Editing Simon Weston (section)

==Television and media==
Weston has made regular contributions to radio programmes and appeared on television, especially within Wales. He has been the subject of several BBC documentaries and presented his own radio show ''Face for the Radio'' for [[BBC Radio Wales]]. He has been interviewed on many occasions for television news programmes and documentaries recounting his experiences, including appearances on 14 June 2007, the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War ending. He has also appeared on programmes such as ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' (appearing on 7 February 1990; aged still only 28, Weston was one of the show's youngest-ever guests)<ref>[http://www.eofftv.com/t/thi/this_is_your_life_1969_main.htm This Is Your Life (1969–1993) @ EOFFTV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422082302/http://www.eofftv.com/t/thi/this_is_your_life_1969_main.htm |date=22 April 2012 }}. Eofftv.com. Retrieved on 8 October 2012.</ref> and later ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]''<ref name="simonweston.com" /> He was featured in a £7 million advertising campaign launched in 2000 aimed at boosting recruitment into the police force.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/902853.stm|title=Police ads: An expert's verdict|date=30 August 2000|publisher=BBC News|access-date=17 June 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221064711/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/902853.stm|archive-date=21 February 2007}}</ref>

He has written best-selling autobiographies as well as a series of novels.<ref name="simonweston.com" /> In 2003 he announced that he had been in talks over plans to make a film about his life.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/wales/3034956.stm|title=Movie to tell Weston's story|date=1 July 2003|publisher=BBC News|access-date=17 June 2008}}</ref>