Jimmy Miller was his given name. Jimmy Miller was a small time actor. Ewan McColl was an act. A very good act, but that is what it was.

Which of his spoken accents did you prefer? His natural Salford accent, or his Scottish accent when he was acting?

That doesn't stop him from being remembered as a great song-writer, a great radio programme producer, and a great folk entertainer.

But he was playing a part.

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