Before his wife Rachael died of breast cancer, Steve Bland had only met her friend and colleague Dame Deborah James once.
BBC Radio 5 newsreader Rachael had captured the nation’s hearts along with Deborah and Lauren Mahon as they shared their cancer experiences on the BBC podcast You, Me and the Big C.
When they started their series in 2018, Rachael had breast cancer and the others were in remission – Lauren from breast cancer and Deborah from bowel cancer.
