What if saving a patient meant destroying their life? Glasgow's ethics hot seat awaits.
Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestThe husband of a woman with motor-neurone disease doesn't want her to be resuscitated. A wife and his mistress both want to see a coma patient. Doone's father suffers a heart attack and is comatose, forcing her to make a big decision.
Life Support is a 1999 British medical drama series aired across six episodes on BBC Scotland. Katherine Doone works as a clinical ethicist at Glasgow's Caledonian hospital. Her job is to make the big decisions about what's best for the patient's long-term treatment.
Acting
Aisling O'Sullivan's restrained devastation in every deliberation.
Writing
Ashley Pharoah's scripts refuse easy answers—ever.
Creator
Ashley Pharoah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard Wilson was simultaneously filming 'One Foot in the Grave'—his dual performances that year earned him a BAFTA nomination for the sitcom.
The show predated the UK's 2005 Mental Capacity Act by six years, essentially dramatizing debates Parliament hadn't yet codified.
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