Published on 12, July, 2020
This programme aired on BBC1 yesterday, and is now available on iPlayer.
It's very simple - it's an adaptation of a French format and features a group of neurodivergent people interviewing Michael Sheen.
I wondered if anyone watched it and what you thought.
Absolutely I completely agree!
I enjoyed it. I thought Michael Sheen was brilliant, and the performance of Here Comes The Sun was wonderful. Some great questions, and even better answers!
Absolutely, the community spirit was great!
The Scooby Doo impressions I especially liked too plus I liked seeing+hearing the various personalities there. I particularly liked it when they showed encouragement and support to each other at times. I'm also glad to be watching the programme on lately (final episode on this Friday I think) in which 7 celebrities are doing a pilgrimage walk together in North Wales www.bbc.com/.../pilgrimage-north-wales and it includes Christine McGuinness who is an NAS ambassador
Great! I particularly loved the question posed by participant Leo and also the Scooby Doo impressions by Michael Sheen to build a connection with another participant. I also the openly free stimming by members of our neurokin, which was just beautiful to watch! Some members beautifully expressed their autistic joy!
What was your favourite part of the show?
Yes, I turned over channels and caught it by chance and am pleased I did
I am glad the programme helped start conversations in your house!
However, I wonder if the participants were asked how they felt about the experience would the show have become more like a documentary as opposed to a beautiful insight into different (neurodivergent) means of human connection?
Rhetorical question by the way!
Sometimes, there doesn’t need to be an explanation of how someone feels about something or the show itself but just an appreciation of who they are and I think that is what the show in its current format allows for.
I watched this programme with another member of my household (who has less experience of Autistic people across different age groups).
It helped start some educational conversations between us.
One thing I would have liked to have seen included (a bit more) would have been: what those participants interviewing Michael Sheen felt about their experience of having taken part (did it "work" the way they had hoped?).
Anyone else watched it?
Beautiful!
So genuine and authentic!
I have heard about it, might watch soon.
Thanks for sharing!