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Sudden Child Deaths: The Search for Answers

Richard Bilton investigates sudden unexplained deaths in children and looks at the research trying to find out why they happen.

It's a parent's nightmare. An apparently healthy child dying without warning, and no explanation of what went wrong. Yet unexplained deaths in children over a year old happen almost once a week in the UK. They sometimes result in parents being falsely accused of harming their child. Reporter Richard Bilton investigates these sudden unexplained deaths in children and looks at the research trying to find out why they happen.

28 minutes

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Reporter Richard Bilton
Editor Karen Wightman
Executive Producer Andrew Head
Producer Claire Kendall

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