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The painful secret I hid from my twin

When Alex Lewis lost all his memories his identical twin helped him to restore them, or some of them, because it turned out that not everything Marcus told him was true.

When Alex Lewis was 18 he had an accident that caused him to lose his memory. The only person he could remember was Marcus, his identical twin brother. He became the person Alex most relied upon to rebuild his life and memories. But as it turned out not everything Marcus told him was true.

This interview contains themes of child sexual abuse which may be difficult and triggering to hear.

Their story features in a documentary called ‘Tell me who I am’ directed by Ed Perkins, released on Netflix and in select cinemas from Friday 18th October.

Presenter: Andrea Kennedy
Producer: Tom Harding Assinder

Photo: Alex and Marcus Lewis
Credit: Alex and Marcus Lewis

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27 minutes

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Sun 20 Oct 2019 09:32GMT

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