The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On
Release date: 2016-02-15
Votes: 3
Genres: Documentary
Ten years ago, in an award-winning series, Stephen Fry first spoke about living with manic depression and began a national conversation about mental health. A decade later, we return to the subject to understand where he and thousands of others diagnosed with bipolar (as it is now called) are now.
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