Michael Sheen, Sharon Horgan Lead Jack Thorne’s Disability-Focused BBC Drama ‘Best Interests’
variety.comNaman Ramachandran BAFTA-winning writer and disability rights advocate Jack Thorne’s (“Help,” “His Dark Materials”) BBC drama “Best Interests” stars Michael Sheen (“Good Omens”) and Sharon Horgan (“Catastrophe”).Sheen and Horgan play married couple Nicci and Andrew, who have two daughters, Katie played by Alison Oliver (“Conversation with Friends”) and Marnie played by Niamh Moriarty (Thorne’s play “A Christmas Carol”).
Marnie has a life-threatening condition. The doctors believe it is in her best interests to be allowed to die, but her loving family disagree.
And so begins a fight that will take them through every stage of a legal process, as they struggle to contemplate this huge decision.
The four-part series for BBC One is produced by Chapter One Pictures in association with Endeavor Content and directed by Michael Keillor (“Roadkill”).
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