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Evening Standard
Charlotte McLaughlin

Lorraine Kelly says working-class people get left behind in TV roles

Lorraine Kelly (Matt Crossick/PA) - (PA Archive)

Lorraine Kelly has said working-class people are being “left behind” in TV roles, as broadcasters try to combat issues of diversity.

Kelly, 65, the host of ITV talk show Lorraine, comes from a Scottish working-class background. She became a journalist at a local newspaper, then worked for the BBC and later became a reporter at TV-am.

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