Television and Media
Weston became a well-known personality on radio and television, especially within Wales. He has been the subject of a number of BBC documentaries and presented his own radio show "Face for the Radio" on BBC Radio Wales. He has been a commentator numerous times on television news programmes and documentaries. On 14 June 2007, the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War ending, he appeared on various UK television stations recalling his experience of the war. He has also appeared on programmes such as This Is Your Life (appearing on 7 February 1990; aged still only 28, he was one of the show's youngest ever guests) and more recently Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. He featured in a £7million advertising campaign launched in 2000 aimed at boosting recruitment into the police force.
He has written best-selling autobiographies as well as a series of novels. In 2003 he announced that he had been in talks over plans to make a film about his life.
Weston was the inspiration for the title of the album Yes Sir, I Will by the anarcho-punk band Crass. Upon his return from the Falklands, he met Charles, Prince of Wales, and the news media the following conversation between the two: "Get well soon," the Prince said. And the soldier replied "Yes sir, I will".
Crass drummer and lyricist Penny Rimbaud, commenting on this, has said "That was the hook. That was such an audacious thing to do at the time. Especially given that one had to feel compassion for Simon Weston."
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