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‘We were asking a lot from people who were still raw in their grief’: The making of Dame Deborah James – BowelBabe in Her Own Words

As the BBC airs a documentary chronicling James’s five years as a cancer campaigner, Ellie Muir speaks to the film’s director and friends of the ‘You, Me and the Big C’ host to find out how the project turned into something very different than expected

The Independent UK

TV tonight: the final season of Emmy-winning black comedy Barry

The actor hitman is locked up – but for how long? Plus: what next for the Roy siblings in Succession? Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Dame Deborah James was ‘invincible’ until the minute she took ‘last breath’, says mother

James was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer in 2016 and campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness of the symptoms

The Independent UK

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Dame Deborah James warned husband Sebastien he ‘couldn’t hook up with’ certain women after she died

The cancer campaigner said her husband would be a ‘very eligible bachelor’ once she passed

The Independent UK

Deborah James' friend recalls struggling to put the phone down the last time they spoke

Lauren Mahon, friend Emma Campbell and 5-Live presenter Tony Livesey have been discussing Dame Deborah James' incredible legacy and their memories of the late campaigner ahead of the first anniversary of her death

Daily Mirror

Who are Deborah James' children and what does her husband do? The late cancer campaigner's family life

Find out about Deborah Jamess children and more details of her family life, as details of a documentary about her life are confirmed.

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Husband of Dame Deborah James recalls her death saying it was 'one of the best ways you could hope to die'

Sebastien Bowen spoke of her death for the first time publicly after it was revealed that his late wife's Bowelbabe Fund had raised more than £11 million

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Dame Deborah James ‘did everything she could hope to achieve’ before death, says husband

Dame Deborah died in June aged 40 after being diagnosed with bowel cancer

The Independent UK

Deborah James' husband says it's 'difficult to articulate' how hard it's been

Dame Deborah died aged 40 last year after battling bowel cancer for five years

Wales Online

Deborah James Bowelbabe documentary - release date and where to watch

BBC have confirmed a release date for Dame Deborah James' documentary Bowelbabe: In Her Own Words. Here's details of where you can watch it and a recollection of her cancer story.

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Deborah James’ mum says she has been ‘numb’ with grief

Heather James told Lorraine’s Ranvir Singh how proud she is of her late daughter

Evening Standard

Dame Deborah's Bowel Babe fund hits 11.3 million as mum Heather opens up on grief now 'feeling real'

Deborah sadly passed away in June last year at the age of 40 after being diagnosed with bowel cancer and her family are doing all they can to tackle the 'taboo of poo' with the help of funds from Cancer Research UK.

Daily Record

BBC documentary about Deborah James to feature unseen footage and voice notes

The Storyville special was filmed with Dame Deborah in the ‘last months of her life’.

Evening Standard

Dame Deborah James documentary to feature on BBC and show unseen footage of her life

The documentary will detail 'the last extraordinary five years' of the cancer campaigner's life right up until she sadly passed away in June last year at the age of only 40 after being diagnosed with bowel cancer.

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The Independent UK

BBC documentary about Deborah James to feature unseen footage and voice notes

The Storyville special was filmed with Dame Deborah in the ‘last months of her life’.

Daily Mirror

Dame Deborah James' final months to be shown in 'powerful' new BBC documentary

Bowelbabe: In Her Own Words will air on BBC2 next month and share 'powerful and beautiful' moments from Dame Deborah James' final months before the campaigner and mum-of-two lost her battle to cancer

The Independent UK

NHS urges people to use bowel cancer home testing kit: ‘Don’t put it off’

The kits can help detect early symptoms

The Independent UK

Dame Deborah James’ husband urges Brits to take NHS bowel cancer home tests

Dame Deborah James (also known as Bowel Babe) died of bowel cancer in June last year

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Wales Online

You, Me And The Big C podcast announces live special in memory of late hosts

It will celebrate the legacies of Dame Deborah James and Rachael Bland

Wales Online

Dame Deborah James' posthumously published book tops UK chart

£3 from each copy sold will go to the Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK

Daily Mirror

Dame Deborah's mum opens up about 'little bit of hope' she would survive amid hospice care

Dame Deborah James’ mum Heather James shared how the family are coping following her tragic loss to bowel cancer

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Dame Deborah James told mum 'I don't want to die' just days before tragic death

Heather James has spoken about her daughter Deborah's final weeks and the support the family received after she was diagnosed with bowel cancer

Daily Mirror

Deborah James' husband says brave wife 'found joy until end' as he speaks on final days

Dame Deborah James' husband Sebastian Bowen has opened up about the Bowel Babe campaigner and mum-of-two bravely managed to embrace her last few experiences and find joy even in her final days

Evening Standard

Deborah James told her children ‘life won’t always go to plan’ in heart-breaking last letter

In the letter, Dame Deborah tells her son Hugo and daughter Eloise that they are “my world”

Manchester Evening News

Dame Deborah’s husband speaks out for first time on beloved wife's ‘peaceful’ last moments

"She had an incredibly peaceful death, if there was a way to die well, then she managed it."

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