A podcast about life with Parkinson's

Movers and Shakers finds six friends – Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Jeremy Paxman – gathered in a Notting Hill pub to discuss the realities of life with Parkinson's. And maybe find a few silver linings!

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We're launching a NEW PETITION and WE NEED YOUR HELP…again!

A lot has changed since we launched the petition last year, not least the Government. This is why we're relaunching the Parky Charter and have created a new petition for a new year. It's official this time!

Registered with the Petition's Committee, we need 100,000 signatures in order to trigger a debate in Parliament. It's hugely ambitious we know, but we have high hopes that we will make real progress. Especially after the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, came on the podcast last series and promised his support. Nevertheless we need to keep up the pressure and are asking you to sign and share it.

If every listener shared the petition five times and each of those five people would sign and share, we might get there rather quickly!

We know it's a huge pain, but once you've signed the petition we would be grateful if you could let us know you've signed it and we can keep you up to date with our plans.

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"With your help we will not only survive but thrive."

"We reach people with no one to talk to about symptoms. We can learn so much from each other"

With a wry smile we call ourselves the "Movers and Shakers". For we six have two things in common: interesting careers in the public eye and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s. We used to meet in a Notting Hill pub to have a laugh and a bit of a moan about our condition. We still do, but now you can listen in to our conversation on our weekly podcast and we hope this website will be a useful resource, jam-packed with additional information on each episode.

We are: High Court judge Sir Nicholas Mostyn (retd), Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Rory Cellan-Jones, Mark Mardell, Jeremy Paxman, and Vicar of Dibley writer Paul Mayhew-Archer.

Now on our third series, we are people who’ve had a public profile and successful careers who find ourselves adapting to living with a degenerative neurological condition. Minor celebrities, if you will, who want to live the best life they can and help others on this journey - and above all else not to be too gloomy. Except Jeremy Paxman, former host of "University Challenge" and the grand inquisitor of Newsnight who confesses to be "a gloomy bugger".

From Paul’s hysterically funny and brightly optimistic determination to regard our collective curse as a personal blessing, to Jeremy’s often expletive laden exasperation, fury and trademark incisive questioning of accepted wisdom, all human life is here.

Our motto, if we have one, is "seize the day".

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Paul Mayhew-Archer MBE is a British writer, producer, script editor and actor for the BBC. He is best known as the co-writer of The Vicar of Dibley and Esio Trot alongside Richard Curtis.

Paul Mayhew-Archer MBE

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Gillian has never enjoyed standing still for very long. She has 25 years’ experience in a variety of senior management and business roles, advising some of the world’s largest companies.

Gillian Lacey-Solymar

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Before this latest journalistic endeavour Jeremy was a familiar and much-loved face on British TV screens, celebrated for his incisive, some might say ruthless, interviewing style and sardonic wit.

Jeremy Paxman

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Mark has been at the forefront of political reporting throughout his career. Previous roles include North America Editor for the BBC, Political Editor of Newsnight and the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent.

Mark Mardell

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Sir Nicholas was a barrister for 30 years specialising in major divorce cases, some involving Paul McCartney and Princess Diana. He then became a revered High Court judge for 13 years.

Sir Nicholas Mostyn

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Rory Cellan-Jones is a British journalist and former BBC News technology correspondent. He is also an author and currently writes an extremely successful personal blog on technology and health.

Rory Cellan-Jones

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EPISODE EXTRAS

Here you'll find our episode pages that sit alongside our episodes. They're filled with helpful information including episode summaries, guest biographies, articles written by many of our main guests and links to some very useful material - all in one place.

EPISODE EXTRAS