Now, we all know that there are many many many many many many fans of Dawn Porter out there, so I’m sure they will be settling down in fron the tellybox tonight. For the uninitiated, Dawn is a female ladyperson who is also a journalist and broadcaster. She makes smart, entertaining, funny and sometimes inspirational documentaries that tend to focus on female-centric subjects like weight, body image and dating. Although to be fair, these issues are not just for girls – they’re pretty much for everyone. Anyway, whenever she’s on telly we get so much response from readers; they love her. So now, after a bit of a break, Dawn is back. And her new two-part series starts on Sky1 tonight. Have a read over the jump to see what she’s going to be up to.

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In My Breasts Could Kill Me (Sky1, Monday 6 July/Tuesday 7 July, 9pm) Dawn, during a three month period, meets women (and men) who suffer from breast cancer, as well as undergoing tests herself – a mammogram, an MRI scan, and a genetic test – to ascertain if she has the precursors to the illness.

There is danger for Dawn – even before any tests she discovers that her family history gives her a 40 per cent chance of developing the disease, and she even finds out the name the genes that she might have inherited (BRCA1 and BRCA2). This presents her with a scary dilemma – should she have a voluntary mastectomy to prevent disease?

This sounds totally like a Dawn Porter project and she sounds as though she’ll be throwing herself into the whole think with enthusiasm and gusto, but this certainly sounds like this will be her most serious and personal film yet.

Good to have you back Dawn!