The ME Files

Vintage VHS Recordings by “Hoofbags”

This YouTube channel has archive copies of old VHS recordings unlikely to be found elsewhere.

Frontline Documentary

25:17 mins

Frontline documentary from the 1980s presented by Dr. Anne Mcintyre, one of the first people to make a documentary on ME.

It includes interviews with the Gilderdale family

Dr. Ann MacIntire sadly died on 26th November 2018


Kilroy’s audience with ME and supporters

2:25 mins

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An audience with Robert Kilroy Silk of ME sufferers & supporters

9:51 mins


Robert Kilroy Silk on ME Pt 2 of 3

9:47 mins

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Robert Kilroy Silk hosts an ME audience Pt 3

8:55 mins


Robert Kilroy Silk host ME guests

9:48 mins

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Daytime TV ME Part 1 – Esther Rantzen

9:49 mins

Esther Rantzen campaigned for 14 years when her eldest child Emily, apparently became seriously disabled with ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis).

She writes in the Daily Mail, “at last, I have discovered the secret of Emily’s 14 lost years“

‘People who feel tired all the time may be suffering from coeliac disease.’


Daytime TV on ME Pt 2

2:59 mins

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ME is still not taken seriously

9:03 mins

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Continuing from Dr Costas ME Brain Scans

6:22 mins

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Dr Macintyre & the Gilderdale family discuss ME

6:23 mins

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The M E silencing conspiracy 0001

2:16 mins

“Yuppie Flu” and “It’s all in the mind” terms used in newspaper publications, gaslighting / patient blaming


You can find all of “The ME Files” videos on Hoofbags YouTube Channel.