Do we have the right to choose to die? In the successful West End play Whose Life is it Anyway? Ken Harrison, a sculptor who has had a road accident and is paralysed from the neck down, decides his life is so reduced that he doesn't want to live. The play is about his struggle to convince the hospital staff that his decision is balanced, that he is not disturbed and that they should morally accept his right to choose. A fictional situation, but what of real life? Most people believe that if they were that disabled, they too, would want to die. But do they? Do people as active, capable and self-aware as Ken Harrison ever reconcile a bright mind to a life of helplessness and dependancy?

Tonight's Everyman compares scenes from the play with stories from real life and examines the last right-the right to choose between life or death.