Thursday 16th August, 9pm
Russell Brand has been in the news most recently due to his
high-profile divorce from global superstar, Katy Perry, and his scene-stealing
role alongside another mega-star, Alec Baldwin, in Rock of Ages, which makes it
even more difficult to believe that just ten years ago he was addicted to
heroin and had been given six months to live.
In this film, Brand is eye-wateringly honest about his
murky, drug-addled past and also challenges the way we treat addiction, which
he sees as a disease like any other and not something to be criminalised.
Spurred by the untimely passing of Amy Winehouse, Russell
draws insights from scientists researching the psychology of addiction, those
involved with alternative therapies, and addicts themselves, one of whom he
tries to help take the first steps towards recovery by sharing his own
struggles, all with his trademark frank verbosity.
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