The lifetime of TV presenter and journalist Paula Yates would be the focus of a brand new two-part documentary.
The Channel 4 programme will centre on 4 “extraordinarily compelling” previously-unheard interviews with Yates, which had been recorded in 1998 and 1999, shortly earlier than she died of an unintended heroin overdose on the age of 41.
Yates was identified for her presenting roles on The Tube and The Big Breakfast however she additionally attracted quite a lot of press consideration on account of her marriage to singer-songwriter Bob Geldof and her relationship with singer Michael Hutchence.
Head of specialist factual at Channel 4 Shaminder Nahal mentioned: “Paula Yates exploded onto our screens in the very first week that Channel 4 came on air in 1982, a whirlwind of wit, verve and charisma – a totally unique style.
“Looking at what she achieved now, it appears like nobody has ever fairly matched her as a TV presenter.
“So as Channel 4 reflects on 40 years, it feels right to look at her life and career, and what an impact she made.
“As ever, (documentary producers) Curious Films has made a riveting and delicate sequence that may, I hope, introduce Paula to a brand new era.”
The documentary may even embody testimonies from shut associates and former colleagues of Yates’s, in addition to footage from a lot of different interviews and the programmes she offered.
‘A strong lesson for immediately’s world’
Yates made her TV debut on Channel 4 on 5 November 1982 on music programme The Tube.
She went on to turn out to be a presenter of the channel’s breakfast present The Big Breakfast in 1992, the place she grew to become identified for her On The Bed interviews, which included the likes of Kylie Minogue, Take That and Robin Williams.
Charlene Chika Osuagwu, producer at Curious Films, mentioned: “Paula’s battle to ‘have it all’, torn between the duties of family life and her own personal career and happiness in the magnifying glare of a world determined to judge her, provide a powerful lesson for today’s world and women fighting the same issues 40 years later.”
It is known that the documentary will air subsequent month.
Yates married Geldof in 1986, they usually had three daughters – Fifi, Peaches and Pixi.
Peaches Geldof additionally died of a heroin overdose on the age of 25 in 2014.
After their divorce in 1996, Yates went on to have a baby, Tiger Lily, with Hutchence, the lead singer of Australian rock band INXS.
Source: information.sky.com”