In a one-off event at Clitheroe’s Grand Theatre on Wednesday 9 March, BBC war reporter Martin Bell will host a tribute evening to Tim’s remarkable life talking to those who knew him from family to colleagues who worked with him in the field of war.

Bell, who presented the London premiere of the film, said “Restrepo is a brilliant film – and Tim Hetherington was a remarkable man. It is a stunning work with no actors in it. Normally people get their information about wars from television, newspapers or film. That tells you how powerful Tim’s cinematic work was. I am looking forward to this event immensely.”

The show will include clips from Restrepo which was named after an America army medic who was shot in the neck while Tim filmed the Battle Company of the 173rd American Airborne Regiment in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan.

In 1999, following his worldwide travels, Tim hit the road again when a football team from Liberia toured England. Under the despotic leader, Charles Taylor, the West African state had lurched from one civil conflict to another, and each of the footballers Tim photographed had grown up among war. The conflict Tim found in Liberia which disturbed him deeply, not least because he had endangered his own life by wilfully subjecting himself to war zones.

However, his images of conflict and of Africa where he lived and worked for eight years, became some of the defining images of war on the 21st century before his untimely death at the age of just 40.

The Grand Theatre in Clitheroe has worked closely with the Tim Hetherington Trust which promotes the continuation of Tim’s vision by promoting the display of his work and supporting new work by other artists. For more information or to donate, please visit www.timhetheringtonturst.org

Doors open 7.00pm for 7.30pm show

Tickets £10 + £1.50 booking fee, unreserved seating

The Grand Theatre, 18 York Street,Clitheroe BB7 2DL (01200 421599)

www.thegrandvenue.co.uk/book-now