Tonight BBC2! (Feb 4th)

[sloweye]

Terry Pratchett - Living with Alzheimer's
Tonight at 9:00pm BBC2 (Feb 4th) For those interested. i will have to record it for later.

For those who miss it try the BBC i-player.

 

[Mary Hoffman]

Did no-one watch this? I was a bit surprised to find no follow-up posts.

I found it compelling and was just willing the ridiculous helmet to work or the fruit-fly research to hurry up.

 

[sloweye]

I have taped it but haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

 

[Somni]

Me too.

 

[Susan Boulton]

It was very good, though the spider webs in his office had me wanting to flick a feather duster round in there ROFL. I don't thing I could live with the mice droppings in the draw either....

 

[High Eight]

There's a nasty review of it in the Dreary Torygraph. Very bitchy.

TV review: Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer's (BBC2) - Minder (Five) - Telegraph

 

[Precision Grace]

There's a nasty review of it in the Dreary Torygraph. Very bitchy.

TV review: Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer's (BBC2) - Minder (Five) - Telegraph

It wasn't nasty at all. At least I didn't think so. It's probably the most objective commentary anyone dared write.

Or did you think dressing up and going to conventions was cool?

 

[mosaix]

There's a nasty review of it in the Dreary Torygraph. Very bitchy.

TV review: Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer's (BBC2) - Minder (Five) - Telegraph

I don't think it was nasty but just silly. What's this all about:

"I don’t know if Sir Terry drinks real ale or votes Liberal Democrat, but he looks as if he might."

Anyway, I thought it was an excellent program.

 

[Precision Grace]

I don't think it was nasty but just silly. What's this all about:

"I don’t know if Sir Terry drinks real ale or votes Liberal Democrat, but he looks as if he might."
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LOL, yes, lest we forget what paper we are reading

I just can't believe Sir T thinks that staring at 6 screens daily and living amongst dust and mouse droppings hasn't got anything to do with his problems. Bleh

 

[Allegra]

There's a nasty review of it in the Dreary Torygraph. Very bitchy.

TV review: Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer's (BBC2) - Minder (Five) - Telegraph

Well, if wossname the writer of this review was a girl, I could've been pretty sure she's having PMS.

I wish this program will be on youtube, would love to see it!

 

[mosaix]

I just can't believe Sir T thinks that staring at 6 screens daily and living amongst dust and mouse droppings hasn't got anything to do with his problems. Bleh

If only cause and effect were that simple.

 

[Precision Grace]

If only cause and effect were that simple.

Akshully they usually are, but most of the time we just don't want to accept it.


Am half way through the program now; I didn't realise Sir T was so annoying

 

[Simple Simon]

Damn! I forgot to watch it

It was one of those things I saw the ad for and was like "I'm definitely watching that" and then of course I completely forget about it. I'm enjoying the irony though of fogetting to watch the program about alzheimers.

 

[Lenny]

I caught it on the iPlayer last night, and I think it was a good watch. Bits of it were quite sad, though. The part that particularly got me was when he was doing his reading from Nation.

I'll definitely be watching the second part.

 

[sloweye]

i finaly got to watch it. it is very sad.
the book signings must have been hard and the live reading must have been awful for him.

 

[Adasunshine]

I watched it and recorded it (just in case I missed it) and I found it very sad particularly as I watched my own grandfather die at the age of 69 from Alzheimers after being diagnosed at 61. The reading did seem uncomfortable and I found the tie incident quite upsetting.

Saying that I have nothing but admiration for the way he's dealing with it and speaking out about it. This programme must have been very hard for him to agree to do which I think shows in parts (I know that my Grandad hated even his close family seeing him the way he was) but I love his tenacity, his hope and his candour about the whole thing.

I didn't know it was a two parter (I must have missed that bit) but now I know it is, I'll look forward to this week's ep.

xx

 

[Dr.Jackson]

I think most of us who watched found some scenes uncomfortable. I've been watching a number of programmes on this topic recently as both sides of my family have a history of this 'embuggerance' - unfortunately upping my chances of getting it. I thought that Terry is very courageous in discussing and showing the effects that Alzheimers is having on him already, given that it seems to have the stigma of a mental illness. If only all of us could have that kind of faith and enthusiasm in the face of adversity.

 

[Patrick Mahon]

Bits of it were quite sad, though. The part that particularly got me was when he was doing his reading from Nation.

True, but the problems during the reading were emphasised by the way the film was edited. I was there at the Convention, and Terry read from Nation for over half an hour. Probably two-thirds of it was fine, and he had difficulties during the other one-third. It was clearly frustrating for him, but he wasn't having trouble with every paragraph, as you might have inferred from the film.

That, however, it to take nothing away from the film-makers. I thought it was a very good documentary. Clearly they have to edit stuff down to fit it all in. Inevitably they focus their attention on the evidence of Terry's illness, rather than the times he's fine.

In any case, I'm looking forward to part 2 this Wednesday evening.