- Title: Travels With My Camera: Talking To Angels
- Date: 15th August 1994
- Summary: ROBERT PERKINS IS A NATURALIST AND TRAVELLER. HIS GIRLFRIEND IRENE KNOWS HIS WORK TAKES HIM AWAY FOR LONG PERIODS, BUT HIS LATEST TRIP TO THE ARCTIC TUNDRA - THE NORTHERN MOST POINT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT - HAS A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR HER. A YEAR PREVIOUSLY IRENCE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A MALIGNANT TUMOUR IN HER BREAST. FACED WITH A JOURNEY OF HER OWN INTO THE FEARS AND CHALLENGES OF HER ILLNESS, 'DANCING WITH THE BEAR' STARTS IN BOSTON WITH IRENE WRITING TO ROBERT. BOTH HAVE VIDEO CAMERAS AND THE FILM IS AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS INTERSPERSED WITH THE STUNNING SCENEREY AND WILDLIFE OF THE TUNDRA. THIS TOUCHING PORTRAIT OF A COUPLE FACED WITH INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES MIXES THE PHYSICAL DANGERS OF ROBERT'S TRIP WITH THE EMOTIONAL BATTLES THAT IRENE MUST NOW FACE. THEIR SUBSEQUENT MARRIAGE IN APRIL THIS YEAR PROVIDES A FITTING END TO THIS CHAPTER OF THEIR LIVES. AS IRENE'S HEALTH CONTINUES TO FAIL, AN EVER MORE GRUELLING JOURNEY REMAINS.
- Description:TRAVELLER ROB PERKINS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND RENEE CONFRONT HER CANCER DIAGNOSIS. A MIXTURE OF JOURNEY AND VIDEO DIARY.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:CENTRAL PRODUCTIONS LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:15/08/1994
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s