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Niyi - One Year On

Grace Dent presents a series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain. Sam Peach returns to student Niyi to see what's changed.

Last year, Producer Sam Peach followed the story of Niyi, a postgrad student whose eating disorder has stopped him coming home for Christmas. After nearly losing his Mum to a brain tumour, he wanted to change things.

Niyi is a young, successful Cambridge student with a bright future ahead of him, but for the past few years, he has struggled with an eating disorder. It has made him very conscious of eating with others and the pressure of being around the family dinner table at Christmas has been too much. So he stayed away. Sam recorded with Niyi as he started a new course of therapy to help him work through his eating issues, in the hope that it would give him the help he needed.

Now, one year on, in spring 2021, Sam catches up with Niyi. It's been a momentous year. Not only has he had to contend with the pandemic as a vulnerable person, but there's also some news that changed Niyi's life and idea of himself.

Produced by Sam Peach and Mark Burman

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28 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Sep 2021 21:30

Broadcasts

  • Mon 31 May 2021 11:00
  • Sun 12 Sep 2021 21:30

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