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James Hewitt: Confessions
of a Cad
Has this programme gone too far?
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THINKTV
24th July 03
James Hewitt is one of the most hated men in England. Reviled
for having an affair with the Princess of Wales, and all the
more so for his perceived attempts to turn their history to
his advantage, he has been tabloid fodder for more than a decade.
Now, for the first time, he has allowed cameras into his life,
to tell his side of the story. According to the media, he is
a bounder with an underdeveloped sense of morality. According
to friends, and countless women, he is a charming, irresistible
scamp who is misunderstood and mistreated. Following the former
army Major for six months as he enjoys the playboy lifestyle
from Los Angeles to the Swiss Alps, this extraordinary film
gets to know the real James Hewitt as he undergoes one of the
most traumatic periods of his life, when his attempts to sell
the infamous Diana letters earn him more public vitriol than
ever before.
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Matthew Sherratt
24th July 03
How low can Channel 4 go? Reading out Diana's love letters to
James Hewitt is a total abuse of your responsibilites as a broadcaster.
Not only is the woman dead so can't stop them being disclosed
but in the name of decency and respect surely these things that
were so personal to her are absolutely none of our business?
That poor woman must be turning in her grave and as for how
her family who are left behind will feel. .. An extremely selfish
and desperate move on behalf of Channel 4 for ratings. I'm all
for contraversial TV and remember laughing my socks off at the
Brass Eye Paedophile programme but to be honest delving into
someone's personal life so soon after they've gone is just plain
bad taste and not even interesting. Stick to what you're good
at - making more boring property programmes.
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Geraldine Barlow
24th July 03
I am most disturbed to learn that Channel4 are considering reading
out Princess Diana's letters to James Hewitt. Why can't we leave
this woman to rest in peace and stop dragging up the past. Her
Sons deserve to keep their memory of their Mother and not have
her indiscretions read out to the world.
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Lala Wilbraham
24th July 03
At best Channel 4 needs counselling: it is suffering from serious
identity problems. Yes, variety is the spice of life,and a TV
station might chose to please many sectors of the population,but
the moment it sells its soul it's had it. Up to this evening
I felt Channel 4 was, daring, cutting edge, brave, yes! But
intelligent, commited to quality and integrity. Tonight's 'Confessions
of a Cad'has thrown Channel 4 into the gutter, along with the
very worst of the tabloid press. Why did I watch it? To be able
to form an opinion. I have: Hewitt is no cad. He is utterly
despicable. But, sadly, so is Channel 4. There is nothing wrong
with doing programmes about contemptible people. But you don't
have to be contemptible yourself in the way you do it
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Peter
25th july 03
James Hewitt is undoubtedly a pretentious, idle, cad typical
of his type. He will no doubt in time will release pictures
of his relationship with the Princess, why should we care and
why should he be paid a penny?
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Amanda Biddell
24th July 03
I can not tell you how appauled and sickened I was by the comments
of James Hewitt and his friends about the late Princess of Wales.
This was the 1st time in my life that i have ever turned a programe
off. To comment on the women that he was supposed to have cared
about so much in such a derogatory manner just goes to show
that he had no respect for her and has none for him self either.
He may have money but he has no breeding or class and is in
no way a gentle man, he should be ashamed of himself, as should
Channel 4 for showing this disgusting program. Is this the best
you can do?
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Lee
25th July 03
To be honest, I don't know what all the fuss is about. With
all of the hype surrounding this programme, I was expecting
something revelatory about what a complete s**t this Hewitt
chap really was... you know, some kind of jaw-droppingly bad
faux-pas or something. He did come across as a nasty, mercenary
piece of work, that's true. But I didn't see anything new about
him that wasn't already public knowledge, thanks to his regular
appearance in the tabloids. Instead, the impression I was left
with at the end of the programme was that the film makers had
heavily edited what little they actually had in an attempt to
make him look as bad as possible. I understand that this is
the idea in shock-tv, but I feel that the trick is to at least
make it appear as if the editing has been light-handed. The
interviewer was far too obvious in his interrogation, and the
balance and objectivity was sadly, and very obviously, lacking.
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