Simon Hales, 20, is the oldest of three sons and became the man of the house when his father died. He's popular, charming and clever, part-way through his second year at Newcastle University.
On an ordinary night out with friends, a little bit the worse for wear, Simon and friends are refused entry to a nightclub and so he decides to try to sneak in.
Climbing on to a wheelie bin, he topples over a wall and falls 20ft, landing on his head.
Awaking from a coma some five weeks later, Simon is a changed man. He has memory and speech problems and has undergone something of a personality change.
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He doesn't want to be in the rehab unit, he wants to go home. Yet the rehab unit - with its firm but reassuring staff - is where he really needs to be.
One therapist asks him if he knows why he needs to stay there. He taps his head.
"Because you've got a bad haircut?" - Simon's laugh shows he hasn't entirely lost his sense of humour.
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Watching the three boys bicker and compete was incredibly uplifting.
When - during a jovial exchange about chores in the house - his brother George complains that Simon hadn't been helping out with the washing-up in January, Simon yells: "I was in a coma!".
Sensitively made, what this programme did have by the bucketload was hope. The Hales family are determined to do the best they can for Simon to help him adjust to his new life.
A return to Newcastle to relive the accident convinces Simon that it's time to move on.
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