Prime time suicide
On January 20, the TV soap opera Coronation Street broadcast a storyline involving the death of one of the characters, Hayley Cropper, a transsexual who, with the help of her partner, took her own life.
Christian Concern
Calls were made to complain to Granada Television that the programme would normalise euthanasia, as well as distort the facts around terminal illness and the desire for people to take their own lives.