Ivan
- Synopsis
- Portrait of Ivan Vaughan, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, and his efforts to cope with his illness. His way of coming to terms with it is to treat it as a hobby, learning as much as he could about the disease by reducing his dependence on the drug L-dopa and experimenting with using muscular effort to control tremor. By fixing achievable goals, Ivan has learned to use to effect of the tremor to galvanize his body out of his normal stooped rigidity and propel it towards a target.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1984
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Subjects
- Medical sciences
- Keywords
- Parkinson’s disease
Credits
- Producer
- Patrick Uden
- Contributor
- Graham Massey; Krystyna Kaplan
- Cast
Jonathan Miller
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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