BBC Radio Podcasts from Room 5
Welcome to Room 5
How do we cope when our bodies and minds behave in ways that don’t make sense?
1. Bex
Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed.
2. Jon
Jon is at Peppa Pig World when he notices something unusual.
3. Serena
Serena has to make a life-changing decision.
4. Joel
Joel never understood why he felt different to other people.
5. Gavanndra
Twenty years on, Gavanndra is struggling to make sense of a childhood trauma.
6. Jordan
17-year-old Jordan starts seeing and hearing the world differently
7. Andrea
The pain began when Andrea was a teenager.
8. Helena
A few months after her son was born, Helena realises something is wrong.
Introducing Room 5 series 2
Helena Merriman previews the new series of Room 5.
1. Holly
On being diagnosed as autistic at 39.
2. Simon
Killing the worm in Simon’s brain before it kills him.
3. Poppy
The mystery diagnosis that sheds light on pain.
4. Gareth
Gareth’s search to find out why he has no sperm.
5. Tilly
On changing her relationship with her body.
6. Tre
On his childhood nightmares and the diagnosis that explained them.
7. Ruth
On taking psychedelics to treat depression
8. Hannah
On being one in a million.
9. Room 5 LIVE
Room 5 LIVE at Hay Festival with screenwriter Abi Morgan.