MIM has been enlisted to help the national radio station mark the 20th anniversary of the first World Aids Day with a documentary that will be fronted by US actor Paul Michael Glaser - best known for playing Starsky in the long running US TV hit Starsky and Hutch.

Glaser: touched by AIDS tragedy

MIM’s Ashley Byrne explained: “The epidemic had a major effect on Paul’s life. His wife Elizabeth contracted the virus through a blood transfusion and both his wife and daughter later died of an Aids-related illness.

“Through archive, some of it collected by former Washington Post journalist John-Manuel Andriote, as well as new interviews, How Aids Changed America examines how the crisis really did change attitudes.”

He continued: “John (diagnosed HIV-positive himself in 2005) has spent more than 20 years researching the issue and is one of the leading experts on America's Aids story and has been vital to this programme.

“This documentary is an emotional and historic rollercoaster through 27 years of struggle and includes powerful testimonies from people who have lived half their lives with HIV.”

The show will air on BBC Radio 2 at 10.30pm on 2 December.

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