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Alesha Dixon: Don't Hit My Mum
Just thought I'd post this in case anyone was interested.
I'll be watching.
BBC One (except Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
Monday, 22nd November
10:35pm
Alesha Dixon: Don’t Hit My Mum has been produced by Flame TV, which produced Dixon’s previous documentary Who’s Your Daddy. The hour-long film follows the singer as she talks to victims and experts about the effects of domestic violence on children. She joins a patrol team from Avon and Somerset Constabulary who deal with domestic violence on a daily basis, and meets a charity working with neuroscientists to understand why some abused children can go on to abuse themselves. She also meets a father who has abused his wife in front of their children.
Alesha Dixon explores the trauma and fall-out from domestic violence, from a child's perspective. Alesha highlights the neglect of children at the centre of domestic violence and how, left unheard, those children can be emotionally scarred for life.
Alesha witnessed her mum Beverley being beaten by her live-in boyfriend when she was very young. In this film, she meets girls and boys who have witnessed domestic violence and discovers how it affected their lives.
This is a journey for Alesha as she, in parallel with her own experiences, examines what happens when relationships break down - between parents, between local authorities and between parent and child. And she looks ahead to see how those broken bonds can be healed.
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