

Love You to Death
2026– · Channel 4 · 62 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Episode 3
Fri, 21 Aug, 7:00 am
As Lisa's dubbed 'Britain's Most Evil Mother' in the press and the family rift deepens, Matthew confronts his past and meets the professionals who worked on his case, as he searches for the elusive truth.
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Was Lisa Hayden-Johnson's son Matthew really Britain's sickest child? Doctors, police and family members tell their story behind the shocking deception.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Thu, 20 Aug· 60 minLisa Hayden-Johnson won public sympathy with her fight for her son Matthew's medical care. His inability to walk, eat or breathe without assistance meant he became accustomed to the media spotlight at a young age. But behind the headlines lay a shocking deception - all along his mother had been fabricating her child's illness. In this documentary, doctors, police and family members tell their story and Lisa speaks on camera for the first time since leaving prison.
- E02
Episode 2
Fri, 21 Aug· 60 minLisa's world implodes as an unthinkable truth is revealed: Matthew's illnesses are not as they seem. And while Matthew comes to terms with a new reality, the threat of prison hangs over Lisa.
- E03
Episode 3
Fri, 21 Aug· 65 minAs Lisa's dubbed 'Britain's Most Evil Mother' in the press and the family rift deepens, Matthew confronts his past and meets the professionals who worked on his case, as he searches for the elusive truth.