MY DEAD BODY

BAFTA nominated My Dead Body tells the incredible story of Toni’s illness with cancer before and after her death, narrated by her own words.

Toni was the first person in the UK to elect to donate her body for public display. This film shows the dissection of Toni’s body during a series of educational workshops- the first time a dissection has been captured on television of a named donor- which is intended to educate viewers on the science of cancer and its journey through the human body.

Diagnosed with a rare cancer of the tear gland in 2016, which lead to her eye being removed, mother of two Toni discovered her cancer was terminal in 2020 and made the decision to continue to raise awareness of the disease – even after death. She not only agreed to donate her body to medical science but also chose to give consent for it to be on public display. She died in August 2020 at the age of 30, and in 2022 Toni became the first public display cadaver in the UK since records began 180 years ago, and the first British cadaver to be seen being dissected in such a way, for almost 200 years. 

Produced & Directed by Sophie Robinson

Producer Rachael Swindale

Editor Matt Lowe

DoP: Bud Gallimore

Executive Producer Hannah Brownhill

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