Yes, saw it - and am still 'internalising'. Very powerful! I think it provoked my little outbursts here later that night - although not directly relevant to the programme!
Noelphobic, like you, I found it far more powerful than the Tony Robinson doc., and , not sure if I was meant to be sorry for one or the other - but in my case, 'warming' to them both for whatever reasons.....
It certainly gripped me straight away when son was 'telling off' dad for ordering too many meals.... I found myself screaming at the TV: 'How dare you talk to him like that?' If you're letting him fend for himself, don't get cross if he gets it wrong!' (Well, that's the polite way of putting it!
)
(Day after, I find myself telling mum, 'now, if you lose this, I will be REALLY cross' and realised I was speaking to her in almost exactly the same tone
)
Loads and loads of 'stuff' came out of for me but I have to say 'defining moment' was Lily (have I got her name right? - 'love of his life') being asked what would she wish for him. When she regained enough composure to reply with honesty 'for him to go to sleep and not wake up', it broke my heart.
Perhaps the difference between Tony Robinson's programme and this was that Tony, Phyllis and his family were all so likeable (apart from TR being a celeb). In Stairlift to Heaven we were challenged with people who - by their own direct or indirect admission -had been (how can I put this nicely?) 'selfish' and 'difficult'.
This makes me think again about the 'power' of the Coronation Street storyline. I know it's contentious in some ways, but imagine they wrote the script for someone 'sweet', like Emily Bishop? It just wouldn't have had the impact that it has done because it has happened to Mike Baldwin - the 'Jack-the-lad', the 'wise-guy'.