Halifax businessman who appeared on Secret Millionaire teams up with Emmerdale director to produce moving dementia film

Leisure industry businessman Terry made his acting debut in the video, called Where’s Steve?, which is available on YouTube.

Terry, who has appeared as himself on TV’s The Secret Millionaire and Come Dine With Me, plays Eric, a man living with early-onset dementia.

In the film, Eric arrives home from hospital after overcoming COVID-19 and is anxious and confused about the whereabouts of his partner Steve until his carer Benny, played by Leon Lopez, reassures him that everything is OK.

Leon is known for TV roles in Brookside and Eastenders, but this is the first time he has played a character in one of his own productions.

The storyline highlights the vulnerability and isolation many people living with dementia are experiencing during the current lockdown.

It was inspired by Terry’s own experiences of dementia, a condition that affected his mother Teresa, who died 11 years ago, aged 75.