Olivia Colman ‘held back tears’ in new dementia campaign

Olivia Colman, who is backing a new campaign on the signs of Alzheimer’s disease (Ian West/PA)

Olivia Colman has told how she “held back tears” while lending her voice to a new short film to raise awareness of dementia.

The Oscar winner, who played the daughter of a man with dementia who refuses assistance in the film The Father, is helping Alzheimer’s Research UK show how dementia robs people of their “happily ever after”.