BBC Between Life And Death - Part 1/5

Provocative documentary following the doctors who can now interrupt, and even reverse, the process of death. Filmed over six months in the country's leading brain injury unit (Addenbooke's Hospital, Cambridge), it follows the journey of a man who, by only moving his eyes, is eventually asked if he wants to live or die. Two other families are also plunged into the most ethically difficult decision in modern medicine.

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[gary72carol61]

Brilliant documentary, very powerful and full of emotions. Its very sad, I could not imagine being in any of their situations and wouldn`t want to. My heart goes out to all the families involved and I hope they all are managing well in life now.

[enoch5000]

Reality sucks !!!

We are so fragile !!!

[walkernick86]

Turns out us brits gave you your language so think twice before making comments about our accent! As Anneclairee says, if you can't understand them then you must be rather un educated.

[lazymail]

brilliant show,

[scottwturner]

Why not let someone die if their going to end up a vegetable laying in bed.

[San47di]

This is why I felt it was so important to initiate my own "Living Will." This way, I've made the decision & spared my family members from having to do so. Being my Dad's primary home care giver for 3 & a half years taught me that lesson. I'm so thankful my Dad was in the frame of mind to make his own decisions years prior to his death.

[AnneClairee]

their accent is nice and you need to get used to it cause it's proper , real English language ..i don't know what you were taught in school but for sure it wasn't british english if you have hard time understanding them^^

[Rarez2]

why is the british accent so fucking fucked up? LIKE FOR FUCKS SAKE, JUST SPEAK FUCKING CLEARLY.

[Linnas79]

Isn't the term 'meaningfull recovery' not something that varies from one person to the next?

[LimeyBitch]

Working in funerals i thought i could handle this.. I was in a flood of tears within three minutes.

[MyLynlee]

it touches my heart when richard moves his eyes

[thembalmer]

This is very confronting but so interesting.