My wife and I watched this programme last night. There's a second part next Tuesday. I was very impressed by it. I don't normally think of Stephen Fry as being particularly insightful - bit of a middlebrow really - but he handled this very well.

What it did highlight very effectively was the gulf between showbiz manic depression (Robbie Williams hiding under the quilt after a gig) and mental illness as it is experienced by most people who aren't rich entertainers - ie the poor woman at the end who had attempted suicide with an electric drill.

I've often thought that the worst problem faced by people with mental health problems is the way every arsehole and his dog reckons he knows all about it. If you tell folk at work you have been diagnosed with cancer they'll keep a respectful silence. If you say you've been diagnosed with a mental illness everyone's an expert.