THE life of Michael Barrymore and that fateful night that ruined his career was examined in a Channel 4 documentary.
The Body In The Pool was first broadcast on February 6, 2020.
The one-off documentary special was produced and aired by Channel 4.
However, on March 17, 2021, a man was arrested in connection with the death of Stuart Lubbock.
This means that, as an active investigation into the case is still ongoing, the documentary is not available to stream on Channel 4 streaming platform All4.
Stuart Lubbock’s body was found in a swimming pool after a party at Michael Barrymore’s £2million Essex bungalow in 2001.
The factory supervisor, a dad-of-two from Harlow, was 31 when he died.
The cause of death was found to be drowning.
Barrymore was arrested in 2007 in connection with Mr Lubbock’s death, but cops released him without charge three months later.
He had been detained on suspicion of the rape and murder of the man – but always insisted that he was innocent.
His arrest was later ruled unlawful, with a high court judge saying that the arresting cop had no reasonable grounds on which to suspect him.
Nine years on from that fateful night, the documentary explores the full story behind one of Britain’s most high-profile unexplained deaths, as told by the people closest to it.
Eighteen months in the making, it has access to never-before-seen material from inside one of Essex Police’s most controversial unsolved cases.
This documentary forensically pieces together the perspectives of the Lubbock family, detectives, forensic pathologists and eyewitnesses, to explore what happened that night at Barrymore’s Essex bungalow and the extraordinary events that followed.
It will delve into our changing tabloid culture, our relationship to celebrity, and our attitudes to homosexuality, but at its heart is the tragic story of a family still searching for the truth.
Terry Lubbock, Stuart’s father, said: “This documentary is about the questions around what happened to my son Stuart Lubbock. Finally.
“The story has become so distorted and confused over the years.
“So much has been said and written. It’s time to put all the facts together in one place.”
