Henry's Demons
Henry Cockburn's inside story on schizophrenia is intercut with war correspondent Patrick Cockburn and wife Janet Montefiore's experience of their son's illness across seven years.
On a cold February day Henry Cockburn waded into the freezing water of Newhaven Estuary and tried to swim across. Voices, he said, had told him to do it.
Nearly halfway round the world in Afghanistan journalist Patrick Cockburn learned from his wife that Henry, their son had been admitted to a hospital mental ward. Thus begins Henry, Patrick and wife Janet Montefiore's extraordinary account of Henry's rapid descent into mental illness.
Raps and song by Henry Cockburn
Cast:
Henry Cockburn .............. Tom Riley
Patrick Cockburn ..............Tim McInnerny
Janet Montefiore ..............Joanna David
Evelyn Waugh....................Sam Dale
Young Henry.....................Julien Stockwell and Oscar Richardson
Producer: Karen Rose
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- Mon 26 Sep 2011 14:15成人快手 Radio 4
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