TOUCH WOOD

A documentary examining the complications and actualities of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Producer and sufferer Cosmo Kentish-Barhnes follows an ordinary day for teenage sufferer, Nelly. He talks with Margaret, a hoarder and someone who fears contamination from the outside world. Mark, a man with a compulsion for checking, tells how he must examine his house before and after leaving for fear of burgulary. His brother Sean also sufferes from the disorder and discribes why he believes he has the condition. The programme then looks at treatments and studies on the OCD.

Interviews: Dr Helen Colhoun, Emily O’Leary, Kym Manifold