Series: NOVA
Season: Season 3
Episode Number: 2
Air Date:
Duration: 55 min
NOVA takes viewers into the world of Joey Deacon, 54 years old and a spastic since birth. Joey has lived most of his life in institutions, unable to communicate with anyone until he met Ernie Roberts. The docudrama recreates Joey's story, with remarkable performances by two spastic actors portraying him as a boy and as a young man. Joey and Ernie themselves appear in the final sequences.
Tony Robinson
Younger Ernie
Anita Carey
Joey's Mother
Mark Wing-Davey
Joey's Father