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9/10 Initial release 19 September 2006 | 8.3/10 89% Director Ross Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Factual Series Cast Similar Movies about bipolar disorder, Documentaries |
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive is a 2006 two-part television documentary directed by Ross Wilson and featuring British actor and comedian Stephen Fry. It explores the effects of living with bipolar disorder on other celebrities and members of the public. Fry himself suffers from a less severe version of the illness called cyclothymia. It won an Emmy Award for Best Documentary at the 35th International Emmys in 2007.
Celebrities featured
The segment with Robbie Williams was in the original broadcast on BBC, but was cut from further airings as well as the DVD release, likely due to copyrights issues with the musical inserts.
References
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA