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Wendy Richard: To Tell You the Truth

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When actress Wendy Richard was diagnosed with cancer for the third time in January 2008, she decided she wanted to make a film to help other people in a similar situation. "I was terrified about what chemotherapy involved. I'd heard all sorts of rumours and I was frightened, but yet I knew having refused it when I had cancer the last time, that now I really needed to get stuck in. Now that I have, I want other people to see what it's all about and to tell the truth about what it involves". This film follows Wendy and husband John through one of the most difficult times in their lives, yet it reveals the dignity and stoicism that she maintained throughout. Her husband John explains why Wendy would still want it to be broadcast even though she sadly lost her battle with cancer on February 26th this year.