John's Not Mad · 1989

John's Not Mad

Valerie Kaye · 28 min · United Kingdom

John's Not Mad is a QED documentary made by the BBC in 1989. It was ranked, in a British public poll, as one of the 50 Greatest Documentaries. The film shadows John Davidson, a 15-year-old from Galashiels in Scotland, who had severe Tourette syndrome. John's life was explored in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all coped with a misunderstood condition.

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Production companies

BBC

Cast

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  Eleanor Bron

  Narrator (voice)

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  John Davidson

  Self

• Heather Davidson

  Self

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  Oliver Sacks

  Self