The new documentary will re-introduce viewers to the members of the choir, including Mick Bonser, who was diagnosed with dementia in 2018 at age 51.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople will notice a massive change in Mick,\u201d McClure said, before going to explain how it\u2019s important to change the perception that dementia only affects older people.<\/p>
She explained: \u201cPeople are being diagnosed so much younger because of lifestyle or simply because people are more aware and get an early diagnosis \u2013 although it\u2019s very hard to diagnose and often people are told they are depressed. The fact is that dementia is the UK\u2019s biggest killer. That\u2019s not bulls**t. That\u2019s a fact. And do you know why? There\u2019s no cure. It\u2019s almost a forgotten disease.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that, although response to the show had been \u201cphenomenal,\u201d the situation remains \u201creally frustrating because there\u2019s still so little funding for people with dementia\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish I could find a cure, but I can\u2019t, so my mission is to create noise for people living with dementia. Dementia choirs are not only cost-effective, but they are also scientifically proven to help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read the full interview in this week\u2019s issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Our Dementia Choir Sings Again will air on BBC One on Monday 10th October at 9pm. Check out our Documentaries<\/a> hub for more news, interviews and features or find something to watch with <\/strong>our\u00a0TV guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Tuesday, 04 October 2022 at 12:00 am Vicky McClure will sing with her dementia choir this month in Our Dementia Choir Sings Again, the follow-up to her two-part BBC documentary which aired in 2019. During a chat in this week\u2019s issue of Radio Times magazine, McClure opened up about losing her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":23147,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/vicky-mcclure-return-to-dementia-choir-will-be-difficult-to-watch-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/vicky-mcclure-return-to-dementia-choir-will-be-difficult-to-watch-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/vicky-mcclure-return-to-dementia-choir-will-be-difficult-to-watch-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/vicky-mcclure-return-to-dementia-choir-will-be-difficult-to-watch-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/vicky-mcclure-return-to-dementia-choir-will-be-difficult-to-watch-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/vicky-mcclure-return-to-dementia-choir-will-be-difficult-to-watch-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/vicky-mcclure-return-to-dementia-choir-will-be-difficult-to-watch-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Tuesday, 04 October 2022 at 12:00 am Vicky McClure will sing with her dementia choir this month in Our Dementia Choir Sings Again, the follow-up to her two-part BBC documentary which aired in 2019. During a chat in this week\u2019s issue of Radio Times magazine, McClure opened up about losing her…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/23146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/vicky-mcclure-radio-times-cover-b10a141.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C827"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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