Room 5

1. Bex

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‘He was interested in why I was so attached to this penguin’

Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed. As Bex deteriorates, doctors are in a race against time to diagnose her. And that’s where the penguin comes in.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman

Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Editor: Emma Rippon
Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

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With special thanks to Rachel Roberts, principal viola with the LSO

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal

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