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)

Email

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’