r/UpliftingNews • u/whatatwit • 1d ago
The BBC explored their Archives to find media that might be suitable for people with dementia, their friends, family and carers. They're also including a plot-line in the famous soap EastEnders that will explore young onset dementia. The radio _may_ still be available where you are: see comment.
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/memories-and-dementia-starting-the-conversation-season7
u/whatatwit 1d ago
Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation season launches at the BBC
Dr Punam leads new season designed to help start conversations between people living with dementia and their loved ones
The BBC is launching a special new season across TV, iPlayer and Radio called Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation.
The season is being led by Dr Punam to help start conversations between those living with dementia and their friends, families and carers by evoking memories of their past through content from the BBC’s archive.
Programming and support for the season will come from across the BBC, including specially curated collections and a pop-up channel on BBC iPlayer, special films on Morning Live and The One Show, and features across the BBC’s radio network. Additionally, a major plotline on EastEnders has been furthering the conversation about young onset dementia. To find out more about content and activity that forms the Memories and Dementia season visit: bbc.co.uk/memoriesanddementia.
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/memories-and-dementia-starting-the-conversation-season
The BBC Memories and Dementia season focuses on how the BBC’s rich archive can help people affected by dementia to stimulate memories, and how the BBC can support you and your loved ones by raising awareness of available services and resources.
http://bbc.co.uk/memoriesanddementia
Listen rather than watch (¡)
Reminiscence
Spark memories and conversation with a journey back through time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/curation/m002925h
Memories and Dementia
Understanding dementia with stories, investigations & music.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/collection/m0028mjm
Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn
Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wqlv/episodes/player
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Within eight months of the show's original launch, it had reached the number one spot in BARB's television ratings, and has consistently remained among the top-rated series in Britain. Four EastEnders episodes are listed in the all-time top 10 most-watched programmes in the UK, including the number one spot, when over 30 million watched the 1986 Christmas Day episode. EastEnders has been important in the history of British television drama, tackling many subjects that are considered to be controversial or taboo in British culture, and portraying a social life previously unseen on UK mainstream television.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastEnders
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BBC Radio was until recently available world-wide but due to the previous goverment not allowing them to increase their subscrition/license-fee and leaving with a large financial gap, the BBC are cutting free world-wide radio availability and the free BBC Sounds audio app soon.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BritishRadio/comments/1j7hxwc/coverage_of_bbc_sounds_termination/
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u/goodgollymizzmolly 1d ago
This is a wonderful idea.
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u/whatatwit 1d ago
I understand that music from their youth often triggers a positive reaction in even some of the most difficult and non-verbal sufferers and sometimes means that someone who can't talk anymore can sing along.
Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn
Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn
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