The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
LOSING IT: OUR MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY
Sensitive, powerful and timely, this candid programme visits the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to examine Britain’s growing need to care for people struggling with severe clinical depression and anxiety. We meet an 11-year-old girl with suicidal ideation and a mentally-ill woman who recently tried to kill herself and her family. Meanwhile, exhausted loved ones and concerned staff open up about the complexities of nurturing patients who wish to take their own lives. It’s heart-breaking, but it needs to be to highlight the vital importance of knowing that you’re not alone, of knowing that you can talk about your feelings without fear of judgment. Trained professionals are permanently on hand to help.
INSIDE THE CROWN: SECRETS OF THE ROYALS
Thursday, STV, 9pm
Not all their secrets, surely? An expose on that scale would bring the monarchy to its knees. Instead, this new series – which arrives with impeccable timing – assembles a gang of expertly toadying lickspittles to rake over the officially acceptable dramas behind the merry house of Windsor. It begins with a sweeping essay on the history of 20th Century royals who struggled to balance their sovereign duties with matters of the heart.
The familiar sagas of Liz and Phil, and Diana Queen of Hearts, duly ensue. Gossipy royal history is colourful and interesting, of course it is, but we’ve heard it all before. Future generations will look back upon this epoch and wonder what the hell was wrong with us all.