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Barrymore: The Body in the Pool

2020

Documentary, Self: Michael Barrymore, Ian Calder, Harry Cichy ...

Documentary Following a party at Michael Barrymore's house in 2001, a 31-year-old man, Stuart Lubbock, died. Three witnesses – including Barrymore himself – claimed to have found him motionless in Barrymore's swimming pool. Nearly 20 years on, it remains a tragedy – and a mystery.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"The documentary had its faults, but it performed its central duty well (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Sean O'Grady The Independent	"Channel 4 obtained extensive – and impressive – access to members of the Lubbock family (...) The film has a suitably sombre tone for most of the time (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Anita Singh Telegraph	"The film was a hybrid: part cold-case investigation, part dissection of Barrymore’s rise and fall. It was stronger on the latter, but even as a retread of the facts it was compelling to watch (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Sexton London Evening Standard	"Channel 4's film shows documentaries like this can still be made with intelligence and serious intent"	POS
United Kingdom	Carol Midgley The Times	"It does seem extraordinary that a death with so many people present was never solved (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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