Veteran reporter files one last report after his Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Year: 2026
Certificate: pg
‘At the beginning I wanted to hide it, there’s so much prejudice. Any sort of hint of mental decay, you’re sort of dead. There are moments when it pops up but it’s not an all day, every day condition, and that’s what I cling onto.’
There was a massive show of support for Jon Snow when he announced his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in June 2026 and this remarkable film shows Jon as he manages the condition with his neuroscientist wife, Precious Lunga, at his side. Then it shifts, as Jon comes across the shocking story of an environmental disaster in Zambia where he and Precious live some of the year.
Jon’s old journalistic instincts kick in and he’s on the phone to Ben de Pear, his former editor at Channel 4 News, going back out into the field to bring the story to global attention. Meanwhile, Precious has a private call with Ben, advising him how to look after Jon, whose condition means he has good days and bad days.
For the most part, Jon is the vibrant, compassionate broadcaster we all know, still sporting colourful ties and recounting amusing stories and anecdotes, but there are also more telling moments when he is altered: when he asks the same question over and over during an interview, for example.
Overall, seeing the good days and the bad days in this way makes the film the most fitting of final stories for Snow. He exposes a scandal, while also demonstrating that Alzheimer’s is not immediately the death sentence many assume it to be. It changes you, but does not completely erase you. (79 minutes)
