A mother wants her daughters help to die in this measured and thoughtful drama, with lovely, understated performances from Alison Steadman and Olivia Colman
Three Sunday night dramas in ascending order of size (scale, ambition, budget etc), which corresponds to a descending order of merit. From small to big and good to bad, in other words.
The Dilemma, first of *The Secrets* (BBC1, Sunday), five films by writers new to television, is a quiet, intense, touching little film about death. Angela (Alison Steadman) finds out her cancer has spread and asks her pregnant daughter, Pippa (Olivia Colman), if she will help her to end it all. Meaning euthanasia. Pippa, being a vet who regularly puts down domestic animals (such as Bob, a cat whos just been run over) has the wherewithal, in the form of a bottle of blue liquid she keeps in the locked cabinet of her practice.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 7 hours ago.
Three Sunday night dramas in ascending order of size (scale, ambition, budget etc), which corresponds to a descending order of merit. From small to big and good to bad, in other words.
The Dilemma, first of *The Secrets* (BBC1, Sunday), five films by writers new to television, is a quiet, intense, touching little film about death. Angela (Alison Steadman) finds out her cancer has spread and asks her pregnant daughter, Pippa (Olivia Colman), if she will help her to end it all. Meaning euthanasia. Pippa, being a vet who regularly puts down domestic animals (such as Bob, a cat whos just been run over) has the wherewithal, in the form of a bottle of blue liquid she keeps in the locked cabinet of her practice.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 7 hours ago.