This is the story of identical twins Alex and Marcus. In 1982, at the age of 18, Alex sustained a brain injury following a motorcycle accident, and suffered from total retrograde amnesia. He did not remember his own name, nor his parents, nor his life. All he knew was that Marcus was his brother. Painstakingly, Marcus helped Alex to reconstruct his memories - this is a kitchen, these are your friends, this is how you tie your shoelaces, this is your girlfriend. Alex trusted his brother absolutely - if Marcus said something, that automatically became Alex's truth.
But what if Marcus wasn't telling Alex everything? What if there was a part of their shared past Marcus thought Alex would be better off not knowing about? What if Marcus himself preferred to forget certain things, if only by proxy, and pretend like the picture of their lives he had meticulously constructed was the real deal? Now aged 54, the secrets that have haunted these twins' lives for 36 years are about to be uncovered - Marcus is finally ready to tell Alex everything. And watching him do so, in front of Ed Perkins's camera, is an astonishing and heartbreaking moment to witness. An immensely moving journey, but far from an easy one to accompany these two incredibly brave men on.
But what if Marcus wasn't telling Alex everything? What if there was a part of their shared past Marcus thought Alex would be better off not knowing about? What if Marcus himself preferred to forget certain things, if only by proxy, and pretend like the picture of their lives he had meticulously constructed was the real deal? Now aged 54, the secrets that have haunted these twins' lives for 36 years are about to be uncovered - Marcus is finally ready to tell Alex everything. And watching him do so, in front of Ed Perkins's camera, is an astonishing and heartbreaking moment to witness. An immensely moving journey, but far from an easy one to accompany these two incredibly brave men on.