Overview
A deeply personal documentary for BBC Three, exploring male suicide through the lived experience of Professor Green and confronting one of the most urgent, and least discussed, issues facing men in the UK.

The Story
In Suicided & Me, Professor Green (Stephen Manderson) embarks on an intensely personal journey to uncover the truth behind his father’s suicide — an event that happened without warning and left lasting emotional scars. For the first time, he opens up on camera to family members about estrangement, regret and unresolved grief, revisiting painful memories and confronting conversations that had never previously taken place.

Alongside his own story, Stephen meets other men affected by suicide, including survivors and campaigners, revealing how often these deaths come as a shock, and how silence, shame and emotional repression continue to surround male mental health

Approach
The film was shaped around honesty, vulnerability and emotional access. Stephen’s tough public image is deliberately contrasted with moments of fragility, hesitation and self-reflection, allowing audiences to see a side of him rarely shown.

Beyond personal testimony, the documentary broadens outward to include experts, mental health charities and frontline support centres, exploring the cultural and structural reasons suicide remains the biggest killer of men under 45 in Britain. Quiet, unflinching and humane, the film makes a powerful case for breaking stigma through conversation.

Impact
- Flagship documentary for BBC Three’s Gender season
- Broadcast across BBC Three and BBC One
- Sparked a wider national conversation around male mental health and suicide
- Praised for its honesty, vulnerability and social impact

Jane Powell Chief Executive Calm - “I think it’s a brilliant film but I would badly like it to be the start of a discussion about how life is for men. We have to give permission for men to say, ‘I don’t know how to go on’