ITV Documentaries

Ed Mitchell - What Happened Next (2009x1)

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At the end of 2007, former TV newsreader Ed Mitchell was discovered sleeping rough on a bench on the south coast - his life ruined by alcoholism and crippling personal debt. The resulting media coverage led his friend and former colleague Carol Barnes to seek out Ed on his bench and learn what had led him to such a spectacular fall from grace - a journey which was covered in the January 2008 ITV documentary: Saving Ed Mitchell. One year on, Ed Mitchell: What Happened Next? follows Ed's struggle back from the brink as he faces up to the reality of what his drinking has done to his family and comes to terms with Carol's death. The programme returns to Ed's story in Janaury 2008, following a month of free rehab at the priory - offered after revelations about his addiction appeared in the press.