The late, great podcaster and author Dame Deborah James will be further immortalised in a BBC documentary telling stories from her amazing life.
Bowelbabe: In Her Own Words will follow “the last extraordinary five years” of the cancer campaigner's life, containing never-before-seen footage, TikToks, voice notes and recordings from her podcast You Me and the Big C – which she co-presented with fellow cancer sufferers Lauren Mahon and Rachael Bland.
Deborah was made a Dame just a month before she passed away in June 2022, and her fundraiser Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK has raised more than £7 million.
Her death was announced via Instagram with an uplifting statement: "find a life worth enjoying; take risks; love deeply; have no regrets; and always, always have rebellious hope. And finally, check your poo – it could just save your life.
We don't doubt that Bowelbabe: In Her Own Words will be filled with more nuggets of life-affirming wisdom. Here's everything we know so far about the upcoming documentary.
She's not happy.
What is Bowelbabe: In Her Own Words about?
According to the BBC, the documentary will see Dame Deborah James “talk frankly about her diagnosis, treatment and shares many personal moments whilst dancing and documenting what the reality of living with bowel cancer was really like for her and those closest to her.”
What have the team behind Dame Deborah James' documentary said about it so far?
“Deborah worked with us on this film right up until the last few weeks of her life and was adamant that it was finished even though she wouldn’t be around to see it through," Lucie Kon, commissioning editor of BBC Storyville, has said.
“It’s an incredibly powerful and beautiful piece – emotional, intimate and unique. With enormous warmth and good humour, the documentary echoes the powerful, honest and direct way that Deborah communicated, as if she were talking to a friend or confidante.”
When will Bowelbabe: In Her Own Words be available to watch?
The documentary will hit screens this spring, airing on the BBC.
