Losing It
Click here to screen
Synopsis
Phil McNaughton (Martin Clunes) is a copywriter who worries that, at forty-three, he is considered past it at the hip ad agency where he works.

In addition, Phil is a compulsive hypochondriac, so his wife (Holly Aird) doesn’t take him all that seriously when he thinks he’s found a lump “down there” - she’s heard it all before. But Phil’s worst fears are confirmed when he is diagnosed with testicular cancer. Worrying about his own mortality at the same time as undergoing an exhausting course of radiotherapy, he is determined that no one at work should think he has lost it, and his family have to bear the brunt of his increasingly irascible behaviour. 

Addressing big questions about life and death, LOSING IT is both sensitive and direct in its approach. Drawing on his own experience of testicular cancer, writer Paul Mendelson (My Hero) has taken a serious subject and turned it into a drama full of honesty, warmth and humour.

Phil McNaughton (Martin Clunes) is a copywriter who worries that, at forty-three, he is considered past it at the hip ad agency where he works. In addition, Phil is a compulsive hypochondriac, so his wife (Holly Aird) doesn’t take him all that seriously when he thinks he’s found a lump “down there” - she’s heard it all before. But Phil’s worst fears are confirmed when he is diagnosed with testicular cancer. Worrying about his own mortality at the same time as undergoing an exhausting course of radiotherapy, he is determined that no one at work should think he has lost it, and his family have to bear the brunt of his increasingly irascible behaviour. Addressing big questions about life and death, LOSING IT is both sensitive and direct in its approach. Drawing on his own experience of testicular cancer, writer Paul Mendelson (My Hero) has taken a serious subject and turned it into a drama full of honesty, warmth and humour.

Duration
1 x 70'
Definition
SD
Genre
Drama
Subgenre
TV Movie
Producer
CLERKENWELL FILMS