Room 5

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1. Bex

20220111

20220905 (R4)

He was interested in why I was so attached to this penguin

Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed. As Bex deteriorates, doctors are in a race against time to diagnose her. And that's where the penguin comes in.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Editor: Emma Rippon

Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

#Room5

With special thanks to Rachel Roberts, principal viola with the LSO

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk

When a diagnosis changes everything.

He was interested in why I was so attached to this penguin

Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed. As Bex deteriorates, doctors are in a race against time to diagnose her. And that's where the penguin comes in.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Editor: Emma Rippon

Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

#Room5

With special thanks to Rachel Roberts, principal viola with the LSO

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk

When a diagnosis changes everything.

2. Jon

20220118

It was unbelievably painful - I probably used a few Anglo-Saxon words.

Jon is at Peppa Pig World with his family when he notices something very unusual about his body.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Steve Bond

Additional research: Ruby Gregory

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Editor: Emma Rippon

Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk

Jon is at Peppa Pig World when he notices something unusual.

When a diagnosis changes everything.

3. Serena

20220125

20220926 (R4)

I wiped my tears away and had to carry on with the party.

When Serena is given an unexpected diagnosis, she has to make a life-changing decision.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Editor: Emma Rippon

Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk

Serena has to make a life-changing decision.

When a diagnosis changes everything.

4. Joel

20220201

20220912 (R4)

I stare at my own reflection, trying to remind myself that I'm not dead.

Joel never understood why he felt different to other people. Then a revelation in India sets him on a journey to find answers.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Steve Bond

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Editor: Emma Rippon

Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk

When a diagnosis changes everything.

5. Gavanndra

20220208

20221003 (R4)

When I wasn't high, I felt very sad and very scared.

Twenty years on, Gavanndra is struggling to make sense of a childhood trauma. Then she meets a psychologist who has an idea.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Editor: Emma Rippon

Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk

When a diagnosis changes everything.

8. Helena

20220215

20221010 (R4)

It's like being trapped in a room with a terrifying creature.

A few months after her son was born, Helena realises something is wrong. Her search for answers leads to a difficult decision.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Editor: Emma Rippon

Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk

When a diagnosis changes everything.

1. Holly

20221101

Aged 39, Holly Smale was a successful author - the creator of the bestselling series of children's books, Geek Girl. One afternoon, while talking to her therapist, Holly breaks down, says she feels broken. And so begins her journey to understand why she's always felt different to other people.

We track back through Holly's difficult childhood, her short-lived modelling career and her traumatic time at university - all the way to the moment she was diagnosed as autistic.

Psychologist Dr Sarah Lister Brook - Clinical Director for the National Autistic Society - tells us why so many autistic girls and women still go undiagnosed. And Holly Smale shares some life advice with a newly diagnosed eight-year-old girl.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Researcher: Drew Hyndman

Editor: Emma Rippon

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

On being diagnosed as autistic at 39.

When a diagnosis changes everything.

2. Simon

20221108

Killing the worm in Simon's brain before it kills him.

Simon's just back from holiday when things go off-kilter. He tries to open the fridge door - but can't find the handle. He feels a throbbing pain in his head and a growing pressure behind his eye. An MRI scan reveals a cyst in Simon's head - containing a worm. Simon has a rare condition called neurocysticercosis.

And so the race against time begins: to kill the worm in Simon's brain before it kills him.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Combining intimate storytelling, immersive sound design, candid interviews, science and a large dose of compassion, Room 5 is a gripping portrait of extraordinary people at a moment when everything changes.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Researcher: May Cameron

Editor: Emma Rippon

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

When a diagnosis changes everything.

3. Poppy

20221115

The mystery diagnosis that sheds light on pain.

After a routine knee-op, 23-year-old Poppy comes round in excruciating pain. Her leg changes colour, soon she can't walk, yet her scans show nothing wrong with her knee.

Doctors are baffled and about to discharge her when she's seen by Dr Deepak Ravindran - one of the UK's top pain consultants - who solves the mystery.

Written and presented by Helena Merriman

Produced by Claire Bowes and Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Editor: Emma Rippon

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

When a diagnosis changes everything.

4. Gareth

20221122

Gareth's search to find out why he has no sperm.

Gareth Landy will never forget the room where it happens. Where he's told he has no sperm. He's devastated - he's desperate to start a family with his wife Anna - and to do that he needs to find out why he has no sperm. The doctor says he'll probably never find an answer. But Gareth keeps searching - a search that leads somewhere completely unexpected.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Researcher: May Cameron

Editor: Emma Rippon

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

When a diagnosis changes everything.

5. Tilly

20221206

On changing her relationship with her body.

From the outside, Tilly seems to have life figured out. She works in fashion, lives on a house-boat - for which she's done all the plumbing and electrics. But inside, she's struggling. She's always felt wrong in her body - ever since school. Then one afternoon, Tilly sits down with a therapist - who fits the pieces of the puzzle together and gives Tilly a diagnosis. Tilly's diagnosis explains the way her brain is wired - now her challenge is to re-wire it, and change her future.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Researcher: May Cameron

Editor: Emma Rippon

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

Information and support on issues relating to this episode:

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

The BDD Foundation provides information, resources and support to those suffering from Body Dysmorphic Disorder.

https://bddfoundation.org/support/

Eating disorders

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2DRkg4JC7SLT3B7hlrn6DKN/information-and-support-eating-disorders

Mental health

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1NGvFrTqWChr03LrYlw2Hkk/information-and-support-mental-health-self-harm

Suicide/Emotional distress

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4WLs5NlwrySXJR2n8Snszdg/information-and-support-suicide-emotional-distress

When a diagnosis changes everything.

6. Tre

20221213

On his childhood nightmares and the diagnosis that explained them.

Tre's lying in bed. He's 10 years old and his heart's racing. He's just seen a strange figure in the corner of his bedroom, and it's moving towards him. Tre has experiences like this all through his childhood. Nightmares. Hallucinations. Sleep paralysis. One afternoon, at school, his teacher pulls him aside. She's spotted something in him that she recognises. And so it begins - tests, scans, until the clues come together and reveal a diagnosis that explains everything.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Producer: Claire Bowes

Editor: Emma Rippon

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

When a diagnosis changes everything.

7. Ruth

20221220

On taking psychedelics to treat depression.

Ruths lying on a hospital bed. There's calm music, she's wearing an eye-mask and in her hand - a single white pill. It contains an illegal chemical which some doctors are convinced could revolutionise the way we treat depression. Ruth's struggled with depression since she was a child. She's tried everything - and for her, this is her last chance. Ruth swallows the pill, the chemicals flow into her bloodstream and then - her psychedelic trip begins.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Researcher: Drew Hyndman

Editor: Emma Rippon

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

When a diagnosis changes everything.

8. Hannah

20221227

On being one in a million.

Hannah's aged five, playing with the toys in a hospital waiting room. She's been here before, been in and out of hospital since she was a baby. But today, she's about to discover what's been going wrong with her body. A diagnosis that doctors will tell her makes her one in a million. Hannah's life becomes one huge experiment, a constant weighing of odds. Until, in her early 20s, the odds change. And she takes part in a clinical trial that changes everything.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Researcher: May Cameron

Editor: Emma Rippon

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

When a diagnosis changes everything.

9. Room 5 Live

20221228

~Room 5 LIVE at Hay Festival with screenwriter Abi Morgan.

In this special episode of Room 5, recorded in front of a live audience at Hay Festival, Helena Merriman speaks to Abi Morgan - the BAFTA and Emmy-award winning playwright and screenwriter whose credits include The Iron Lady, Suffragette, Sex Traffic, The Hour, Brick Lane and Shame and The Split.

One June morning, Abi Morgan came home to find the man she loved lying on the bathroom floor. Rushed to hospital, he was put into a coma and it was clear that life as they knew it would never be the same again.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Editor: Emma Rippon

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

When a diagnosis changes everything.

Episodes

Series	Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	02	1. Bex	20220111	20220905 (R4)	He was interested in why I was so attached to this penguin Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed. As Bex deteriorates, doctors are in a race against time to diagnose her. And that's where the penguin comes in. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5 With special thanks to Rachel Roberts, principal viola with the LSO End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk When a diagnosis changes everything. He was interested in why I was so attached to this penguin Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed. As Bex deteriorates, doctors are in a race against time to diagnose her. And that's where the penguin comes in. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5 With special thanks to Rachel Roberts, principal viola with the LSO End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk When a diagnosis changes everything.
01	03	2. Jon	20220118		It was unbelievably painful - I probably used a few Anglo-Saxon words. Jon is at Peppa Pig World with his family when he notices something very unusual about his body. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Steve Bond Additional research: Ruby Gregory Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk Jon is at Peppa Pig World when he notices something unusual. When a diagnosis changes everything.
01	04	3. Serena	20220125	20220926 (R4)	I wiped my tears away and had to carry on with the party. When Serena is given an unexpected diagnosis, she has to make a life-changing decision. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk Serena has to make a life-changing decision. When a diagnosis changes everything.
01	05	4. Joel	20220201	20220912 (R4)	I stare at my own reflection, trying to remind myself that I'm not dead. Joel never understood why he felt different to other people. Then a revelation in India sets him on a journey to find answers. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Steve Bond Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk When a diagnosis changes everything.
01	06	5. Gavanndra	20220208	20221003 (R4)	When I wasn't high, I felt very sad and very scared. Twenty years on, Gavanndra is struggling to make sense of a childhood trauma. Then she meets a psychologist who has an idea. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk When a diagnosis changes everything.
01	09	8. Helena	20220215	20221010 (R4)	It's like being trapped in a room with a terrifying creature. A few months after her son was born, Helena realises something is wrong. Her search for answers leads to a difficult decision. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you'd like to share you can email: room5@bbc.co.uk When a diagnosis changes everything.
02	02	1. Holly	20221101		Aged 39, Holly Smale was a successful author - the creator of the bestselling series of children's books, Geek Girl. One afternoon, while talking to her therapist, Holly breaks down, says she feels broken. And so begins her journey to understand why she's always felt different to other people. We track back through Holly's difficult childhood, her short-lived modelling career and her traumatic time at university - all the way to the moment she was diagnosed as autistic. Psychologist Dr Sarah Lister Brook - Clinical Director for the National Autistic Society - tells us why so many autistic girls and women still go undiagnosed. And Holly Smale shares some life advice with a newly diagnosed eight-year-old girl. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Researcher: Drew Hyndman Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal On being diagnosed as autistic at 39. When a diagnosis changes everything.
02	03	2. Simon	20221108		Killing the worm in Simon's brain before it kills him. Simon's just back from holiday when things go off-kilter. He tries to open the fridge door - but can't find the handle. He feels a throbbing pain in his head and a growing pressure behind his eye. An MRI scan reveals a cyst in Simon's head - containing a worm. Simon has a rare condition called neurocysticercosis. And so the race against time begins: to kill the worm in Simon's brain before it kills him. In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Combining intimate storytelling, immersive sound design, candid interviews, science and a large dose of compassion, Room 5 is a gripping portrait of extraordinary people at a moment when everything changes. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Researcher: May Cameron Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal When a diagnosis changes everything.
02	04	3. Poppy	20221115		The mystery diagnosis that sheds light on pain. After a routine knee-op, 23-year-old Poppy comes round in excruciating pain. Her leg changes colour, soon she can't walk, yet her scans show nothing wrong with her knee. Doctors are baffled and about to discharge her when she's seen by Dr Deepak Ravindran - one of the UK's top pain consultants - who solves the mystery. In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Combining intimate storytelling, immersive sound design, candid interviews, science and a large dose of compassion, Room 5 is a gripping portrait of extraordinary people at a moment when everything changes. Written and presented by Helena Merriman Produced by Claire Bowes and Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal When a diagnosis changes everything.
02	05	4. Gareth	20221122		Gareth's search to find out why he has no sperm. Gareth Landy will never forget the room where it happens. Where he's told he has no sperm. He's devastated - he's desperate to start a family with his wife Anna - and to do that he needs to find out why he has no sperm. The doctor says he'll probably never find an answer. But Gareth keeps searching - a search that leads somewhere completely unexpected. In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Researcher: May Cameron Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal When a diagnosis changes everything.
02	06	5. Tilly	20221206		On changing her relationship with her body. From the outside, Tilly seems to have life figured out. She works in fashion, lives on a house-boat - for which she's done all the plumbing and electrics. But inside, she's struggling. She's always felt wrong in her body - ever since school. Then one afternoon, Tilly sits down with a therapist - who fits the pieces of the puzzle together and gives Tilly a diagnosis. Tilly's diagnosis explains the way her brain is wired - now her challenge is to re-wire it, and change her future. In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Researcher: May Cameron Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal Information and support on issues relating to this episode: Body Dysmorphic Disorder The BDD Foundation provides information, resources and support to those suffering from Body Dysmorphic Disorder. https://bddfoundation.org/support/ Eating disorders https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2DRkg4JC7SLT3B7hlrn6DKN/information-and-support-eating-disorders Mental health https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1NGvFrTqWChr03LrYlw2Hkk/information-and-support-mental-health-self-harm Suicide/Emotional distress https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4WLs5NlwrySXJR2n8Snszdg/information-and-support-suicide-emotional-distress When a diagnosis changes everything.
02	07	6. Tre	20221213		On his childhood nightmares and the diagnosis that explained them. Tre's lying in bed. He's 10 years old and his heart's racing. He's just seen a strange figure in the corner of his bedroom, and it's moving towards him. Tre has experiences like this all through his childhood. Nightmares. Hallucinations. Sleep paralysis. One afternoon, at school, his teacher pulls him aside. She's spotted something in him that she recognises. And so it begins - tests, scans, until the clues come together and reveal a diagnosis that explains everything. In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Producer: Claire Bowes Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal When a diagnosis changes everything.
02	08	7. Ruth	20221220		On taking psychedelics to treat depression. Ruths lying on a hospital bed. There's calm music, she's wearing an eye-mask and in her hand - a single white pill. It contains an illegal chemical which some doctors are convinced could revolutionise the way we treat depression. Ruth's struggled with depression since she was a child. She's tried everything - and for her, this is her last chance. Ruth swallows the pill, the chemicals flow into her bloodstream and then - her psychedelic trip begins. In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Researcher: Drew Hyndman Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal When a diagnosis changes everything.
02	09	8. Hannah	20221227		On being one in a million. Hannah's aged five, playing with the toys in a hospital waiting room. She's been here before, been in and out of hospital since she was a baby. But today, she's about to discover what's been going wrong with her body. A diagnosis that doctors will tell her makes her one in a million. Hannah's life becomes one huge experiment, a constant weighing of odds. Until, in her early 20s, the odds change. And she takes part in a clinical trial that changes everything. In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Researcher: May Cameron Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal When a diagnosis changes everything.
02	10	9. Room 5 Live	20221228		~Room 5 LIVE at Hay Festival with screenwriter Abi Morgan. In this special episode of Room 5, recorded in front of a live audience at Hay Festival, Helena Merriman speaks to Abi Morgan - the BAFTA and Emmy-award winning playwright and screenwriter whose credits include The Iron Lady, Suffragette, Sex Traffic, The Hour, Brick Lane and Shame and The Split. One June morning, Abi Morgan came home to find the man she loved lying on the bathroom floor. Rushed to hospital, he was put into a coma and it was clear that life as they knew it would never be the same again. In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal When a diagnosis changes everything.