David Baddiel has said his father is not “an object of pity” for suffering from dementia, ahead of the broadcast of his documentary, The Trouble with Dad, next week.
Colin Baddiel, 82, has Pick’s Disease, a form of dementia which has affected his personality and behaviour.
In a blog post for the Alzheimers Research UK website, the comedian wrote: “What happened when my dad got Pick’s disease was a kind of cartooning of self, an exaggeration of who he’d always been.
"And, to some extent, this was why I thought it was OK to put him on film. Because he’s not the empty object of pity that documentaries and movies about people with dementia can sometimes make them out to be.
