Four Corners
A Life in Limbo
TV-PG
1996 • E19 60mBy Sarah Barclay. Ex BBC Panorama. This program tells the story of Thomas Creedon, who was born so badly brain damaged that his parents were prepared to fight before the courts for the right to allow their son to die. The impending court case in the United Kingdom was set to make legal history. It focused on the competing principle of a child's right to live, as proclaimed by his doctor, and a right to die.