{"id":51294,"date":"2024-05-13T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2038412"},"modified":"2024-05-13T10:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T08:06:40","slug":"liz-carr-wishes-she-didnt-need-to-make-better-off-dead-documentary","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/liz-carr-wishes-she-didnt-need-to-make-better-off-dead-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Carr wishes she didn\u2019t need to make Better Off Dead? documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

The documentary has been in the works for years. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 13 May 2024 at 07:00 AM<\/p>

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This article includes discussion of assisted suicide that some readers may find upsetting.<\/em><\/p>\n

Liz Carr is set to front a brand new documentary, Better Off Dead?<\/a>, in which she explores the debate of assisted suicide, something she believes shouldn\u2019t be legalised in the UK.<\/p>\n

In the documentary, Carr travels to Canada, a country with \u201csome of the most permissive assisted suicide laws in the world\u201d, as well as meeting with those who are campaigning for a change in the law.<\/p>\n

While this documentary will shine a light on a hotly-debated topic and has been in the works for quite some time, it is something that Carr wishes she didn\u2019t have to make.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not even sure it\u2019s a passion project,\u201d the actress told RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press. \u201cIt\u2019s always felt more urgent. That suggests pleasure. Like, I wish I hadn\u2019t had<\/em> to make the film. But as we do, and as I think we\u2019ve needed this voice out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think in 2011, after the Terry Pratchett documentary<\/a>\u2026 this has been there since then.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Liz Carr.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC \/ Burning Bright Productions Ltd \/ Devin de Vil<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

She continued: \u201cAnd then I made a radio documentary, on the [BBC] World Service back in 2012, and then I did the assisted dying musical. So yeah, I sort of had been trying to put this view out there on behalf of a lot of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carr admitted that it \u201cfeels really scary\u201d to be putting the documentary out to the world, but stands firm that she believes \u201ceverything\u201d she says and is \u201cpassionate about it\u201d.<\/p>

As well as the documentary being in the works for a long time, so has the name of it: Better Off Dead?<\/a>. Carr has asked viewers to remember the question mark at the end, as it is purposefully meant to evoke thoughts within people.<\/p>\n

As per the log line: \u201cIn a society where disabled people are often told they\u2019re \u2018better off dead\u2019 than disabled, Liz asks: \u2018Should we really be giving more power to end that group of people\u2019s lives?’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was obviously a provocation to consider,\u201d Carr explained. \u201cBetter off dead\u2026 I want you to open the show and go, \u2018If we see one group of people, so negatively, it\u2019s not safe to legalise assisted suicide, because people already think that we almost deserve it, as a good thing, as a compassionate thing.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Through this documentary, Carr hopes to show audiences why she is \u201cunconvinced that any type of \u2018assisted dying\u2019 is the answer\u201d to having a \u201cgood death\u201d.<\/p>\n