0 Post a comment Thursday, 29 March 2018 - Entertainment by Cambrian News reporter @CambrianNews [email protected] WELSH classical singer, presenter and actress Shân Cothi is presenting an hour-long S4C documentary about a charity launched in memory of her late husband. In September 2007 Shân became a widow after losing her 42-year-old husband Justin Smith, aka Pepsi Tate from the Glam Metal band Tigertailz, to pancreatic cancer.A year later in August 2008, Shân and her friends and family organised a three-week trip on horseback from Prestatyn to Ogmore in memory of Justin and launched a charity in his name, Amser Justin Time, to raise awareness and money to help in the battle against this terrible disease. A total of £35,000 was raised at the time.Since then the charity has raised over a quarter of a million pounds to help fund pancreatic cancer research.Since the launch of the charity, a television production team from the S4C nightly … [Read more...] about Shân Cothi presents documentary on charity close to heart
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Ex-British soldier returns to Iraq for BBC documentary
Life by Press Association March 29, 2018, 3:13 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Former British soldier Adnan Sarwar is returning to Iraq for a BBC documentary. Exploring how the country has changed since the Iraq War, the programme with the working title Return To Iraq, will air as a two-part series on BBC2. Sarwar went to Iraq in 2003 as a 24-year-old soldier with the British Army. He “initially viewed his mission as liberating the country’s people from Saddam Hussein”. But the BBC says “when parts of the population turned against the allied forces, Adnan’s life was changed forever by an ambush which killed one of his friends in the Army”. In the documentary, the former British soldier and journalist will “venture through ancient hilltop villages, IS tunnels, magnificent gorges and sleep under the stars with the locals”. He will “explore whether the … [Read more...] about Ex-British soldier returns to Iraq for BBC documentary
A Madeleine McCann eight-part Netflix documentary is coming
A brand-new eight-part Madeleine McCann documentary is coming to Netflix. Madeleine was three when she vanished from apartment 5A on Rua Dr Agostinho da Silva in the Algarve village at about 9pm on May 3, 2007. Her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, of Rothley, Leicestershire, have vowed to do "whatever it takes for as long as it takes" to find her. British detectives working on the case revealed recently that they were pursuing a "significant" line of inquiry, with information received on a daily basis. More than £11million has been spent on the probe to find the missing girl, who vanished from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz. The case will now form the centre of a new as-yet-untitled, eight episode true crime series, featuring interviews with both investigators and key figures from the case. This isn’t the first time Netflix has dabbled in controversial criminal cases, releasing last year a one-part documentary on Amanda Knox, the American student who served … [Read more...] about A Madeleine McCann eight-part Netflix documentary is coming
Spotlight for Burton Addiction Centre on ITV documentary series
Burton Addiction Centre took centre stage on a prime time ITV documentary exploring laws surrounding cannabis – and whether the drug should be decriminalised. Television personality Jeremy Kyle, who has himself admitted to a past gambling addiction and has suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder, hosted 'The Kyle Files', aired on ITV at 8pm on Monday, March 26. Two separate segments in the show were shot at the Station Street addiction clinic, which provides drug and alcohol rehabilitation for hundreds of people, including detoxification and residential services. During the first half of the show, the TV celebrity spoke with two clients at the Burton centre, following a group therapy session, where consequences of actions were discussed. He questioned the pair about their experiences with rehabilitation therapy, and the benefits they have received. One interviewee answered: "Going through life I've tended to want to fix myself with something. For me, sitting in a group. When … [Read more...] about Spotlight for Burton Addiction Centre on ITV documentary series
Documentary to recall life and career of Mickey Harte
TG4 will broadcast a special TV interview with Mickey Harte on Wednesday and Friday of next week. TYRONE GAA senior team manager Mickey Harte is set to feature in a TG4 documentary as part of the Irish TV broadcasting company’s ‘Laochra Gael’ series. Entitled ‘Laochra Gael: Mickey Harte – Unquenchable Spirit’ the documentary will be aired on TG4 on Wednesday, March 28 at 9.30pm and repeated on Friday, March 30 at 11.25pm. Advertisement In the episode Mickey Harte talks of his journey from his fondly remembered rural childhood – surrounded by family, faith and lashings of home cooked food – to the pinnacle of GAA achievement. He recalls the frustrations of his playing years during an era when ‘checkerboard football’ prevented him from fulfilling his potential as a pacey, mobile forward. But this wasn’t the only barrier to his progress. He spent what might have been the best years of his county career in a … [Read more...] about Documentary to recall life and career of Mickey Harte