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1 in 2 review – compassionate film about dealing with bowel cancer is a personal plea on behalf of the young

Now he reveals that he was in fact battling stage four bowel cancer throughout its making, and this new and very personal film is now about his own condition, a film in which the director is front and centre, speaking candidly to camera in the very midst of his treatment.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 9, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
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  • Wilkinson makes it his business to give these people a voice, along with the medical professionals in the NHS who are battling to help them.

In fact, 1 in 2 is specifically about his shock and sadness that so many people alongside him in waiting rooms, or online in bowel cancer discussion groups are so young, in their 40s, or 30s, or 20s.

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