The child who's older than her mother.

Date:
2003
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About this work

Description

A documentary about Hayley Okines, a four-year-old British girl with progeria, a rare ageing disease. Children with progeria age about eight times faster than other children and experience early hair loss, a slow growth rate and joint pains. She is one of about forty children in the world diagnosed with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, and she meets many of the other children at a yearly reunion in the United States. We also see her normal routine, such as hospital visits and her first day at school. See also: 'The child who's older than her grandmother' (2005), a follow-up documentary, shelfmark 3009V.

Publication/Creation

UK : Channel 5, 2003.

Physical description

1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sound, color.

Notes

Broadcast on 2 April, 2003

Creator/production credits

Directed by James Routh, produced by Patrick Uden, filmed by Chris Sugden-Smith and edited by Matt Seccull.

Copyright note

Channel 5

Type/Technique

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Where to find it

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    4090V

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