Inside Our Minds | Series 2 Preview (BBC Two)

Following the success of the acclaimed Inside Our Autistic Minds, Inside Our Minds returns for a second series on BBC Two, exploring what it is really like to live inside dyslexic and ADHD minds.

In this new two part series, presenter Chris Packham will focus in one episode on ADHD and the other on dyslexia. He’ll meet four contributors and give them the opportunity to show the world, in their own words and images, what ADHD or dyslexia mean for them.

Working with cutting edge filmmakers, animators and photographers, our contributors will recreate their unique worlds in visually inventive short films created for those closest to them. By sharing their most personal and vulnerable selves, they will give us a glimpse of what’s really going on inside their minds.

One in seven people have brains that work differently, and more people are being diagnosed with ADHD, dyslexia and autism than ever before. But neurodivergent people are more likely to experience depression, anxiety and even suicidal thoughts. Chris Packham believes this is a hidden crisis and wants to help neurodivergent people explain what’s going on inside their minds. And he’s starting with ADHD.

It’s thought that one in 20 people has ADHD, but Chris still feels that the condition remains misunderstood. He meets two people frustrated that that the people in their lives don’t fully understand what having ADHD means to them.

Teaming up with top filmmakers, animators and graphic designers, they create evocative short films which explain to family and friends how they’re truly feeling inside - and what’s really going on inside their ADHD minds.

Chris Packham says: “The response we had to Inside Our Autistic Minds has been unparalleled. I have never encountered such a positive reaction to any programme I have been a part of...

"Central to this reaction has been people saying that we facilitated a greater understanding of autistic minds and banished many misunderstandings about the condition. ADHD and dyslexia are both equally misunderstood so I am very excited about the challenge of exploring how they impact people’s day to day lives in education, work and relationships.”

Inside Our Minds returns Monday 12th May at 9pm on BBC Two.