Kate Garraway’s Finding Derek documentary set to have a sequel

Virgin Radio

9 Nov 2021, 13:35

The tear-jerking NTA-winning documentary led by Kate Garraway is coming back for a second serving. Viewers were left dumb-founded after watching the heartbreaking programme Finding Derek about the presenter's husband's battle with coronavirus.

The original documentary aired last February and is due to air this winter on ITV based on the tragic ups and downs following Derek's life-changing fight against the disease.

The Good Morning Britain host has become her husband's carer since the virus attacked his body and he's been left with kidney failure, liver and pancreatic damage, while also facing pneumonia and infections resulting in punctured holes in his lungs. 

TV star Kate said about the sequel previously: "We are going to make another documentary, there are plans for more.

"Derek has a very short window of energy but we are trying. He has been home for four months now and it was enough for him being home.

"Now we are really hoping we can have more and more people in to see him."

The brave star won the Authored Documentary award at the National Television Awards in September this year after filming the documentary on Derek, who spent over 12 months in hospital.

She emotionally told viewers: "I want to say to all the other Darceys and Billys and Dereks whatever you're going through and however you are affected, you are not forgotten. We want the joy back. We want it to be over.

"But if you are still living with the scares, the fight goes on."

Announcing the project, ITV said: "We follow Kate as she navigates the challenges of the social care system, negotiates the potential traps and unpicks the complexities that seem to be inherent in the system.

"At a time when the debate about social care is at its loudest, this film goes beyond the rhetoric to explore the reality of living within and relying on the social care system today."

They added: "Above all, this film follows Kate as she embarks on a new chapter in her marriage, trying to find a new way of living and a new way of loving, like millions of families across the country in the same boat."