Touching final on-air chat between Deborah James and BBC host wins broadcasting gong

A TOUCHING on-air chat between dying ­cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James and BBC host Tony Livesey has won a broadcasting gong.

The 90-second recording sees Livesey refusing to say goodbye to his pal, a Sun columnist.

PAThe touching final on-air chat between Deborah James and BBC host Tony Livesey has won a broadcasting gong[/caption]

Instead, he thanks Deborah and says he has “a big warm hug” for her.

Last May’s 5 Live clip — shortly before Deborah’s death in June — won the public-voted Radio Times Moment of the Year.

Dame Deborah’s Radio 5 three-way podcast You, Me and the Big C, won the Impact Award. The show with fellow cancer patients Lauren Mahon and Rachael Bland deals with myths about the disease.

Clips involving Dame Deborah, 40, whose Bowelbabe Fund for ­Cancer Research UK has raised £11.3million, were among winners at the Audio and Radio Industry Awards.

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