While Netflix is responsible for churning out brilliant shows of their own like Adolescence and Bridgerton, they also often air classic shows from the past. One BBC drama featuring Michael Sheen and Sharon Horgan recently dropped on the platform, and quickly shot into the Top 10 most-watched shows.
It's a harrowing, emotional and heartfelt show called Best Interests, which you can binge-watch in full now. Here's everything you need to know about the mini-series, including the cast, storyline and more.
What is Best Interests about?
Best Interests is a challenging watch, which follows a married couple called Nikki and Andrew, whose daughter Marnie develops a severe respiratory illness. Her doctors eventually decide further treatment is no longer in her best interests, and recommend removing the ventilators giving her life-sustaining care - advice that devastates her parents, and which they both react differently to.
The Netflix description reads, "When a hospital recommends withdrawing life support for their daughter, a couple is torn between their own beliefs and the medical team's prognosis."
Who's in the cast of Best Interests?
The series was written by Jack Thorne, the brains behind Adolescence and the recent Channel 4 drama, Falling. As for the cast, it includes:
- Sharon Horgan from Bad Sisters and Catastrophe as Nicci, Marnie's mother
- Michael Sheen from Good Omens as Andrew – Marnie's father
- Niamh Moriarty in her break out role as Marnie, the 13-year-old daughter who has a form of muscular dystrophy at the heart
- Alison Oliver from Saltburn and Wuthering Heights as Marnie's older sister Katie
- Noma Dumezweni from The Undoing as Samantha, the family's lawyer
- Chizzy Akudolu as Mercy
- Des McAleer as Eddie
- Mat Fraser as Greg
- Gary Beadle as Frank
- Jack Morris as Tom
- Pippa Haywood as Judge Spottiswood
- Lisa McGrillis as Brenda
When was Best Interests first released?
The four-part series first aired on BBC One in 2023 and is now available to stream on Netflix UK. Each episode is around an hour long.
