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This documentary follows a film-maker with Down’s syndrome as he makes an autobiographical horror film. It’s full of jokes, warmth and honesty – as well as challenging perceptions

“It was with a huge sense of trepidation” that I tuned into BBC One’s new four-part drama “Best Interests”, said Nick Hilton in The Independent. Written by Jack Thorne, it tells the harrowing story of a couple who must decide whether doctors should keep treating their desperately unwell daughter. 

We share where Best Interests was filmed and reveal whether the BBC drama is based on true story.

The play will return to the theatre for the seventh year.

Danger stalks the radiant lovers in Rebecca Frecknall’s tumultuous, twilit Romeo and Juliet; a 1920s battle for the soul of BBC radio couldn’t be more timely; and Groundhog Day, once more with feeling

A guide to the week’s theatre

Jack Thorne’s dramatisation of the power play between the UK government and the broadcaster in 1920s Britain is pacy and evocative

The feud between Conservative politicians and our national broadcaster has been ongoing for longer than you think

Best Interests tells a profound tale that will resonate with many viewers and some might be wondering if it's based on one specific case

Horgan and Michael Sheen star in this masterly and profoundly moving series about the terrible reality of having a disabled child in a world where you must fight constantly for them to live

Michael Sheen co-stars in Jack Thorne’s BBC One series about a couple driven apart over whether to stop treatment for their daughter