Living TV and OK! magazine land rights to Jade's wedding

by Ben Bold, Brand Republic 18-Feb-09, 11:30

LONDON - Living TV and OK! magazine are to cover this weekend's wedding of terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody, who may also do an interview with Piers Morgan for ITV.

Living TV is expected to air a programme on the wedding in mid-March. The channel signed a contract with Goody last year to produce a series of programmes covering her illness and has not paid any additional money to get the rights to the wedding, according to a Living TV spokesman.

Goody, who was last week diagnosed with terminal cancer, has sold the picture rights to her wedding and to her childrens' christening to OK! Magazine in return for reported £700,000 sum.

Goody's publicist Max Clifford said that Living TV's coverage of the wedding would be the last programme in its current series on Goody's illness. The Living TV spokesman refused to comment on this detail.

According to a Press Association report, Clifford said: "[Living TV] have an ongoing relationship with Jade but then of course because of what's happened to her, that has become much more sensitive and complicated.

"What I suggested is they film the wedding, and then that's it. There won't be more episodes of the series they have been filming."

The wedding will be filmed by Kate Jackson from ITV production company Granada Media North.

Jackson became friends with Goody several years ago, when they worked together on a Living TV show. She is one of Goody's bridesmaids.

Goody is also in discussions for an interview with Piers Morgan for ITV.

Clifford insisted to the Press Association that there would be no filming of Goody dying.

Comments

Alexander Farrimond - 18/02/2009

unbelievable

dano - 18/02/2009

cant decide if this is wrong or right, dont really care- dont like it dont watch/consumer it attitude to all this. I guess it raises awareness though...