Liz Carr is worlds away from Silent Witness as she fronts gritty new assisted suicide BBC documentary
LIZ Carr, best known for her leading role on Silent Witness, is now participating in a new gritty BBC documentary about assisted suicide.
The TV star, 51, quit the hit show after eight years playing forensic examiner Clarissa Mullery.
Now she is set to come back to the screen in a whole new capacity as the writer of a film about euthanasia.
The new project, under the working title Better Off Dead, will see the actress and disability rights activist travel to Canada for interviews about assisted dying.
As someone who lives with the rare condition arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, Liz is concerned that relaxed laws around euthanasia will lead to disabled people feeling like they do not have a right to live.
She said: "Too many disabled people will have had the experience of someone, often a complete stranger, telling them, 'if I was like you, I’d rather be dead'.
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"Putting such low value on our lives has been reported in medical settings when disabled and older people have 'do not resuscitate' orders placed on their medical notes without their consent.
"This documentary is about challenging the assumptions behind these actions and shining a light on the many grey areas in this often one sided debate."
Liz plans to interview people across both sides of the debate, but hopes to highlight a disabled perspective as the House of Commons looks into legalising assisted dying.
She added: "I'm pro-choice, an atheist, a rights campaigner and assisted suicide scares me. I want everyone to have a good death and through this documentary, I hope to show why I'm unconvinced that any type of 'assisted dying' is the answer to this."
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Kate Phillips, Director of Unscripted, shared: "We want to continue bringing audiences impactful new films that inspire debate and bring
fresh new perspectives on important issues and I’m really pleased that Liz Carr is presenting this new film, sharing her own unique insight into the difficult debate around assisted suicide."
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