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This week, we look at electric stun guns | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
used by police and ask, are | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
front line officers becoming too quick to draw their Tasers? | 0:00:07 | 0:00:11 | |
I felt the electricity in my body and | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
my body went to jelly and I fell straight on the floor. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
A legendary radio presenter who has always | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
fought for the rights of the man on the street | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
is facing his biggest battle ever - against dementia. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
Should I be getting strange signals or is | 0:00:26 | 0:00:30 | |
everything normal? | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
I don't know what normal is any more. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
There's more surprising stories from right across | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
the West Midlands. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:46 | |
I m in Birmingham, the home of Aston Villa, the club | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
where striking legend Dalian Atkinson made his name. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
Last summer, Dalian was tasered by police in Telford. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
He died shortly after. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
Dalian's is one of several deaths linked to the use | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
of Tasers and an even more | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
powerful version of the weapon is in the pipeline. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
Qasa Alom has been investigating what's being done to make sure | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
police get it right. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:23 | |
This is a Taser ? it s a type of stun gun. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
It looks like a brightly coloured pistol, but Tasers | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
are promoted as a less lethal alternative to firearms. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:32 | |
When fired, wires linked to the handset conduct 50,000 | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
volts into the body. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:38 | |
The electric shock will stop suspects in their tracks - | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
buying police a few seconds to bring violent situations | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
under their control. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:46 | |
Tasers are used in more than 100 countries and one is deployed | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
somewhere in the world every two minutes. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
The idea is simple enough and they re clearly popular. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
But they re also controversial. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
Tasers have been found to play a part in the deaths of two men in | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
England. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
And investigations into eight other cases are still under way | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
including Dalian Atkinson s. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
And it s been proven that sometimes police do get it wrong. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
That s what happened to Ivan Martin. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
Police called at hs home in February 2011, | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
they were looking for someone else | 0:02:21 | 0:02:22 | |
but mistook his identity. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
He was a totally innocent man. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
All three of them are coming through the door now. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
So I went to go to the kitchen and the | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
next minute I know, I felt these two little | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
bullets for whatever going | 0:02:35 | 0:02:36 | |
into my back. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:37 | |
I turned round and as I turned round, I could see these | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
two wires attached to my back. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
I felt the electricity in my body and | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
my body went to jelly and I fell straight on the floor. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
Do you have any idea why they fired the Taser | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
in the first place? | 0:02:52 | 0:02:53 | |
Looking at it today, there's three of them and one | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
of me. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:57 | |
I haven't got a weapon on me, I haven't threatened them, I'm just | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
answering their questions. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
Shoot first, ask questions later, that is | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
all wrong. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:05 | |
If you're going to deploy a Taser, deploy it at people | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
that have no alternative. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
If the man's got a gun and is going to | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
shoot a police officer, yes, pull out the Taser. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
For a one-to-one talk when you're talking | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
to someone on the doorstep, why do you need to Taser someone? | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
Why? | 0:03:21 | 0:03:22 | |
I don't get it. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
In fact officers from West Midlands Police Force got it | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
so wrong that Ivan was awarded compensation in court. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
Did you ever get an apology? | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
I got an apology, not from those three. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
If they're going to pull out their Taser and Taser | 0:03:36 | 0:03:37 | |
somebody, there has to be consequences for them. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
We brought up Ivan s concerns with West Midlands Police | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
but they told us they can t comment on individual cases. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:47 | |
Ivan said Tasers should only be used in life-threatening | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
situations and originally, that was exactly what | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
they were meant for. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:53 | |
Introduced in this country in 2004, at first Tasers were only given | 0:03:53 | 0:03:58 | |
to firearms officers as an alternative to using lethal | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
force, such as guns. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
But four years later, that changed so other specially | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
trained officers, this time without a background in firearms, | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
were also allowed to use them. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:13 | |
That means Taser use has become much more common. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:17 | |
So why are Tasers the weapon of choice for police? | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
I'm about to meet David Davis, a Conservative MP, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
but he was a Special Constable for nine years so he's got | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
the policing experience and he can really see the | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
benefits of Tasers. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:31 | |
If officers are using a teaser instead of a baton, | 0:04:31 | 0:04:38 | |
that's a good sign, because it's better to be hit | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
with a Taser than a baton. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
Are you sure about that? | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
I'm certain about it. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:47 | |
Because people could hurt themselves as a | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
consequence of being Tasered? | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
Yes they could but a baton is not that | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
controllable because you make the mistake of thinking | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
that a police officer who is | 0:04:57 | 0:04:58 | |
trained to strike somebody on the leg at the gym is going to be | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
able to do that when confronted with a | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
violent person not in the gym but out on the street. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
Arms, legs everywhere and people not doing what | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
they're meant to do. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
The adrenaline is going so much that your hands are | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
shaking and you can't write notes for an hour afterwards. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
It's not a nice situation to be in and honestly, | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
the people I work with, 99.99% just want to go home of an evening. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:24 | |
Resolving violence in the most peaceful way is something | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
Amnesty International UK wants to see. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
They think Tasers should be used as they were first intended - | 0:05:30 | 0:05:34 | |
for life or death situations - and what they re most worried | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
about is the lasting effects on someone who s been Tasered. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
I think of one person who was Tasered and his | 0:05:40 | 0:05:45 | |
description of what happened was, he felt he was burning up from the | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
inside, like his insides were being boiled alive. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:53 | |
And that s been part of the controversy. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
In some cases, Tasers can leave a lasting impact. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
And recently, it s been proven they're being used more often. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
In England and Wales | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
in 2015 outside of London, Tasers were used the most by police | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
here in the West Midlands region as a whole with 1,548 deployments. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:17 | |
That s about 15% of the total. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
But a Taser won t have been fired | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
often just drawing or pointing the handset has the desired effect. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
Because Tasers are being used more frequently, complaints have also | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
gone up and that s something Staffordshire Police | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
in particular are working on. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
They ve cut Taser use in half over the last three years, | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
after being criticised for using them too much. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
I want to know what s changed. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
I instigated a review into the way Tasers is used and the | 0:06:45 | 0:06:50 | |
police, I think, looked at themselves, | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
they looked at the way they were | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
using Taser and I think it just worked. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
Some things you can't entirely explain, that extra | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
scrutiny is in place, that body cams are being used when Taser | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
is used now just really sharpens that mind. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:07 | |
And he s convinced these bodycams have made the difference. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:11 | |
Very quickly I saw the benefit of body cams where it was a black | 0:07:11 | 0:07:15 | |
and white decision. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
Since 2014 all police officers in staffordshire have had body cams | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
and PCSOs and specials and it has changed | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
the relationship and there it is. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
Not statements, but disagreements, it is | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
there in pictures and audio. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
Video camera OK? | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
Matthew thinks body cam worn video is part of the solution to solving | 0:07:32 | 0:07:37 | |
issues with Taser use | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
so I want to see one up close for myself. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
You just push the red switch down and when you want to switch it | 0:07:42 | 0:07:46 | |
off, push the red switch back up again. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
I'm surprised at how sharp the picture is and the benefits are | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
just as clear. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
It's safer for the public, for the police officers if | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
they're wearing them. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
No one can dispute what is said or done if it's all | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
on video. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
So we know body cams are an essential bit of kit in | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
Staffordshire but are other West Midlands forces on board as well? | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
These guys are going to be using them, too, | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
specifically alongside Tasers. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
We'll have a system by which is a Taser is deployed, it | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
will automatically trigger the body worn camera | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
so that the officer is | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
filmed in what he is doing and everything is there for a senior | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
officer to look at or for me to scrutinise in terms | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
of work the police do. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
OK, that's two West Midlands Policing authorities on | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
board with body worn video but what about | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
the West Mercia Police Force? | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
It was officers from here who have been swept up the latest Taser | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
controversy, the death of Dalian Atkinson. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
The circumstances surrounding the death of the ex Aston Villa | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
footballer is still under investigation so although I'm here | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
to meet the Police Commissioner, he can't talk about Dalian but there's | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
plenty more I'd like to ask him. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
I've been reassured that on every Taser | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
deployment, there is the appropriate investigation and understanding of | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
the facts of why it was drawn which gives reassurance to my community | 0:09:10 | 0:09:15 | |
that it's only being drawn when necessary. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
I also see body worn video as being essential so we will over | 0:09:17 | 0:09:22 | |
the next 12 months ensure it is rolled out | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
across the force. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
These things do take time. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
We have to invest in infrastructure and architecture that | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
sits underneath the technology. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:32 | |
I could organise the kit that they wear tomorrow | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
but the ability to be able to store the images and manage | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
the images afterwards do take a while to get that investment. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:43 | |
At the moment, how many officers are actually | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
wearing body cams? | 0:09:46 | 0:09:47 | |
We don't currently have body worn video in the | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
force. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:51 | |
I think our front line officers want it, they don't | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
understand why we haven't delivered it yet and I think it's a failing of | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
the organisation that we haven't. | 0:09:58 | 0:09:59 | |
Is that good enough? | 0:09:59 | 0:10:00 | |
It isn't good enough, no, and thats | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
why I've got the project moving. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
Since speaking to us, the Commissioner, elected last May, | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
has agreed a ?1 million contract for | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
body worn video so to the police in West Mercia will be kitted out this | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
year. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:16 | |
Different forces have different policies but that is | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
changing. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:20 | |
It seems only a matter of time before every officer armed with | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
a Taser is also wearing a body cam. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:29 | |
You can drop us a tweet - @bbciowm. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
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A couple of million people live in Birmingham and the Black Country | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
and over the last 40 years, many of their lives have been | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
touched by one radio legend. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
Broadcaster Ed Doolan. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
But Ed is now bravely facing by far his biggest | 0:10:57 | 0:11:01 | |
battle ? against dementia. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:02 | |
He opened up about how it s affecting him and about how he s | 0:11:02 | 0:11:06 | |
determined to stay behind that microphone just as long | 0:11:06 | 0:11:10 | |
as he possibly can. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:15 | |
Australian born broadcaster Ed Doolan is a radio hero. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:21 | |
He's brilliant. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:22 | |
He is just such a sociable person. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
He is seen as part of the DNA of the West | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
Midlands. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:29 | |
He's a broadcasting legend. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
He's an institution really. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
He revolutionised local radio. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:37 | |
Born in Sydney in 1941, the young Doolan only ever had one | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
dream ? to make it in radio. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
The most wonderful job and I wanted it. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:48 | |
Eventually I got it, but wow! | 0:11:48 | 0:11:53 | |
Ed began his UK radio career at Birmingham 's commercial | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
station, BCMB, before moving to the BBC in 1982. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:02 | |
He made a name for himself championing the rights of his | 0:12:02 | 0:12:07 | |
listeners and taking on some of the big corporations. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:12 | |
His success on radio led to similar TV programmes | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
but it wasn't just consumer rights that kept him busy, during his | 0:12:15 | 0:12:19 | |
career, he also interviewed just about everyone going. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:24 | |
A lovely man. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
But all good things come to an end and in 2011, | 0:12:27 | 0:12:32 | |
Ed decided to call time on his daily radio show. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:37 | |
No one would have begrudged him a happy | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
retirement but life was about to deal him a cruel blow. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:44 | |
I started to notice that driving was becoming | 0:12:44 | 0:12:48 | |
more difficult. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:53 | |
There were several times when he came | 0:12:53 | 0:12:54 | |
home and the side of the | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
car had been grazed because he hadn't been able to judge | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
an entry or exit from the car park. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
Eating is fine except until you look down and | 0:13:02 | 0:13:08 | |
realise that there's a goodly amount of it on the floor. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:12 | |
These were early warning signs and in 2012 | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
Ed was formally diagnosed with vascular dementia, the second most | 0:13:15 | 0:13:20 | |
common form of dementia after Alzheimer's. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:24 | |
It was hard hearing the news but it made sense of a lot of | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
the things they had been living through. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
We began to realise there were some things he had covered up | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
for some time. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
One of the things that sticks in my mind is when we | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
used to go to restaurants and he would say to friends, oh, Chris | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
knows what I want. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:43 | |
So I would choose his food. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
Maybe it was the reading of the menu or making the decision | 0:13:45 | 0:13:48 | |
as to what to have, but he was finding a way | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
round that process. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
Dementia takes many forms and it's believed there are over 850,000 | 0:13:56 | 0:14:01 | |
people living with one form or another in the UK today. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:06 | |
Many sufferers find even simple everyday | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
tasks become challenging. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
You do find that the use of the toilet, the | 0:14:11 | 0:14:16 | |
use of different implements in toilets and other things like that, | 0:14:16 | 0:14:21 | |
I don't have to draw you pictures do I? | 0:14:21 | 0:14:23 | |
No! | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
Ed and his wife's world changed. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:30 | |
Life was now a mixture of medical appointments, prescription drugs | 0:14:30 | 0:14:35 | |
and the challenges that come from living | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
with dementia. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:44 | |
One of the consultants Ed sees regularly is | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
Professor Tartarus. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
It's a chance for Ed and Chris to discuss his | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
medication but it also chance for Ed to say how he's really finding life. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:58 | |
Should I be getting strange signals, or is everything normal? | 0:14:58 | 0:15:03 | |
I don't actually know what normal is any more. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
Living with dementia isn't easy but it's important to realise it | 0:15:08 | 0:15:13 | |
doesn't have to be the end of life as you | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
know it. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
People with dementia, especially when diagnosed early on, | 0:15:17 | 0:15:21 | |
can maintain the function for a very long time. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:25 | |
If we diagnose the dementia early, get the support early, people | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
can live well with dementia. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
Dementia is not the end of the road, it is a journey. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:38 | |
In fact, Ed is managing his dementia so well, he is | 0:15:38 | 0:15:43 | |
remarkably still broadcasting on BBC WM. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:48 | |
It's only once a week and it's a pre-recorded show but even so, | 0:15:48 | 0:15:53 | |
it's pretty incredible. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
I was capable for many years, just to sit down, if it's | 0:15:55 | 0:16:00 | |
a script, go for it. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
If it isn't a script, go for it anyway. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:07 | |
Ed was even known as One Take Doolan. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:11 | |
She was filming the third series of... | 0:16:11 | 0:16:16 | |
It's a little different today though. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:18 | |
A lovely day it was when they filmed it... | 0:16:18 | 0:16:24 | |
Now I have to do it with some help and we don't do it in one take any | 0:16:24 | 0:16:31 | |
more. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:36 | |
The producer has worked with Ed since the 90s. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
I can read his mind most of the time, I know | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
exactly what he's going to next because we've been working | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
together for so many years. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
Back in 2005... | 0:16:48 | 0:16:53 | |
I think it's great for him. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
When he comes in, he's in the zone and it's something he can look | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
forward to, something he can think about each week. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:03 | |
And there's something else for Ed to start | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
thinking about, too. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
Regular listeners to the radio station will | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
know that for more than 20 years, Ed has been hosting | 0:17:11 | 0:17:13 | |
the annual Ed Doolan | 0:17:14 | 0:17:15 | |
Christmas show at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
A live show featuring top music and comedy acts. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:23 | |
It's August and it's time to start planning. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
We're about to announce on the air that we've got another | 0:17:26 | 0:17:31 | |
Symphony Hall show, Christmas show. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
Ed is excited and keen to be as involved as possible but he knows | 0:17:35 | 0:17:40 | |
he's going to need some help. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
It's going to be in September. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:48 | |
No, it isn't. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:49 | |
It would help if I remembered the date! | 0:17:49 | 0:17:55 | |
Hello, mate. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
To help oversee things, BBC producer Adma Bridge | 0:17:57 | 0:18:01 | |
has stepped in, something Ed is very grateful for. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:04 | |
Oh yes because I need someone. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:07 | |
Absolutely. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:12 | |
Although the show has been going for over 20 | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
years, there's a lot riding on it this time. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
I've been saying for the last little while that this is the | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
last one. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:21 | |
I suppose it's possible this might be the last Christmas | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
show. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
I think doing this one will be a pretty good challenge. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
If he feels he can't contribute in the way that | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
he would wish to, then he won't go. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
Back in the day, it wasn't just Ed's name on the ticket. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
He organised everything. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
Nowadays, it's a joint effort with Adam. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:45 | |
Ed's thing is more about the comedy more than | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
anything. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:49 | |
That's his forte. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:50 | |
Whereas I tend to look after the music | 0:18:50 | 0:18:52 | |
because of it's too contemporary, Ed hasn't got a clue about that. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:59 | |
But there's one act Ed in particular is keen to sign. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:03 | |
Have you heard yet back from Jasper? | 0:19:03 | 0:19:05 | |
I haven't heard. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
Jasper Carrot and Ed Doolan are great friends but | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
they can't even get hold | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
of him at the moment. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:13 | |
He doesn't accept anonymous calls. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
Hang on. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:17 | |
I'll try his mobile. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:24 | |
They'll just have to treat keep on trying. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:29 | |
It's October and there are six weeks until the show. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:33 | |
Ed is back home and he's not finding life particularly | 0:19:33 | 0:19:36 | |
easy. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:38 | |
It's just difficult at the moment. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:45 | |
Yesterday I noticed you put your shoes on the wrong feet. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:51 | |
It just means that essentially, the order of things and his way | 0:19:51 | 0:19:58 | |
of doing things are all jumbled up sometimes, | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
doesn't it? | 0:20:02 | 0:20:03 | |
Yep. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:07 | |
So, life's not without its challenges but just when Ed | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
needs a distraction, he gets one. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
His sister, Barbara, has come all the way | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
over from Australia and you | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
know what brothers and sisters can be like! | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
He treats me the same now as he did when I was his little sister, | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
sitting on the floor, playing monopoly with him | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
when he had to be the banker. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
You've been talking to my sister? | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
She's charming, delightful. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:32 | |
I can't remember why! | 0:20:32 | 0:20:36 | |
How can you be horrible? | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
Look at your darling little sister. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:40 | |
It's only been five months since her last visit | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
but she has seen a big change. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
I thought at first it was only physically, | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
that he was having more trouble | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
walking but it's not, it's also mental deterioration | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
in that time but it's sad, | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
very sad to see. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:58 | |
He'll watch the same TV programme over and over | 0:20:58 | 0:21:00 | |
again, forget he's watched it. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:03 | |
Day-to-day life is hard for Ed but also hard for Chris. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:08 | |
There are approximately 700,000 carers in | 0:21:08 | 0:21:13 | |
the UK looking after loved ones with dementia. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
This is expected to rise to 1.7 million by 2050. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:21 | |
He is so dependent on her and she's so wonderful. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
It's fantastic but as hard as it is for | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
Christine and as sad as it is for me to watch it, | 0:21:28 | 0:21:32 | |
it must be worse for him because he's aware. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:36 | |
Ed is back in the BBC for another meeting with Adam. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:43 | |
Things are taking shape for the show and most of the tickets have gone | 0:21:43 | 0:21:47 | |
already. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
It's still not even November. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
We've got an orchestra which are a 56 piece, | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
a bunch of singers from Britain's Got Talent. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:58 | |
There's a few more in the pipeline. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
Just trying to get sorted. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
Aren't there? | 0:22:03 | 0:22:04 | |
One or two biggies. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
But there's still no work from Jasper, | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
but for Chris, that's not the most important thing. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:13 | |
Whenever we see the doctor, one of the first things he | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
always asks about is his work and he's always delighted that Ed is | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
still working because obviously it is very important and it is the man | 0:22:20 | 0:22:26 | |
that Ed has always been. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:30 | |
Dementia sufferers are generally advised to | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
keep as active as they possibly can. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
You don't need to host a sell-out Christmas show, | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
but anything you can do to keep your mind ticking over | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
can really help. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:42 | |
Something Ed's living proof of. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:44 | |
To be able to do the work that he's doing is the greatest | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
therapy. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:54 | |
The day of the show finally arrives. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
After months of organising, there's no turning back. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
You could push! | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
Come on, behave yourself, I'm absolutely fine. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:08 | |
Whilst the engineers and crew rig the stage, | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
Ed heads to his dressing | 0:23:11 | 0:23:12 | |
room where he finds old mate and fellow radio | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
star Les Ross waiting. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
The Christmas show to me is keeping Ed company in the dressing room. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:21 | |
It's only a break in my Christmas shopping, you understand! | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
Although Ed no | 0:23:25 | 0:23:26 | |
longer compares the whole show, he'll still be | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
going on stage to welcome | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
the audience, a daunting prospect for a dementia sufferer, | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
particularly when you're having a bad day. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
We were also talking about dementia and I wanted you to know that | 0:23:35 | 0:23:40 | |
it's in full kick today. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
Really good stuff. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:47 | |
I think he's a bit apprehensive, quite anxious in the | 0:23:47 | 0:23:52 | |
weeks coming up to it but now we're here and he's confident that it's | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
happening. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
There's an audience and it's all coming good. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:05 | |
The fans are arriving and they're here for one | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
man only. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:10 | |
Lovely to see you this morning! | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
No, it's not him! | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
It's the first time I've been to the Ed Doolan show. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
I've been listening to Ed for over 30 years. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
We listen to it on the radio usually and I enjoy his | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
old shows on a Sunday morning. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
Caroline Martin who hosts the lunchtime show has the honour of | 0:24:27 | 0:24:32 | |
leading Ed on stage. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
Fantastic colleague, somebody I've looked up to | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
for years. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:38 | |
I used to listen to him before I worked here so it's amazing | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
to be able to go out and introduce Ed and he's become | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
a good friend as well, so very proud. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:49 | |
It's time for the 2016... | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
And finally, after weeks of operation... | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
Please welcome to the stage, Caroline Marton | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
and the legend that is Ed Doolan! | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
APPLAUSE. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:05 | |
Welcome to the Symphony Hall to the Ed Doolan Christmas show. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:11 | |
All these people, Ed. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
Can I thank you very much for coming along? | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
That's the first thing. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:21 | |
Most experts would agree that dementia doesn't have enough | 0:25:21 | 0:25:23 | |
publicity and Ed is not going to waste an opportunity | 0:25:23 | 0:25:27 | |
to help out in that regard. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:29 | |
Who is involved with this wonderful dementia thing? | 0:25:29 | 0:25:33 | |
Who's got it? | 0:25:33 | 0:25:34 | |
LAUGHTER. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:38 | |
With the moment Ed was most nervous about over, he and | 0:25:38 | 0:25:42 | |
Chris can enjoy the show and even the star act is about to arrive, | 0:25:42 | 0:25:47 | |
as if that was ever in doubt. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
Jasper Carrot! | 0:25:50 | 0:25:59 | |
I can't do it, he's spoiled it! | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
There's 2,500 people out there and they didn't come for me. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:08 | |
They didn't know I was coming. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
They're here for Ed. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
His esteem in the business is enormous. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
The esteem is hard-won. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:22 | |
It's over many years. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
From Australia, all through his history. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
It's a hard-won esteem and rRightfully so because it's | 0:26:28 | 0:26:32 | |
a very hard business but he's always | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
had a twinkle in his eye. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
He's always had a sense of humour. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
He endears himself even to the people | 0:26:40 | 0:26:43 | |
that he insults and berates. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
That's a rare talent. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:50 | |
The show has been a huge success, as it always has | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
been, but will it be the last time? | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
Who knows? | 0:26:56 | 0:26:57 | |
I wish you well and we'll see you again next time. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:03 | |
Never say never! | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
The warmth from that audience, it was just | 0:27:06 | 0:27:11 | |
extraordinary. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
I was really moved by that. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:20 | |
His whole life since a tiny boy has been about being on the | 0:27:20 | 0:27:26 | |
radio and the fact that even for everything | 0:27:26 | 0:27:30 | |
that has happened, he's | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
still able to do that, it's just wonderful. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:39 | |
That's nice. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:46 | |
On a really bad day, I can fall! | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
You've got to live with it. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
You can't run away with it. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:53 | |
It's what's happening to you now and you've got to embrace it | 0:27:53 | 0:27:58 | |
and truly make the best of it that you can because otherwise, where do | 0:27:58 | 0:28:02 | |
you go with it? | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
Both Ed and Chris know that life isn't going to get any | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
easier but they are living proof that you can still live well with | 0:28:08 | 0:28:12 | |
dementia and that's worth us all remembering. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:17 | |
That s Ed Doolan. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
Ed, we all wish you the very, very best. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
That s it for this week. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:24 | |
I dont know where we'll be next week you'll have to watch to find out. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
I'll see you then. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:33 | |
Next week, the shocking abuse experienced by young girls | 0:28:33 | 0:28:36 | |
as they watch their favourite bands. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:38 | |
There s an epidemic of groping and sexual assault taking place | 0:28:38 | 0:28:41 | |
at concerts, including girls in their early teens. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
So why isn t the security industry doing more to protect them? | 0:28:44 | 0:28:48 | |
That s here on Inside Out next Monday evening. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:52 | |
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