The presenter on her final docu about her late husband
While she continues to grieve for her beloved husband Derek Draper, Kate Garraway is planning his ultimate legacy. Derek’s Story, the third documentary in her series charting her husband’s battle with COVID following 2021’s Finding Derek and 2022’s Caring For Derek, airs next week and will focus on the last year of the late psychotherapist’s life.
It was made with his blessing and full support, because as he himself says in the documentary, “I want to be heard.”
“I remembered so vividly that the idea of making this third documentary came from Derek,” Kate hassaid. “Derek got very emotional at the idea, because his words and speech were so limited and there were so many things he wanted to say about the struggle we were all having as a family. He wanted to speak up about it.”
Good Morning Britain star Kate, 56, added, “We had to find a way of allowing Derek’s voice to be heard and, while having to finish it without him has been so hard, I am delighted that the film is a tribute to Derek and his incredible spirit.”
Kate also revealed that Derek, who died on 3 January, wanted the main message to be “never give up fighting for what you believe in and for the people you love”.
“When we started making this documentary early last year, we had no idea of the events that would unfold that ultimately took Derek from us. And in January 2024, I wondered if it was right that it should ever come to air,” Kate said. “But I didn’t want to let those who have given us so much support over the last four years down, and the carers paid and unpaid who in their thousands of letters to me feel Derek’s stor
