BOWELBABE IN HER OWN WORDS
NEW MONDAY, 9PM, BBC2 FACTUAL
Dame Deborah James was just 35 years old when she received her bowel-cancer diagnosis in 2016.
Heartbroken after being told that she ‘wouldn’t see’ her 40th birthday, the devoted mum-of-two and spirited deputy head teacher decided to bravely share her story to raise awareness of the disease, detailing her experiences through her own Bowelbabe blog on social media as well as on TV and radio.
Her tireless efforts raised over £7 million for Cancer Research UK before she sadly passed away in June 2022, at the age of 40.
In the last five years before her death, Dame Deborah documented on camera what the reality of living with bowel cancer was really like for her and those closest to her for a Storyville film, Bowelbabe in Her Own Words, which will air on BBC2 this week.
‘Deborah worked with us on this film right up until the last few weeks of her life and was adamant that it was to be finished even though she wouldn’t be around to see it through,’ says Lucie Kon, commissioning editor for the BBC’s acclaimed Storyville documentary strand.
‘It’s an incredibly powerful and beautiful piece. With enormous warmth and humour, the documentary echoes the powerful, honest and direct way Deborah communicated, as if she were talking to a friend or confidante.’
Here are four of the insights that Dame Deborah shares in the programme…
Bu hikaye TV Times dergisinin April 15, 2023 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Giriş Yap
Bu hikaye TV Times dergisinin April 15, 2023 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Giriş Yap
24CRACKERS CHRISTMAS
Madame Blanc stars SALLY LINDSAY and STEVE EDGE lead our sparking preview
Penniless POLLARD
The foolish pensioner loses his and Brenda's money - will he lose his fiancée, too?
KIDNAPPED!
April pays the price for Jade's feud with Ross
Confession TIME?
The pressure mounts for cheating Cindy when Kojo wakes up and lan makes a discovery...
Back TOGETHER
Eve and Suki reunite, but could incarcerated Nish spoil the party?
REVENGE plan!
Leanne is on a mission after discovering that Toyah and Nick are still together
Shona the CHEAT?
Furious with David, she does something she later regrets...
Let it SNOW!
Filmmaker RICHARD CURTIS on a magical animation in which things turn upside down at Christmas
Thriller SECRETS & SPIES
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY and SARAH LANCASHIRE on the thrill of playing dangerous double agents
POWERING change
DENISE VAN OUTEN on her mission to help us cut our heating bills