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Dame Deborah James: A timeline of Bowelbabe’s life and career

Dame Deborah James campaigned tirelessly in the five years until her death from bowel cancer

The Independent UK

The bowel cancer symptoms Deborah James spotted months before diagnosis

BowelBabe: In Her Own Words will air on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer at 9pm tonight in honour of the late journalist who passed away last June.

Daily Record

The cancer symptoms Dame Deborah James wanted everyone check for

Dame Deborah James spent six years campaigning for wider awareness of bowel cancer

The Independent UK

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Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words on BBC2 review - this documentary may well save lives

BBC Two documentary is a moving tribute to trailblazer who smashed the silence surrounding cancer

Evening Standard

‘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

TV Tonight: Our highlights for Monday, April 17

Bowelbabe in Her Own Words is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

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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

Deborah James' mum gives son-in-law Seb blessing to move on and find love again

Bowelbabe Deborah James died aged just 40 after losing her battle with bowel cancer last year - but her family want her husband Seb to find love again

Daily Mirror

Deborah James's mum says she never thought daughter would die, right up to end

"She deteriorated in front of our eyes, but I never prepared for the end"

Wales Online

Deborah James shares gruelling toll cancer took on her marriage in poignant BBC documentary

Dame Deborah James was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in December 2016, when she was 35 years old, and after an inspiring fight, the podcast star sadly passed away in June 2022

Daily Mirror

Friends of 'Bowelbabe' Dame Deborah James share their favourite memories of her in new TV show

A documentary, Deborah James : Bowelbabe In Her Own Words, was narrated by Deborah in the last months of her life and is due to air on Monday

Daily Mirror

Deborah James' friend shares heartbreaking details from final call before her death

Tony Livesey opened up about what was said between the two of them - revealing the mum said she was "frightened of dying"

Nottingham Post

Deborah James' friend admits he 'couldn't put the phone down' on heartbreaking final call

BBC presenter Tony Livesey said ending the phone call with the Bowelbabe star was 'one of the hardest things I've ever had to do'

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Daily Mirror

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

Rachael Bland's widower's heartbreaking memories of Deborah James as he moves on

Nine months after the death of Dame Deborah James, who was known as BowelBabe, died, Steve Bland and Lauren Mahon have recorded the final episode of You, Me and the Big C in her memory

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Deborah James: Bowelbabe In Her Own Words — release date and all we know

Deborah James: Bowelbabe is a moving documentary that follows cancer campaigner and fundraiser Dame Deborah James in the last years of her life.

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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

The Independent UK

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

Wales Online

First Dates' Merlin Griffiths flooded with fans' support as he issues cancer update

Merlin Griffiths was diagnosed with bowel cancer in September 2021

Daily Mirror

Deborah James 'died in best possible way', husband says in first TV interview

Dame Deborah James' widower Sebastien Bowen has admitted it is difficult to articulate how hard he has found it since the passing of his wife last June

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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.

Wales Online

Lorraine: Deborah James mother 'wishes she was here' to see how her BowelBabe fund has smashed expectations

Heather James, Deborah's mother, appeared on the show to discuss her legacy and the incredible sum her campaign BowelBabe has raised

Daily Record

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.

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