Operation Ouch!

To say that I have a disorder is completely bonkers.

I clearly have a brain that does things that I want it to do extremely well." And his wife very reasonably goes, "You do have something unusual about your brain and although it creates opportunities for you, it also limits you in different ways and it is useful to put a label on it." What was peculiar is that I really came on because they know me from our kids show on Children's BBC Operation Ouch! So the odd thing was that my sort of character on that show does exhibit a lot of the traits of ADHD.

Dr. Xand.

I think it's fair to say if listeners haven't watched Operation Ouch!, Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand are dialed-up versions of who we are in real life.

You're grumpy, stern and scientific and you like rules, and I'm a bit more relaxed and chaotic and sort of don't like rules and like winding you up, which is pretty much how we are in real life.

Anyway, it was a very lovely conversation and the question at the end that the guest gets asked is, "Do you think you have ADHD?" I don't have a diagnosis, so they asked this.

... who's a sprinter.

I was filming her for Operation Ouch.

Our kids show on CBBC.

Exactly.

Uh, I don't know if I blew it.

Uh, anyone who knows my output on children's television, I make a show called Operation Ouch! We talk about poo a lot, and true to brand, I did end up talking about poo.

Nothing wrong with it.

[laughs]

He probably was.

Yeah.

He probably watches Operation Ouch! It's fantastic.

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