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Ellie Fennell

'After a sudden stroke at 45, I wasn't sure I'd ever speak again. Now I'm back broadcasting F1' – Jennie Gow opens up on her battle

(L-R) Jennie with Tom Kerridge, Jennie with her husband and daughter, Jennie in hospital .

“'You need to fight.' Those words, whispered by my husband Jamie as I came around from the operation to remove the clot in my brain, will always stick in my mind,” recalls Jennie Gow, who suffered a sudden stroke at the age of 45, while at the height of her career – having just completed the Formula 1 season filming for Drive to Survive on Netflix, and for the BBC.

Jennie continues, “I was still unclear about what had happened, but, lying there unable to speak and or move my right side, I quickly knew I had a huge fight ahead of me.

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