Danniella Westbrook doesn't pay her TV licence or watch BBC - despite being 'BBC homegrown'
msn.comREAD MORE: The first signs of breast cancer Sarah Harding spotted - and the symptoms you shouldn't ignore Danniella played Sam Mitchell in the BBC soap on and off between 1990 until 2016.
She says that there has been a shift since then, BirminghamLive reports. Adding: "Back in the late 80s, early 90s, it was a very fun and free place to work and it was very good and very fair. "But I think nowadays it’s a lot more stuffy and it is what it is. " The actress continued: “It doesn't really work for the working classes I don't think. "Also, I don't really tend to associate or agree with a channel that advocates a person like Jimmy Savile over young people and actors and people coming up through the ranks that suffered at the hands of this abuser.
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