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Last broadcast on Mon, 15 Feb 2010, 19:30 on BBC One (East Midlands only).
Synopsis
A shortened version of this BBC Inside Out programme is available to view below.
Ray Gosling contemplates mortality - his own and everyone else's. Just how does he want to die and be remembered? What sort of funeral will he have? And does any of it worry him?
The veteran broadcaster, aged 70, has noticed that his current bus pass expires in 2013 and it's prompted him to wonder whether he'll last that long and triggered a journey - a journey of death. Along the way Ray travels to see a steam railway funeral and woodland burial in Derbyshire. He also meets the craftsmen who make crazy coffins in Bulwell, hears his own specially commissioned requiem song and shares the agony of those considering euthanasia.
Video - Ray Gosling on end of life decisions
Veteran broadcaster Ray Gosling reveals a secret he's kept for some time.
He tells the audience that he killed someone once.
His friend and former lover was in terrible pain as he lay dying from AIDS in hospital and Ray smothered him with a pillow.
Ray's revelation is made in a film contemplates mortality – his own and everyone else’s. Just how does he want to die and be remembered? What sort of funeral will he have? And how do people face these terrible dilemmas?
Please note that because assisted suicide is currently illegal in the UK we can't offer any further information on this subject.
However, if you're distressed the Samaritans may be of help. Their national helpline number is 08457 90 90 90.
Credits
- Presenter
- Marie Ashby
Broadcast
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Mon 15 Feb 201019:30
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