https://proudstars.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-flick-of-switch-and-his-life-ebbed.html
A flick of a switch and his life ebbed away: Viewers distraught after moment a British father took his own life at a Swiss suicide clinic is aired... and the BBC was forced to cut the most controversial scene
Gripping his wife's hand tightly with a smile across his face, this is the heart-breaking moment a 57-year-old British father took his own life at a Swiss assisted suicide clinic (left). In controversial scenes aired by the BBC tonight, businessman Simon Binner played a poignant last message to his wife Debbie (together top right, and bottom right) from his deathbed before turning on the drip that killed him (inset). Viewers were left distraught by the emotional footage which showed the motor neurone disease sufferer saying goodbye to family and friends before administering the life-ending drugs. The scenes were described by viewers as 'the saddest they had ever seen', but even more controversial footage was cut at the last minute after the BBC came under pressure from the Samaritans. The BBC had planned to show footage featuring Simon's lifeless body at the assisted suicide clinic in Basel, Switzerland, but was forced to make last minute changes to the harrowing documentary.
