Big Brother's Pete Bennett may be Britain's
most famous Tourettes sufferer now, but in
1989 this accolade went to Scottish teenager
John Davidson, star of ground-breaking BBC
documentary, John's Not Mad.
A few weeks after the film was screened,
John was given an award by Prince Charles,
for his bravery about publicising his illness.
Before the ceremony John's friends helpfully
recited the phrase "Big eared cunt" over
and over to him in the hope he would say it.
John was determined he wouldn't show himself
up but when he stepped up to receive his award
from the Prince nerves got the better of him,
and he couldn't stop himself from shouting out
... "Bad Horsey!"
