Alison Hammond is talking ten to the dozen when she stops suddenly and asks, ‘Are you getting this all down?’ Fortunately, we are recording the interview, as her enthusiasm is too much for our rusty shorthand.
She’s on a high right now because ITV commissioned a TV show that she came up with, which will be aired as part of Black History Month UK.
It’s a one-hour special called Alison Hammond: Back To School, that sees Alison touring the UK to find out about Black figures through the ages who have been left out of our history books. ‘I am so flattered that they turned my idea into a show,’ she gushes. ‘At school, I wasn’t interested in history, but one million per cent I would have chosen it as an option if the people on this show were part
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