on Twitter the other day of how many politicians were in parliament for a debate on the Care Act. What do you think the treatment of children – especially in care or those who are vulnerable – tells us about our society ? gavernism The TV film was Morton’s directorial debut. Molly Windsor as Lucy in The Unloved (2009) about a girl growing up in a children’s home. Try to get support to make the child feel part of the family as much as possible, which isn’t always easy financially if you’ve got your own kids and only getting a little bit from the council for your foster child.Īlso don’t tell everyone all the time: “Oh, this is my foster child.” I really liked it when we’d have a little fib that I was, say, a cousin’s cousin or something like that. So I wasn’t included in family photographs or family dos, or they went on family holidays and left me behind. ![]() What hurt me when I was younger was being separated as the foster child. Whether you are fostering for a week as a short-term foster carer or you’re a long-term foster parent, try to show love. What advi ce would you give to a foster mum? Curiosa, hopeloverageįirst of all, love. I hit my 40s and started to love puddings so I’d probably make a very decadent brioche bread-and-butter-pudding, with real butter. I’m naughty with salt, I’ve got to cut back, but salt and lemon juice and probably like a baked feta with coriander seeds. Some kind of Italian salad with lovely fresh tomatoes and mint and fresh olive oil. I really like Anna Jones’s cookery writing so I would probably cook something veggie and super clean but very, very tasty. The soup looked delicious – who would your dream dinner guests be (aside from lovely Kathy)? mountain_thyme I saw you making soup once, during a visit from Kathy Burke on her Channel 4 series. I think having children changes how you feel because you want to protect them. You want to be recognised for your work and feel good about that, but then you want to have a normal life. My stepdad, Frank, was furious because he loved Emmerdale. I’d just been offered the part of Tina Dingle on Emmerdale Farm and I said I couldn’t do it, because of how it felt on Band of Gold. People would stop me and say stuff and I was so frightened and I hated it. It was watched by more than 21 million people every Sunday and I couldn’t walk down the street. I remember when I was about 16 and I did Band of Gold. Maybe that’s ego and pride, but I like that. Then people come up and say nice things and ask me for autographs in a very, very respectful way, and it feels so nice to be remembered. I don’t feel famous at all, unless I’m in New York or Los Angeles. Photograph: Richard Young/Shutterstockĭoes being famous make people happy? Edricom Morton and Tracy Emin, one of her dream dinner guests at the film premiere of Control in 2007.
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