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'It reminded me how good my life is' – Mel B on living on the breadline for TV show

26 October 2009

By her own admissions, it was a world away from the "glamour of Los Angeles where I now live what is, admittedly, a very privileged life." But when Melanie Brown was invited to take part in ITV documentary 7 Days On The Breadline - to highlight the plight of deprived families in recession-hit Britain - she felt it was a project she couldn't turn down. In the first episode, viewers saw Mel arrive at the Harehills council estate in Leeds to meet the low income family ...