By Liz Thomas
Last updated at 1:00 PM on 14th June 2011
Hundreds of viewers have have complained against the BBC for broadcasting the final moments of a man's 'assisted death' on screen - warning it would lead to copycat suicides.
Many viewers took to social networks and online message boards after watching Peter Smedley, 21, take his last gasp and beg for water before slipping out of consciousness on the programme, Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die.
The former bishop of Rochester stepped into the argument this morning by saying that he felt the corporation had missed an opportunity and that the documentary was one-sided.
The BBC had already been branded a ‘cheerleader’ for the practice after announcing that it would show the final days and death of Peter Smedley, 71, in the programme.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003256/Anti-euthanasia-backlash-hits-BBC-Terry-Pratchett-shows-death-Dignitas.html#ixzz1PFiMp8dh
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