SCOUT· 53%1h 15m·2026-10-01·Self DevelopmentDame Meera Syal: 12 Years Caring For My Parents & Surviving Divorce
What happens when both of your parents receive life-changing diagnoses within weeks of each other? In this episode of Begin Again, Davina McCall sits down with Dame Meera Syal. Meera shares the gruelling reality of caring for her mother after her cancer diagnosis while her father was living with Alzheimer’s,…
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