FOXTEL’s Bio. Channel will exclusively broadcast the heartbreaking documentary FARRAH’S STORY, a must-watch two hour special that chronicles Farrah Fawcett’s battle with cancer. This is the Charlie Angels stars story in her own words as she explains her battle and her journey with cancer.
This powerful documentary will make its Australian Television Premiere on Bio on Friday June 25th at 8.30pm – exactly a year to the day Farrah sadly lost her battle with the disease.
Shot with her own home video recorder, FARRAH’S STORY takes viewers on the highly emotional rollercoaster of the world-famous beautys two and half year battle with cancer.
Intensely intimate and often confronting, the footage becomes Farrah’s video diary in which she not only shares her thoughts and feelings but also her various medical treatments in the U.S. and Germany.
Long-time devoted companion Ryan O’Neal is by Farrah’s side during her long and painful battle, as is best friend Alana Stewart, who acts as camera operator and co-producer.
Her original Charlies Angels co-stars Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson also appear, along with Farrah’s father Jim Fawcett in what is a sometimes uplifting, sometimes painful and thoroughly transparent documentary.
Farrah speaks openly about her determination to try and beat the disease and her desire to keep living. Over months of treatments, anguish and hope she learnt the most important asset to have is an indomitable spirit and that is the message she planned to deliver to the world when she invited a camera into her life.
Towards the end of Farrah’s journey, in a touching scene, Farrah’s beloved son Redmond is seen sharing a few precious moments with his bedridden mum, having been released for 3 hours from jail to visit her.
Bio remembers Farrah Fawcett, with FARRAH’S STORY making its Australian Television Premiere on Friday June 25th at 8.30pmAEST.