6 April 2024

Available for over a year

Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes per day? That’s the claim circulating on social media.

We trace this stat back to its source and speak the scientist behind the original research on which it is based, Professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad.

Presenter / series producer: Tom Colls

Reporter: Perisha Kudhail

Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown

Sound Mix: Graham Puddifoot

Editor: Richard Vadon