Our Dementia Choir

In Our Dementia Choir, English actress and presenter Vicky McClure (Line of Duty, This is England) recruits people with dementia from her home town of Nottingham to form a choir and put on a concert. With the help of experts from medicine, music therapy and performance, the choir members are nurtured and rehearse tirelessly., all with the goal of giving a public performance in front of 2'000 people. The BAFTA-winning Hayes takes viewers on a deeply personal journey to discover the true extent of music's power in the fight against dementia.

Rating:4.4 of 5Total number of episodes:2
Last broadcast:09/02/2021 at 21:29

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 2

09/02/2021 4.7 41 x

Vicky sets out to see the impact of music on people in the later stages of dementia, and the three-month scientific study to see whether singing in the choir has any measurable physiological effect on them comes to an end.

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Season 1, Episode 1

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Actor Vicky McClure recruits people with dementia to form a choir. And experts from medicine, music therapy and performance nurture and rehearse with them. This is a story where personal achievements meet breaking science.

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