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Neil Morrissey: Care Home Kid: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC Two - Neil Morrissey: Care Home Kid, Episode 2

Neil explores what happens to young people when they leave care.

Neil Morrissey looks back at his past in a care home. In the second and final episode, Neil explores what happens to young people when they leave care.

Neil Morrissey was just ten years old when he was sent into care. After thirty years of wondering, he has finally decided to confront his past. For most of his adult life Neil believed that he'd been taken into care due to his bad behaviour, but he discovers the reasons were far more complex. In the second and final episode, Neil explores what happens to young people when they leave care. 

When it reached time for Neil to leave his care home, he was taken in by the family of a school friend so that he could continue his education and follow his aspirations to become an actor. Now, thirty years on, Neil finally gets the chance to thank that family. 

With almost 60,000 children in Foster Care in the UK, Neil is intrigued to find out how the type of care today compares to what he once experienced. 

In Bristol, Andy has been fostering for 25 years and during that time she has looked after around 80 young people. During his visit, Neil learns how important a sense of permanence and security is in a young person's life. 

Neil travels back to the Isle of Dogs, his home during his drama school days, and recounts this experience with three of his close friends. Neil is surprised to learn he transferred many of the habits learned from the children's home to his student life.

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Neil Morrissey looks back at his childhood in care and how it affected him as an adult.

Neil Morrissey was just 10-years-old when he was sent into care. He looks back at his childhood in the hope of learning how this experience has truly affected him as an adult

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