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Janine Yaqoob

Caroline Flack festival will be made into TV documentary in tribute to tragic star

A star-studded festival to ­celebrate the life of Love Island host Caroline Flack will be made into a TV documentary.

Viewers will share happy memories of popular Caroline who tragically took her life after she lost her plum job.

Her devoted mum Christine, 72, and celebrity pals Natalie Pinkham, 44, Dawn O’Porter, 43, and Leigh Francis, 49, were determined she would not be forgotten - and organised Flackstock.

It takes place on Monday in the grounds of Englefield House near Reading, Berks.

Performers include Natalie Imbruglia, Louise Redknapp, Tom Grennan, Lucie Jones, Pixie Lott, Fleur East and The Overtones. Dermot O’Leary, Paddy McGuinness and Joel Dommett also make appearances.

Fleur East on stage (Coventry Telegraph)

Christine previously said she wanted fans to remember the fun side of Caroline – and how Flackstock would be the perfect tribute to her festival-loving daughter.

An insider said: “A film crew will be on hand to document what will surely be an emotional but uplifting day.

Natalie Imbruglia is performing (WireImage)

“Caroline’s friends and family want people to talk about mental health so more tragedies don’t happen.

“The festival is a really positive thing and a celebration of Caroline’s life as well as an opportunity to tell people who are suffering that it is OK they feel like that and they’re not alone.”

Caroline Flack pictured in April 2019 (Dave Benett/Getty Images for JW Marriott Grosvenor House London)
Keith Lemon pays tribute to Caroline Flack (keithlemon/Instagram)

Sources say it will be aired on Sky Max and is produced by The Only Way Is Essex makers Lime Pictures.

Caroline was just 40 when she took her life in February 2020, weeks after being diagnosed as bipolar.

Three months earlier she stood down from ITV2’s Love Island after a drunken row with her boyfriend, Lewis Burton, and faced a criminal trial.

Noel Fielding is a part of the event (Sky)
Caroline Flack attending a red carpet launch for Strictly Come Dancing (Getty Images)

Christine said: “I think Carrie didn’t say anything about her mental health publicly as she didn’t want anyone to know.

“You’d have massive highs, but when you’re low it’s bad.”

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