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Home | Philosophy and Ethics | Ethical Issues

Euthanasia and assisted dying

A Short Stay in Switzerland

A Short Stay in Switzerland

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2009 | 1'29'43''

One-off drama inspired by the true story of Dr Anne Turner, who in 2006 took her own life in a Zurich clinic having developed an incurable degene...

Arguments against Euthanasia | Matters of Life and Death

Arguments against Euthanasia | Matters of Life and Death

Ethical Issues | BBC Two | 2015 | 3'23''

A nurse explains why she is against euthanasia.

Arguments for Euthanasia | Matters of Life and Death

Arguments for Euthanasia | Matters of Life and Death

Ethical Issues | BBC Two | 2015 | 3'19''

A man explains his reasons for wanting access to euthanasia.

Assisted dying doctor | Better Off Dead?

Assisted dying doctor | Better Off Dead?

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2024 | 6'51''

Liz meets a Canadian doctor who has assisted over 400 deaths in her profession.

Assisted Dying: The Final Choice

Assisted Dying: The Final Choice

Ethical Issues | BBC Two | 2025 | 36'26''

A look at the patients in Canada and California legally choosing assisted dying, including both those undergoing the procedure and those who...

Better Off Dead?

Better Off Dead?

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2024 | 58'01''

A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr.

Different perspectives on Euthanasia | Matters of Life and Death

Different perspectives on Euthanasia | Matters of Life and Death

Ethical Issues | BBC Two | 2015 | 4'37''

Representatives from different religions discuss their opinions about euthanasia.

Do not resuscitate (DNR) | Better Off Dead?

Do not resuscitate (DNR) | Better Off Dead?

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2024 | 4'42''

Liz speaks to Baroness Jane Campbell, who had a 'Do Not Resuscitate' order placed on her for a routine illness without consent.

Episode 1 | Miriam’s Dead Good Adventure

Episode 1 | Miriam’s Dead Good Adventure

Ethical Issues | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'02''

Miriam Margolyes is on a mission to confront her fear of aging and death. Miriam checks into a dementia care home, to see what...

Episode 2 | Miriam’s Dead Good Adventure

Episode 2 | Miriam’s Dead Good Adventure

Ethical Issues | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'04''

In the concluding episode of this compelling documentary series, inimitable actress Miriam wants to know if we can ever be rea...

Euthanasia | Worlds of Belief

Euthanasia | Worlds of Belief

Ethical Issues | BBC Two | 1997 | 19'01''

Schools religious education program for 14-18 year olds. Today's theme is Euthanasia which includes a dramatic reconstruction of real events, i...

Let Our Dad Die | Dispatches

Let Our Dad Die | Dispatches

Ethical Issues | Channel 4 | 2012 | 27'55''

Seven years ago Tony Nicklinson had a catastrophic stroke, which left him utterly paralysed. He can only communicate via a computer controlled b...

Lord Falconer on assisted dying law | Better Off Dead?

Lord Falconer on assisted dying law | Better Off Dead?

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2024 | 3'19''

Liz meets a Lord who has consistently campaigned for assisted dying, and makes his case for helping people with termin...

Loss of dignity | Better Off Dead?

Loss of dignity | Better Off Dead?

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2024 | 3'30''

Liz and her disabled activist friends discuss how the idea of assisted dying reflects on them as people in society.

Mental health assisted dying (MAID) | Better Off Dead?

Mental health assisted dying (MAID) | Better Off Dead?

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2024 | 4'44''

Liz ponders the different tracks to assisted dying in Canada and how, as well as it being opened it up disabled people...

My body, my choice | Better Off Dead?

My body, my choice | Better Off Dead?

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2024 | 4'06''

Sunday Times columnist Melanie Reid, a disabled ex-horse-jumper, campaigns for the opposite of Liz and is adamant that its her human ri...

My Right to Die

My Right to Die

Ethical Issues | BBC News | 2024 | 26'12''

As Canada debates whether it's ready to allow the mentally ill to apply for assisted dying, the BBC follows one man fighting for his right to die.

Palliative care doctor | Better Off Dead?

Palliative care doctor | Better Off Dead?

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2024 | 4'10''

A palliative care doctor talks about her worries of making assisted dying legal.

Poverty assisted dying | Better Off Dead?

Poverty assisted dying | Better Off Dead?

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2024 | 4'30''

A homeless man (who also has disabilities), got approved for Medical Assisted in Dying (MAID) by his doctor, after he knew he quali...

Should assisted suicide be legalised? | Matters of Life and Death

Should assisted suicide be legalised? | Matters of Life and Death

Ethical Issues | BBC Two | 2015 | 12'21''

This film looks at the viewpoints of Charlotte and Paul whose life experiences have left them on opposing s...

Should we be able to choose when we die? | Sunday Morning Live

Should we be able to choose when we die? | Sunday Morning Live

Ethical Issues | BBC One | 2015 | 2'55''

A woman with terminal Motor Neuron Disease explains why she believes assisted dying should be legalised.

Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die

Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die

Ethical Issues | BBC Two | 2011 | 59'10''

Author Sir Terry Pratchett - an Alzheimer's sufferer - travels to the Dignitas Clinic in Switzerland and witnesses first-hand the procedures...

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