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The painful secret I hid from my twin

When Alex Lewis lost all his memories his twin Marcus helped him to restore them, or some of them; Marcus was protecting Alex from a deeply disturbing part of their history.

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 programme 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 which is available on Netflix.

This interview was first broadcast in October 2019.

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

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27 minutes

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Sun 22 Aug 2021 22:32GMT

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