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Greenlit: Andrew Marr: My Brain And Me, BBC2
Andrew shares the highs and lows of his own journey and private determination to recover. Intensive physiotherapy has restored some movement to Andrew’s left side, but with limited progress over the last year he explores a range of new and cutting-edge stroke treatments, including cranial stimulation.
The film follows Andrew’s progress over the last six months during which time the political anchorman has to cope with the pressures of the Brexit vote and consequent change in Prime Minister – in his own words “the biggest story I’ve ever covered” – whilst also managing a new book, two other documentaries and his regular weekly television and radio shows. All this from a man who believes that over-work and stress could have brought him and his brain to the brink of death.
For the first time Andrew returns to the hospital that saved his life and meets the consultant who told his family he had little chance of survival. With interviews from some of his closest family and friends we gain an insight into Andrew the man and the struggles every stroke victim faces once the immediate medical crisis is over.
Andrew meets fellow patients whose brains have been affected in different parts and in different ways – from a man who can no longer recognise his wife after 26 years of marriage, to a woman who struggles to speak but can sing beautifully. He joins the doctors who are trying to solve the mysteries of these people’s conditions and therefore some of the mysteries of the most complex of organs – the brain.
Platform: BBC2
Producer: Icon Films
TX: TBC
Source: BBC press release
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