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So as Channel 4 reflects on 40 years, it feels right to look at her life and career, and what an impact she made. The life of journalist Paula Yates will be the subject of a new two-part documentary on Channel 4. return cookieData; observer.disconnect(); } 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, said Shaminder Nahal, head of specialist factual at Channel 4. Paulas 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 todays world and women fighting the same issues 40 years later., 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, said Shaminder Nahal, head of specialist factual at Channel 4. userID: purchase.granted_by_purchase.user_id, With her trademark wit and flirty charm, she interviewed big names, such as Kylie Minogue, Arnold Schwazenegger and Hutchence. Images Courtesy of Getty Images. Yates, whose death was ruled as an accidental heroin overdose, made her TV debut on Channel 4 on 5 November 1982 on influential music programme The Tube. if (cookieValue) { const isGrantedBy = function (grant) { We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. The two-part documentary, titled simply Paula, will explore the life of Yates who frankly and eloquently discusses the positives and pitfalls of her life, reports the Guardian. She first shot. As ever, Curious Films has made a riveting and sensitive series that will, I hope, introduce Paula to a new generation.. return { The two-part documentary, titled Paula, will explore the life of Yates who "frankly and eloquently discusses the positives and pitfalls of her life," reports the Guardian. The life of Paula Yates is set to be explored in a new two-part documentary for Channel 4. You must be at least 18 years old to create an account, Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number, I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Evening Standard. Yates is best known for her work on two television programmes, The Tube and The Big Breakfast.She was the girlfriend of musician Bob Geldof from 1976 to 1986 and was married to him from 1986 to 1996. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, vars.user.subscriptionStartDate = subscriberCookie.subscriptionStartDate || ''; let flipPayConfig = { A new documentary will feature candid never-before-seen mobile footage of the late Dame Deborah James, as well as a collation of her personal social media, BBC Two has revealed. Paula Yates put an ounce of heroin in Michael's jacket which he was to be cremated in 1997 at his funeral only to succumb to a heroin overdose in 2000. enable_showcase: true, WHEN Paula Yates died in September, there was a feeling of inevitability as well as sadness. 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We get the singer Terence Trent DArby talking for the first time about his affair with the presenter Bob Geldof asked him, Are you knobbing my wife? and Robbie Williams revealing that his song Cursed was written about Yates, including the line: Told everybody Id slept with you/ Thought youd like it and wouldnt deny it. They didnt sleep together, Williams adds, although he fancied her something rotten. }; const grantedBy = Object.keys(purchase).filter(function (key) { Paulas 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 todays world and women fighting the same issues 40 years later., Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning. for (let i = 0, parts; (parts = cookies[i] && cookies[i].split('=')); i++) { Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates on Big Breakfast. The producer at Curious Films, Charlene Chika Osuagwu, said: Paula is the real story of a singular woman who was both ahead of her time and totally of it, which explores how she shaped, and was shaped by, the seismic changes in British culture and celebrity and what it meant to be a successful woman in that era. } else { subscriptionStartDate: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.original_start_at, window.showSubscriberElements) { if (parts.shift() === key) { const cookieData = getSubscriptionStatus(purchase); A new documentary on the late Paula Yates has revealed that she and Michael Hutchence hooked up immediately after she interviewed him for a British TV show. The couple had three daughters Fifi, Peaches and Pixi. vars.user.userID = subscriberCookie.userID || ''; Curious Films previously made docs including Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death and Reclaiming Amy, about Amy Winehouse. }; document.cookie = subscriberCookieName + "=" + JSON.stringify(cookieData) + ';path=/;domain=' + domain + ';max-age='+cookieExpiryInSeconds; Yates was often in the tabloids because of her marriage to Bob Geldof, and her later relationship with Michael Hutchence. Listen back to INXS' last performance with Michael Hutchence, weeks before his death Read More She went on to become a presenter on Channel 4s The Big Breakfast in 1992, where she became well known for her On the Bed interviews. The docuseries will focus on four 'extraordinarily compelling' previously unheard interviews with Paula, recorded in 1998 and 1999. if (!! But many of the people closest to Paula said her death was a real shock - the Paula they knew was picking up the pieces of her shattered life . Paula Yates Documentary From Amy Winehouse Doc Producers Curious Films Set for Channel 4. show_spinner: false, At the time of Michael's death in 1997, he and his then-partner Paula Yates were fighting a very public custody battle over her three children with Sir Bob Geldof. Find out more about how we use your personal data in our privacy policy and cookie policy. !subscriberCookie.subscriptionStatus ? EXCLUSIVE: 'He's an artist! bundle: 'none', The TV presenter and journalist died aged 41 in 2000. Please, Channel 4s new two-part documentary will look for the real Paula Yates, pictured with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence. . Lowenstein, who recently made a documentary about Michael's life titled Mystify, . She was known. Famous: Paula and Bob began a romantic relationship in 1976 and she gave birth to their first child Fifi in 1983, High-profile romance: In 1995 Paula left Bob for Michael Hutchence after an affair and later than year became pregnant with his child. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. }; The upcoming programme will feature four previously-unheard interviews with the TV presenter and journalist, who died of an accidental heroin overdose in September 2000, aged 41. if (vars.article.wallType === 'registration') { Read our, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. TV presenter and journalist Yates, who died at the age of 41 in 2000, was known for her presenting roles on The Tube and The Big Breakfast. This account already exists. subscriptionFinishDate: '1111-11-11T11:11:11Z', subscriptionStatus: 'Whitelist', The lifetime of TV presenter and journalist Paula Yates would be the focus of a brand new two-part documentary. U.K. network Channel 4 has commissioned a new documentary from Curious Films about TV host and author Paula Yates, who died following a heroin . if (vars.article) { Connections Referenced in Glitch: Mum (2019) 14 Yates married Boomtown Rats frontman Geldof in Las Vegas in 1986. // Check window.dataLayer object or create. The two-part documentary, titled Paula, will explore the life of Yates who frankly and eloquently discusses the positives and pitfalls of her life, reports the Guardian. } bundle: bundleValue, Paula is produced by Charlene Chika Osuagwu, directed by Charlie Russell exec produced by Dov Freedman. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. '&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= The life of journalist Paula Yates will be the subject of a new two-part documentary on Channel 4. } if (flipPayJsUrl) { The life of journalist Paula, who died from an accidental heroin overdose in 2000 aged 41, is the subject of the new two-part documentary. By Andrew Tracy. Her recent life had been turbulent following the death in 1998 of her lover, INXS rock star Michael Hutchence. Following the couples divorce in 1996, Yates went on to have a child, Tiger Lily, with the INXS frontman. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF.