He's famous for being a wildlife presenter but Chris Packham has turned his hand to fronting a two-part documentary on the subject of autism and viewers were 'in tears' as they watched the emotional first episode on Tuesday, February 14 - and now say everyone should watch it.
The BBC2 two-parter, Inside Our Autistic Minds, features the stories of autistic people and Chris - who himself was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in 2015 - helps them create short films to reveal to their family and friends what’s really going on inside their minds.
And viewers could not hide their emotions as the films were unveiled and showed people talking about how they used 'masking' as a survival strategy to avoid bullying or stereotyping in a bid to fit in. Among those taking part was radio legend Ken Bruce's son Murray, who had no real form of communication until he was nine years old. The 20-year-old, who lives in Oxfordshire, communicates by typing on a tablet.
