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The Piano viewers moved to tears as man with dementia tells of his heartbreaking struggle with syndrome before impressing with emotional performance for beloved wife


A man with dementia moved viewers of The Piano to tears as the show returned to Channel 4 for a second series on Sunday.

On her way to The Piano's final, Lucy wowed passers by at Leeds train station with her rendition of Chopin's Nocturne in B-flat minor, with the video being viewed over five million times online. Since recording the show, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, Lucy has been learning more and more pieces by artists including Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Stevie Wonder. Less than two months after her win aired, Lucy wowed the newly-crowned King and Queen, as well as tens of thousands more spectators, at Charles' Coronation concert in Windsor.

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