Ryder stars in BBC's answer to hit show 'The Osbournes'
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Your support makes all the difference.Britain is to get its own version of The Osbournes with a fly-on-the-wall television documentary charting singer Shaun Ryder's attempts to recover from drink and drug addiction.
The former Happy Mondays frontman is to star in a BBC3 documentary by Richard Macer, who made a series of films about the glamour model Jordan.
Macer began following Ryder in the summer and is still filming him. The film documents his attempts to adopt a healthy lifestyle and promote a new album.
The singer remains on the verge of bankruptcy. He hit rock bottom about a year ago, while living in Australia. He haddrug problems, his assets were frozen and he was involved in a litigation battle with a former manager.
The Osbournes, produced by MTV, followed Ozzy Osbourne and his family in their Los Angeles mansion.
Osbourne is currently recovering in hospital after a quad bike accident on his Buckinghamshire estate on Monday. Reports yesterday suggested that the accident was also filmed by MTV. Last night, Osbourne was still on a ventilator with a fractured vertebra, eight fractured ribs and a broken collar bone.
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