Fergal Keane

AT THE start of the Ukraine War, BBC war correspondent Fergal Keane was faced with a dilemma. Should he cover a once-in-a-lifetime historical event but risk ...

In his mind, he was cautious to be drawn back into war reporting. In the past, Keane had committed to avoiding war reporting. AT THE start of the Ukraine War, BBC war correspondent Fergal Keane was faced with a dilemma. But soon after, he was back in the country covering refugees in the city of Lviv. But in the middle of February, Keane waited restlessly for the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. Should he cover a once-in-a-lifetime historical event but risk the recurrence of the PTSD symptoms he has experienced in the past?

Fergal Keane was a BBC conflict correspondent who left his role after developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He has reported from countries ...

Speaking in a statement about the film Keane said: “I know that PTSD is a silent agony for so many people. Keane’s first job for the BBC was the Northern Ireland correspondent, reporting on the Troubles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Keane was the BBC correspondent for Africa during the Rwandian Genocide. He left his role as a conflict correspondent for the BBC in January 2020. Keane was diagnosed with PTSD in 2008, after he developed it whilst reporting on the Rwadian genocide. Keane is a foreign news correspondent with the BBC and reported on conflict up until 2020.

In this searing documentary, the war correspondent reflects on his condition and concludes he can't, on some level, stop inducing it.

He is, in his own words, like a moth to a flame, and like a moth near a flame it was deeply strange yet somehow mesmeric to watch something complicit in its own ruin. His conclusion, like the film’s conclusion – where he was once again walking towards the horror – was deeply unsatisfying, which suggests it was true: even in spite of the trauma and the mental scars, the addict in Keane just couldn’t help himself. In 2020, Keane went public with his diagnosis of PTSD. Here, he looked at its impact on himself, and others like him, investigating the latest scientific thinking behind PTSD and its treatment.

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Fergal Keane who has spent 30 years covering conflict and brutality, talks about living with PTSD; and a celebration of the work of Maeve Binchy.

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Viewers praised war reporter Fergal Keane for sharing his experiences of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The BBC special correspondent spent over 30 ...

@ellemayhobson said: "Phenomenally brave and moving documentary from Fergal Keane on PTSD. What some people have seen and survived. Fergal also said that his sleep is affected by the horrifying images of war he has seen. The journalist revealed that he had been diagnosed with PTSD in January 2020 and announced that he would leave his role as BBC's Africa editor.