There is a new documentary about Tourette Syndrome on Channel 4 at 10 pm tonight. Keith Allen accompanies a group of Scottish Teenagers from the Tourette Scotland group on a red bus around Paris. They Visit the hospital where Giles de la Tourette first diagnosed TS in a patient.

Link to article in the Scottish Daily Record:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sexandhealth/vital/tm_headline=i-can-t-help-shouting-out--bomb--at-airport-checks%26method=full%26objectid=18442752%26siteid= 66633-name_page.html

Shouldn't say this,but that was the funniest thing I have ever seen

I SHOULD say it! It was hilarious, Keith Allen is a funny bloke and the kids enjoyed every second of the trip. I cant wait to watch it again.

One of them was, I gather, suitably deferential and polite to Prince Charles. :thumbsup:

The sight of Keith Allen sneakily teaching the kids French obscenities to better prepare them for the trip was murderously funny.

Shouldn't say this,but that was the funniest thing I have ever seen

I actually have mild tourettes (aka "pure tourettes") although you probably wouldn't notice it if you met me. That said, I still thought that it was one of the funniest things I ever saw! Great programme, taught me a lot about myself and my condition too.

If you're wondering, involuntary swearing (coprolalia) is a symtom only present in about 10% of tourettes sufferers. I am lucky enough not to be one of those 10%.

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I have to say that I was very dissapointed. We had known about the doc for a while as we know people who were involved. They got to watch it last year before it was aired and they asked for certain things to be taken out as they felt they were innapropriate and basically took the mickey (the summer holiday song) They were assured it would be edited but it never was. There was a lot of embarrasment and disgust and many were not happy with the finsihed programme. It turned into a 'Keith Allen Show' special with the main focus on the swearing.

As the mother of a 9 year old with TS I found it extremely uncomfortable viewing. Why do they always have to focus on the swearing? My son does not have coprolalia. He has both motor and vocal tics but not swearing. There was a lot of good information in there from Johnny D and some of the kids but I fear it will be lost amongst the 'lets all laugh at the swearing kids' aspect. The constant subtitles everytime someone swore was nothing but a cheap insult.

Infotainment at it's very worst.

I thought it was funny until one of the sufferers started using the words "nig" and "******", and then it didn't seem as funny after that.

I have to say that I was very dissapointed. We had known about the doc for a while as we know people who were involved. They got to watch it last year before it was aired and they asked for certain things to be taken out as they felt they were innapropriate and basically took the mickey (the summer holiday song) They were assured it would be edited but it never was. There was a lot of embarrasment and disgust and many were not happy with the finsihed programme. It turned into a 'Keith Allen Show' special with the main focus on the swearing.

As the mother of a 9 year old with TS I found it extremely uncomfortable viewing. Why do they always have to focus on the swearing? My son does not have coprolalia. He has both motor and vocal tics but not swearing. There was a lot of good information in there from Johnny D and some of the kids but I fear it will be lost amongst the 'lets all laugh at the swearing kids' aspect. The constant subtitles everytime someone swore was nothing but a cheap insult.

Infotainment at it's very worst.

I suppose I can understand a lot of what you are saying, but for me, an adult Tourettes sufferer who doesn't believe treatment will change all that much in terms of my symtoms, I'm all for raising awareness of the condition and making it more socially acceptable through allowing people to have a bit of a laugh at it, so to get it out of their system. I think that approach will eventually help to make Tourettes less mysterious and scary for it's sufferers.

Just my two pence!