Family reaction to euthanasia documentary

Title
Family reaction to euthanasia documentary
Genre
Interview
TX Date
Aug 1977
Year of production
1977
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Duration
00:04:35
Description
Interview with Robin McShane, son of Yolande McShane, who assisted her mother Edith Mott, in an assisted suicide attempt at a nursing home in Burgess Hill, Sussex. He refers to a Yorkshire Television documentary which featured his mother and grandmother discussing the suicide attempt and was used as police evidence in the conviction of Mrs McShane. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Steve Harvey).
Contributors
Steve Harvey; Robin McShane
Keywords
Suicide; Crime; Police; Homicide; Television programmes; Euthanasia; Television documentaries; IBA; Yolande McShane; Edith Mott; Assisted suicide; Robin McShane

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LBC/IRN, "Family reaction to euthanasia documentary". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0007900109013 (Accessed 02 May 2026)