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Season 1 – Best Interests

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Exploring a choice no parent would ever want to make, as doctors tell Andrew and Nicci that they think it's in the best interests of their daughter Marnie, who has a life-threatening condition, that she be allowed to die.
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Best Interests — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen turn in some of their best work yet in Best Intentions, a frank depiction of any parent's worst nightmare that is equal parts graceful and harrowing.

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Amy Amatangelo Tellyvisions 07/26/2025
This amazing cast creates a series that is in your best interest to watch. Go to Full Review Judy Berman TIME Magazine 03/04/2025
Everyday human stories like this one... are increasingly rare on TV. And this emotional but never melodramatic four-part drama, written by Jack Thorne and directed by Michael Keillor, is an unusually empathetic and perceptive example. Go to Full Review Debi Enker The Age (Australia) 03/07/2024
Michael Sheen has an estimable co-star in Sharon Horgan in the compelling family, legal and medical drama, Best Interests. Go to Full Review Joel Keller Decider 02/26/2025
Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen both do a fantastic job of playing parents put in a difficult situation as they have to make literal life-and-death decisions about their disabled child. Go to Full Review Lacy Baugher Paste Magazine 02/18/2025
9.0
The four-part limited series tells a heartbreakingly specific tale of one family’s crisis, even as it wrestles with big philosophical questions about life, death, disability, and virtually everything in between. Go to Full Review Brittany Frederick CBR 02/18/2025
8/10
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Rosanne D @RT678904321 8h Last episode had me teared up. Great acting all around. This Way Up prompted me to check out more of Sharon Horgan's work, and this did not disappoint at all. See more paul o @Paulo190408 05/16/2025 Brilliant acting by everybody in it. A story that every parent would dread beautifully told. Everybody should watch it. See more Jamie I @RT37947270 02/20/2025 Tough story. Well acted. See more Andrei D @RT74856639 06/28/2023 A little overdramatic but smart See more Read all reviews
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Sharon Horgan

Nicci

Michael Sheen

Andrew

Noma Dumezweni

Samantha

Alison Oliver

Katie

Niamh Moriarty

Marnie

Des McAleer

Eddie

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jun 12, 2023 As Marnie's health deteriorates, doctors say it's in her best interests to stop care; defiant, her parents prepare to fight their decision. Details Episode 2 Aired Jun 13, 2023 Samantha checks on Marnie before her ward rounds; there's palpable tension; she works her way round the ward, caring for each patient and looking out for a junior doctor; later that morning, she attends an ethics committee meeting to make a decision. Details Episode 3 Aired Jun 19, 2023 Nicci's campaign becomes national news, causing trouble for Katie; Andrew doubts his choice to leave; with court looming, Nicci's team need evidence. Details Episode 4 Aired Jun 20, 2023 In court, hope for Nicci's case, and a surprising victory, grows; Andrew is confronted about his past behavior; as the verdict nears, Marnie's future hangs in the balance. Details

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Season Info

Director
Michael Keillor
Executive Producer
Toby Bentley, Sophie Gardiner, Lucy Richer
Screenwriter
Jack Thorne
Network
BBC
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jun 12, 2023