Never heard of them.

Not seen it yet so I'll watch it on catch up. Having been close to someone who did the deed due to numerous issues, and during some dark periods of my life many years ago I contemplated the same thing, it's something that I can partly relate to.

Was there any mention of Terry Newton on the programme?

Not that I remember, it wasn't solely about mental health in rugby league.

Drummer boy Tom comes on here.
If your a proper wire fan as I'm sure you are. You will recognise them.

Deleted. Can't be d getting involved in the crappy proper wire fan debate, far too much on my mind today.

No worries, thanks. I'll still watch it, hopefully it will still be on the iPlayer.

It raised awareness on national tv but I'll be honest i didn't get anything from it, maybe because I'm quite well read on it...i found the RL section interesting as an aside to the programme.

WF111 I can see how that can be taken to question you as a proper wire fan now. Although I hadn't seen that at the time of writing and it certainly wasn't my intention.
I apologise for that.

I was approched in the Rodney to do a piece on the subject, was to close to home for me and i was going through a real traumatic time in my life when this was being filmed, i could not of done it justice.

10,000 on average turn up
I'd be hard pressed to put names to more than 100 or so

Plus, if he has a drum, I'm not sure I want to know him

Some Wire fans are almost as famous and seen more than some players, like Arsenal Al and his flags. There were two faces that are very familiar in the TV prog.
I thought many would know Tom because for many years he had been banging out that drum every game.
Tom is a member on the forum too, drummer boy. A friend of Geordie who is the forum too, I would guess. Many of you know Geordie.

Is drummer boy the pre adolescent lad that insists on banging the oversized tambourine?