The Lucky Ones (part 1)

Pioneering forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist Dr Gwen Adshead has spent thirty years as a therapist in secure hospitals, prisons and in the community.

In UNSPEAKABLE we witness her work with patients in the aftermath of distressing and traumatic events and see how speech, language and silence can influence recovery after catastrophe.

Dr Adshead was the BBC Reith Lecturer in 2024.

PART TWO – THE LUCKY ONES - part one
Dr Adshead interviews the survivors of a helicopter crash. Each has a very different experience of the event and the aftermath.

Read by Gwen Adshead
Written by Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane