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- ↑ Channel Four Television Corporation, "The 50 Greatest Documentaries," October 2005.
- ↑ "John's Not Mad". Play.com. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- ↑ "John's Not Mad". DVD Times. 9 February 2004. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
- ↑ "What happened to the boy with Tourette's?". BBC. 28 May 2009.
