Series 6: Old Age and Dementia
In our final series of films about LITERATURE & MENTAL HEALTH, we turn to old age: how did Shakespeare represent ageing in KING LEAR and did he portray the process of dementia, centuries before the diagnosis was understood?
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Shakespeare on Old Age: Sir Ian McKellen on playing King Lear
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It's NOT Memory - 5 Early Dementia Signs Everyone Misses
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Stephen Fry on Poetry and Depression
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You've been lied to about mental health | Joanna Moncrieff
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Mark Haddon on his play about bipolar disorder
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Conan O’Brien Delivers the Commencement Address | Harvard Commencement 2026
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Simon Russell Beale on King Lear | National Theatre
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Mum And Me (Alzheimer's Documentary) | Real Stories
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Golden Retriever Meets Completely Broken Rescue for the First Time
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Series Finale: Ben Okri on the Value of Poetry
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Melvyn Bragg on reading, writing and dementia
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Melvyn Bragg on Depression and the Power of Reading
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How Dementia Affects Language Skills
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The French Do Not Care About Work
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Bipolar Disorder
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What Are the Stages of Dementia?
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What is Dementia?
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KING LEAR BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - ANIMATED PLAY SUMMARY
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Dementia Progression: What I Wish Caregivers Were Told
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