Stacey Dooley: Back On The Psych Ward | Shooting Producer
2021 | BBC3 & BBC2, 9pm | True Vision, 1 x 60’
As mental health worsens across the UK, Stacey Dooley returns to Springfield Hospital to work with the team again, looking after patients over six months as they battle through the pandemic. Stacey meets Coral, whose alcohol dependency pushes her mental health over the edge and leads her into a desperate situation; Ali whose OCD rituals rule - and ruin - her life; university student Oskar who is struggling with suicidal thoughts; and Suziee who comes to the hospital in crisis after her therapy is stopped.
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AWARDS
WINNER at The National Reality TV Awards for ‘Best Health Service Programme 2020’ and ‘Most Inspiring TV Programme 2020’
CREDITS
Producer/Directors: Katie Rice & Erica Jenkin | Assistant Producer: Gabi Adams | Production Manager: Ness Barnett, Pippa White | Production Coordinator: Adam Louka | Editor: Paddy Garrick | Assistant Editor: Alex Malcolm | Composer: Alexander Parsons | Accountant: Bruce Palmer | Executive Producer: Brian Woods | Commissioner: Gian Quaglieni
“Suffice to say it’s a programme made with the utmost care and integrity”
“What a sobering and insightful watch about the impact of Covid-19 on young people and severe mental illness”
“An important - and
potentially triggering - film”
“Taking to social media during the program, fans broke down as they sympathised with how the pandemic has affected those already suffering”
