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Co-hosted by Professor Robert Winston and Dr Tanya Byron, this interactive special invites you to take part in a range of experiments to test your memory and receive practical help on how to improve it.Longleat House in Wiltshire is transformed into ‘Memory Manor’, a laboratory to explore how our brains work, what memory skills we’re born with and which parts of our memory we can improve on.At Memory Manor, 100 volunteers participate in a series of experiments to assess their memory strengths and weaknesses. We also follow a handful of volunteers back home to see how their memory foibles affect their daily lives. There’s the teacher who can’t remember the name of his pupils, the amateur gardener for whom horticultural exams are a real struggle and the singer who forgets his lyrics.The programme also examines how memories are formed and looks at how age affects memory throughout a lifetime ¨C as a child, throughout the teen years right through to pregnancy, menopause and old age.Experts including memory maestro Tony Buzan and Professor Robert Logie all pitch in with tips and advice to help the six contributors meet their final memory challenge set by the programme team.Celebrity guests Alan Titchmarsh, Jilly Goolden, Adrian Lester (Hustle), Charlie Dimmock and Paul Atterbury (Antiques Roadshow) explain how they keep their memories in shape.