Writer Jack Thorne on the 'complexity' of his latest drama, Best Interests.
How do you decide when to stop treating a sick child, knowing that it will end the child's life?In the four-part BBC One series, Best Interests, parents Nicci and Andrew confront doctors who say it's in the best interests of their disabled child Marnie to turn off her ventilator, allowing her to die.
"Being a parent with someone is a very, very, severe sort of intimacy," Thorne says. "You're constantly negotiating. A representative is appointed for the child - separate from their parents and doctors - and a judge makes the final decision, based on the evidence available.
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