# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deborah-james
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:28:18.917Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deborah-james"
name: "Deborah James"
slug: "deborah-james"
description: "Dame Deborah Anne James was an English journalist, educator, podcast host and charity campaigner from London. In 2016, she was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer and went on to host the You, Me and the Big C podcast on BBC Radio 5 Live about her struggles with her illness."
tagline: "English journalist, podcast host and charity campaigner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_Deborah_James.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1981-10-01"
deathDate: "2022-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.967394666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 230
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10903821/"
    handle:    "nm10903821"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bowelbabe"
    handle:    "bowelbabe"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bowelbabe/"
    handle:    "bowelbabe"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.bowelbabe.org"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديبورا جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_James"
    title: "Deborah James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_James_(Journalistin)"
    title: "Deborah James (Journalistin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_James_(journalist)"
    title: "Deborah James (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "دبورا جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_James"
    title: "Deborah James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_James"
    title: "Deborah James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_James_(journalist)"
    title: "Deborah James (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_James_(gazeteci)"
    title: "Deborah James (gazeteci)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_James_(gasediman)"
    title: "Deborah James (gasediman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111970097"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5500810"
    title: "Deborah James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump