The BBC has defended its decision to film a man’s last moments at the Dignitas clinic in a documentary fronted by Terry Pratchett.

The last moments of a terminally ill man who travelled to an assisted suicide clinic to end his life will be shown in a documentary presented by best-selling author Terry Pratchett.

BRITISH prime minister Gordon Brown said yesterday he was personally opposed to assisted suicide, ahead of the broadcast of a programme in which a terminally ill man is seen ending his life.

Footage showing a man ending his own life in an assisted suicide will be broadcast on British television tonight.