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John's Not Mad

John's Not Mad

Documentary
March 14, 1989 (37 years ago)
28m
4.8/10

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.

Box Office

Budget

Unknown

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Eleanor Bron
Eleanor Bron

Eleanor Bron

Narrator (voice)

Age 51 (now 88)

John Davidson
John Davidson

John Davidson

Self

Age 17 (now 55)