S3E2

Joey

NOVA

calendar_todayJan 11, 1976 schedule55 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.

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PBS

star Guest Stars

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Christopher Molesworth

Joey as a Boy

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John Prasher

Joey as a Young Man

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Joseph Deacon

Joey Today

Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson

Younger Ernie

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Ernie Roberts

Ernie Today

Anita Carey

Anita Carey

Joey's Mother

Mark Wing-Davey

Mark Wing-Davey

Joey's Father