Article: Medical charity to star in new TV documentary.

A CHARITY based in Northamptonshire will receive nationwide exposure and a huge boost in funds this week when it becomes the subject of a BBC2 documentary produced by film star Ewan McGregor.

Riders for Health, a medical outreach charity which provides healthcare in remote parts of Africa, will feature in Long Way Down, which follows the Star Wars actor and fellow thespian Charley Boorman as they motorcycle from John O'Groats to the southern-most point in Africa, Cape Agulhas.

The Daventry charity has already collected more than [pounds sterling]20,000 after auctioning the chance to ride alongside the actors for the final leg of their epic journey, and ...

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