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My life with Tourette’s

Tourette’s awareness campaigner John Davidson on his life story being told in a new film, I Swear.

In 1989, John Davidson (pictured in 2025) was on TV screens as a sad and lonely teenager in the documentary 'John's Not Mad'.

John tells us what it’s like to have his life and journey with Tourette’s syndrome turned into a feature film, I Swear, and of his pride in Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.

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Photo credit: Eoin Carey

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  • Fri 3 Oct 202500:00

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