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Aled Jones meets generous people to investigate how they can change the lives of others.

As a nation, the UK is incredibly generous and presenter Aled Jones explores the personal history of incredible individuals to see how they can positively change the life of another.

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Michelle Heeley

Will Smith

Bernie Kay

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Going Back Giving Back: Series 1: Episode 7

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BBC One - Going Back Giving Back, Series 1, Episode 7

Aled Jones meets a man who has overcome huge adversity.

Documentary series exploring generosity. Aled Jones meets a man who has overcome adversity after his mother was one of thousands of pregnant women who took the drug thalidomide.

Aled Jones goes back to the 1960s to meet a man who has managed to overcome huge adversity. He is a successful artist who paints with his feet and mouth, but his early life was dominated by one of the worst medical disasters of our time, which occurred when thousands of pregnant women took the thalidomide drug. Aled introduces him to a little boy with disabilities. Will he be inspired to help him and give him a gift that while make a massive difference to his young life?

Going Back Giving Back: Series 1

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As a nation, the UK is incredibly generous and presenter Aled Jones explores the personal history of incrdible individuals to see how they can positively change the life of another.

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