AN eighteen-year-old Nailsworth filmmaker has captured the emotional moment his GP mum vaccinated her father in a care home – the first time she saw him in ten months.

Billy Arthur, 18, from Amberley, documented his mother Dr Anne Hampton giving his grandad, Chris, the Oxford vaccine at The Steppes care home on Tuesday.

“It was great to be vaccinating the care home and I'm so pleased to be able to give the first jab to my dad,” said Anne, who works at Stroud Valley Family Practice in Beeches Green.

“I feel hopeful and I’m also slightly tearful underneath this visor, so it’s quite an emotional day.”

Above: The emotional moment captured on film by Billy Arthur, first featured on BBC News and courtesy of South West News Service.

Anne, Billy and their family were unable to visit Chris, 87, in person since the start of the pandemic, who moved into the care home 18 months ago after he was diagnosed with dementia.

Billy, who shot the moment from outside on a balcony, said: “I’m really proud of her. It’s been an amazing effort to see and I’m really thankful for her to then take the time to share that special moment with so many people.

"I wanted to make a film of this moment for our own family memories but also to record history. It's been emotional for me to edit and shoot.

"I was thinking when I was filming, what a memory to have. Grandpa won't be around forever and to look back on this incredible moment will be a really lovely thing."

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Above: Billy Arthur filming My Life: Blood Sugar Brothers, courtesy of South West News Service

Since leaving Marling and Stroud High Sixth Form, Billy has set up his own production company, Enderley Pictures, with the aim of making it a hub for young talent.

He has been making short films since he was young and was nominated for a BAFTA at the age of 16 for a film about diabetes and his younger brother Alfie, called My Life: Blood Sugar Brothers.