A hundred moments in autism - Alan Ritson comes to visit

By Terrence Oblong

Fri, 09 Aug 2024
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Alan Ritson came to visit my house twice in all the years I knew him (hi Alan, if you’re reading this)

The first time I was in the front room watching a video recording (oh yes, I’m that old) of the National Theatre of Brent – the King Arthur episode.

Alan didn’t come to my house again for quite a few years. He was someone I saw in town, mainly down the pub, though I went round his house a few times.

But he visited a few years later, where I was in the front room watching a video recording (oh yes, I’m that old) of the National Theatre of Brent – the King Arthur episode.

Oh yes, when we have a favourite programme us autists do love to re-watch it and re-watch it time and again, often for years at a time. There is something calming about re-watching scenes you know so well, as many parents of autistic children have found to their cost.

Luckily for Alan I was too old for Thomas The Tank Engine by the time he met me.

Certificate 15
Biography
50 moments in autism
Autobiography

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Submitted by rjnewlyn on

(Trying to pitch something non-fiction on autism, hence coming back to these as a reality check)

I remember the NTB King Arthur episode as one of the achingly most funny moments of TV back in the day - assuming it's the one where there's a fish tank (for Excalibur) and a wind-up diver swimming against the side. Genius ...

 

Submitted by Terrence Oblong on

Thanks Rob, yes my favourite episode, majestic nonsense. Mrs Oblong shared my obsession and we ended up going to every recording of the radio series