Documentary to air 999 call from Michael Barrymore’s home over pool death
Channel 4 has unveiled a new slate of programmes for 2020, including a look into the 2001 unsolved case.

The 999 call reporting the death of a man found in a swimming pool at entertainer Michael Barrymore’s house is to be broadcast for the first time in a new Channel 4 documentary.
The call will be aired in a 90-minute programme exploring the full story behind the high-profile unexplained death of 31-year-old Stuart Lubbock, told by the people closest to the case.
Barrymore was one of the best-known TV presenters in the UK when the body of Mr Lubbock was found at his then home in Roydon, Essex, in 2001 after a party.
Six years later, the star was arrested in connection with the death and he was released without charge before withdrawing from public life.
The Channel 4 programme, which has the working title Unexplained, has been 18 months in the making and features never-before-seen material from inside the unsolved Essex Police case.
The documentary will include the call to the emergency services from Barrymore’s home alerting them that Mr Lubbock’s body had been found in the swimming pool.