Anna Richardson: Love, Loss and Dementia

Watch the documentary on Channel 4.

What is the documentary about?

We’ve worked with Channel 4 on a documentary called Anna Richardson: Love, Loss and Dementia to show how and why dementia is the nation’s forgotten crisis.

In a bid to inspire change and help tackle our generation’s biggest health crisis, Anna Richardson has decided to tell her dementia story and the battle her family has faced with her father’s vascular dementia. 

Embarking on a nationwide journey to learn more, Anna will meet other families throughout the documentary, hearing their stories and struggles with dementia.

With startling honesty, Anna explores the devastating truth of living with dementia, the love, life and loss, confronting the myths and social taboos surrounding dementia, and the revolutionary new drugs, which give hope for the future.

Watch Anna Richardson: Love, Loss and Dementia 

Stream now on Channel 4 

#LoveLossAndDementia

Get dementia advice

If you've been affected by any of the topics covered in the documentary and want to learn more, use our dementia advice section to find tips, support and guidance.

Behind Closed Doors: our new campaign film

During the broadcast of Anna Richardson: Love, Loss and Dementia on Channel 4, we took over a full ad break with our new Behind Closed Doors campaign film.

The film highlights that even though dementia is the UK’s biggest killer, all too often the realities of the condition remain hidden behind closed doors. 

Who does Anna meet in the documentary?

Anna meets other families living with dementia throughout the documentary, who each share their own story and struggles.

Mary sits on a sofa outside
Mary and Richard
Mary cares for her husband, Richard. Mary shares the stark reality and difficult choices that have to be made as the condition progresses.
Michael and Vanda sit together
Michaela and Vanda
Michaela cares for her grandmother, Vanda. After finding no support within the local area, Michaela runs her own dementia café to help her community.
Kirsty and Roy stand outside together
Roy and Kirsty
Husband and wife, Roy and Kirsty, deal with the race against time since Roy's diagnosis and the hope that new treatments will be made available sooner rather than later.
Kayleigh at home
Kayleigh and Pam
Kayleigh’s mum, Pam, lives in a care home. Determined to help the world see the truth, Kayleigh documents the devastating impact of dementia on social media.
Agnes and Jordan stand together outside in front of trees
Jordan and Agnès
Jordan carries a rare dementia gene. With support from his partner, Agnès, Jordan is driven by hope for the future and is focused on research and clinical trials.

Stories matter

Your voice and experience can help us shed light on the hidden realities of dementia too. Together we can bring dementia out from behind closed doors and make it the political priority it deserves to be.

Share your story

Get dementia support