ESTHER RANTZEN: LIVING WITH GRIEF

Channel 5, 10pm

IT’S a subject we so rarely speak about, and yet it’s something every single one of us will experience at some point in our lives: grief and bereavement.

And with so many thousands of people losing a loved one during the coronavirus pandemic, exploring what it is to be bereaved and grieving feels more important and timely than ever.

It’s been exactly 20 years since TV presenter and campaigner Esther Rantzen lost her beloved husband, the broadcaster Desmond

Wilcox. For this powerful and moving documentary Esther is meeting other people who have been bereaved to explore what it is like to live with grief in the long term.

She chats to some incredible people who share their own stories, including a woman who recently lost her husband to Covid, a man who was just 11 years old when his brother was murdered, and a mother whose child tragically drowned.