- Title: Cutting Edge: Amnesia
- Date: 6th March 1995
- Summary: JOHN SPENCER IS A MAN TRAPPED IN THE PAST - IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR OF HIS CHILDHOOD. VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING SINCE THEN IS MORE OR LESS BLANK. HE CANNOT HOLD INFORMATION FOR MORE THAN 30 SECONDS, AND HE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS, OR WHO THE PRIME MINISTER IS. STEWART NORRISS, A 17 YEAR OLD SHEFFIELD SCHOOLBOY DIDN'T RECOGNISE HIS MOTHER AFTER HITTING HIS HEAD ON A KITCHEN UNIT. NOW, WITH HELPS FROM SPECIALISTS AT SHEFFIELD ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL, HE IS MAKING AN ASTONISHING RECOVERY AND PLANS TO TAKE HIS A LEVELS THIS YEAR. KEITH WARREN'S MEMORY LOSS IS UNIQUE. TESTS HAVE FAILED TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND SOME DOCTORS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT HE IS SIMULATING AMNESIA. HIS WIFE LORRAINE DOUBTS THIS - "NOBODY COULD PRETEND AMNESIA FOR THREE YEARS, 24 HRS A DAY.
- Description:THE WORK OF THE HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL MEMORY CLINIC HELPS PEOPLE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN WHO THEY ARE.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:HART DAVIES TELEVISION LIMITED
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:06/03/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s