Jason and Clara: In Memory of Maudie comes to ITV1 and will be a very emotional and likely upsetting watch. But actor Jason Watkins, famous for shows such as The Catch, Des, The Crown and McDonald and Dodds, feels this very personal show was important to take part in.
Jason and wife Clara Francis have suffered every parent’s worst nightmare. In the early hours of New Year’s Day 2011, their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Maude died suddenly from sepsis, leaving them facing a lifetime of loss and grief.
