Sarah Woods - Watch Me
4 Extra Debut. When Anja meets Rhys she is reluctant to fall in love, but her brain has other ideas. A love story narrated by a neuroscientist. Stars Sarah Smart and Alun Raglan.
By Sarah Woods.
A love story about the power of mirror neurons.
Anja works in advertising, Rhys is a single dad. Their fates collide at a focus group, in which Rhys takes exception to Anja's baby food campaign. Both have their reasons to resist falling in love, but their brains have other ideas.
Anja and Rhys's love story is told from a neurological perspective, by neuroscientist Christian Keysers. It's the story of two individuals whose brains begin to 'mirror' each other as they gradually fall in love. As Christian says it's "...not so much an exchange of information as two brains becoming one."
Author of 'The Empathic Brain', Christian is Head of the Social Brain Lab at the Netherlands Institute for Neurosciences. He seeks to understand how, as social animals, our brains mirror those of other people, so that understanding others is not an effort of explicit thought but an intuitive sharing of emotions, sensations and actions.
Directed by James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales Production.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Anja | Sarah Smart |
| Rhys | Alun Raglan |
| Lucy | Amaka Okafor |
| Rob | Simon Ludders |
| Woman | Claire Cage |
| Narrator | Christian Keysers |
| Writer | Sarah Woods |
| Director | James Robinson |
Broadcasts
Mon 12 Aug 201314:15BBC Radio 4 FM- Mon 27 Jul 201514:15BBC Radio 4
- Thu 2 Aug 201811:15BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 2 Aug 201821:15BBC Radio 4 Extra
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