Article: Hair-raising tales; A career as a TV make-up artist has left Maggie Thomas with a host of colourful stories. Roz Laws explains.(Features)

Byline: Roz Laws

It was the moment when black stuff took on a whole new meaning for actor Bernard Hill - a close and unfortunate encounter with hair dye.

While making his hair darker for the BBC drama Boys from the Blackstuff, he was left with purple patches on his forehead - which had to be scrubbed off with household cleaner Vim.

The revelation has been made in a new book by make-up artist Maggie Thomas, who worked on most of the top programmes made in the golden age of Midland television.

From the 1950s entertainment shows - like the ...

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