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NOVA Episode 3.02 Joey
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NOVA Episode 3.02 Joey

Episode Premiere
January 11, 1976
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
GBH
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Episode Premiere
January 11, 1976
Genre
Documentary
Period
1974 -
Production Co
GBH
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Additional Cast
  • Christopher Molesworth
  • John Prasher
  • Joseph Deacon
  • Tony Robinson
  • Ernie Roberts

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.