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Two-part documentary. Vicky starts her search for choir members, meeting people with various types of dementia.

In episode one, Vicky starts her search for choir members, meeting people with different types of dementia and at different stages. One of the first to join is former woodwork teacher Chris, whose frontotemperal dementia is leading to increasingly disinhibited behaviour. The youngest member is 31-year-old Dan, who was diagnosed with a rare form of genetic Alzheimer’s two years ago. Dan’s father died at 36, though at the time no-one realised why. There’s a risk that Dan’s young twins will have inherited the faulty gene, and Dan seizes the opportunity to take part in a cutting-edge experiment in the hope that it will help find a cure in the future.

59 minutes

Last on

Tue 14 May 201900:15

Music Played

  • Ed Sheeran

    Castle On The Hill

  • The Beatles

    In My Life

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterVicky McClure
ProducerSophie Mohamed
Production ManagerMollie Grosberg
Production CompanyCurve Media Ltd

Broadcasts

  • Thu 2 May 201920:00
  • Fri 3 May 201920:30
  • Wed 8 May 201923:35
  • Thu 9 May 201900:00
  • Thu 9 May 201901:05
  • Thu 9 May 201901:35
  • Tue 14 May 201900:15

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