Jon Snow: A Last Big Story

journalismJun 20, 202620120

Channel 4 premiered the feature-length documentary Jon Snow: A Last Big Story, following veteran newsreader Jon Snow as he publicly confronts an Alzheimer’s diagnosis while pursuing one last big investigation into a Zambian mining disaster. The film records Snow receiving cognitive testing, includes candid moments with his wife, and follows his reporting into the Sino-Metals mine collapse that flattened homes in a Zambian community. Channel 4 positions the assignment as a continuation of Snow’s career-long focus on exposing injustice, showing him using journalism to amplify an undercovered humanitarian and environmental crisis. The film serves as both a personal portrait of how Alzheimer’s affects a prominent broadcaster and a prompt to pay attention to neglected global stories.

Kate Bevan

@katebevan.com

Really quite taken aback and sad at how frail Jon Snow looks - he's eight years younger than my dad, yet looks a decade older than him. Bastard Alzheimer's.

8145d ago

Kate Bevan17

I've met Jon a few times and he was always a delight to spend any time with. Such a big personality.

highpoh.bsky.social4

Yep. Mum didn't look like she was in her 80s until very close to when she died. Last time I saw her she was so incredibly frail. (But quite happy) Alzheimer's doesn't just affect memory. It also makes people really frail and prone to falling.

Jimmywim2

It really destroys so much of a person, including all their subtle mannerisms you don't normally clock on to, that make up that person as a whole, as the one you remember.

Andy Lancelot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺

@andylancelot.bsky.social

Lots of love to #JonSnow on @channel4tv.bsky.social now… #aLastBigStory (Selfie taken at Colwyn Bay during Jeremy Corbyn rally 2017) 🫶🏻

645d ago

Nick Hilton

@nickfthilton.bsky.social

Channel 4's feature length documentary about Jon Snow – past, present and future – is a perfect tribute.

645d ago

Deanna

@deanna-granny83.bsky.social

The programme on Channel 4 tonight Jon Snow: A Last Big Story not only discusses his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease but a story he is covering about the catastrophic mining disaster in Zambia which has received hardly any coverage He is a remarkable gentleman

345d ago

Alan Rew

@alanrew.bsky.social

"Jon Snow: A Last Big Story" "Faced with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, [distinguished journalist] Jon Snow rediscovers his purpose in doing what he's always done, exposing injustice as he fights for a Zambian community whose homes have been destroyed by a mine" Channel 4, 20:00 tonight (20/06/2026)

345d ago

Laurie Dunkin Wedd

@ldw1.bsky.social

Jon Snow. What. A. Guy. Seen 'Jon Snow: A Last Big Story'? Watch it here on Channel 4: www.channel4.com/programmes/j...

345d ago

Nicola Spurr

@nicolaspurr.bsky.social

This #Channel4 doccy featuring #JonSnow is so heart-opening. His #dementia diagnosis, his loving partnership with his wife, the esteem of his journo colleagues. And — almost a footnote — his reporting on the Sino-Metals mining disaster in Zambia. Watch it.

Poster image for “A Last Big Story” eith a close-up pic of Jon Snow in the frame.

245d ago

PaulaGoodale

@paulagoodale.bsky.social

Documentary on C4 about Jon Snow, with a segment on testing him for Alzheimer's... heartbreaking.

345d ago

Andrew Brooks

@taxbod.net

The Last Big Story. Jon Snow and Alzheimer's. Starting on C4 now.

45d ago

libertyshield.com

@libertyshield.com

📺 Saturday’s UK TV highlights are packed. Jon Snow delivers a moving final assignment, the Isle of Wight Festival continues, Tina Turner lights up BBC Two, and live sport brings Royal Ascot, rugby finals, cricket and World Cup football. ✍️ Written by @eddiegibbs.co.uk Read today’s highlights 👇

245d ago

the Good Salt Witch

@goodsaltwitch.cryptoanarchy.network

And then Jon Snow is there getting his shit rocked and learning about how other people have different points of view based on what they've been through and also thanking all the old gods for Ygritte who deserved better

245d ago

Mrs Nash

@mrsnash.bsky.social

The #JonSnow doc is impossible to describe Too many emotions but I feel it’s important.

245d ago

Tristan Stewart-Robertson

@srtristan.bsky.social

I'm glad I once got to meet Jon Snow (we chatted about singing in choirs), an amazing reporter, even when sharing his own story of his journey now with Alzheimer's. #ALastBigStory Worth watching. Much love to him and his family and friends.

245d ago

RobPatch

@2patchitup.bsky.social

This Jon Snow documentary is going to be sad tonight isn't it.

145d ago

Quang

@currentlyquang.xyz

Another funny thing is in the UK there is a journalist called Jon Snow, and he's also famously very left wing.

146d ago

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