Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It | |
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Directed by | Phillipa Robinson |
Presented by | Eleanor Bron (narrator) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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Producer | Phillipa Robinson |
Running time | 66 minutes |
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Original network | BBC1 |
Original release | 28 May 2009 |
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It is a QED documentary made by the BBC in 2009.[1]
Overview[]
The film follows John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, and the changes in his life since the 1989 QED documentary John's Not Mad. Another individual with Tourette syndrome, Greg, was filmed by his mother; his tics occasionally make him collapse or appear frozen. In this film, the pair meet and see how each copes with the condition.
References[]
- ^ "BBC One - Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It". BBC. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
External links[]
- Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It at bbc.co.uk
- Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It at IMDb
Categories:
- Films about Tourette syndrome
- Documentary films about mental health
- British television documentaries
- 2009 television specials
- Documentary television film stubs