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Your LIFE: WE LOVE TELLY! - DOCUMENTARY EGOMANIA C4, 11.05pm
by Jane Simon
169 words
5 February 2007
Mirror

IF you've ever suffered at the hands of a domineering, arrogant bully, you should watch this to get an insight into what might make them tick before they explode completely.

Psychologists don't call them egomaniacs - they use the term Narcissistic Personality Disorder. And there's a sliding scale of severity with 18-year-old Brian Blackwell from Merseyside, who killed both his parents, at the top of the tree.

Just below him are cult leaders like David Berg - founder of the notorious Children Of God who exploited and abused his thousands of obedient followers around the world for 25 years.

It's the less extreme individuals that most of us will have had the misfortune to come up against. But how will the film-makers ever find one to interview who ticks all nine boxes and isn't locked up for some hideous crime?

The answer turns out to be quite a surprise.