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When I was a teenager there was a novel adapted for TV by the BBC called “Pig Heart Boy”. It explored the emotional impact of this type of procedure on a teenager and the response from the public, both good and bad. I don’t remember much about it but it looks like it won a BAFTA.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Heart_Boy




"Pig Heart Boy (1999)" https://youtu.be/JoBW_XCWDDA


So it’s a real thing then! And I just thought “what would people say if they know the guy has a pig heart?” “A pig heart guy” rings truly bad


The novel was also on the reading list for English at many secondary schools in the mid 2000s.


Yeah when I read the title of this article my first thought was 'isnt that a thing, why is it news'. Then I realised that its not very common and I was just thinking of the book/TV show!




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