Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar

BBC Two HD

9:00 PM to 9:45 PM

Friday 11 October

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The final part of this profile of the actress, whose private life was as fascinating as many of the screen roles she portrayed. Elizabeth's seventh marriage takes her to Washington DC, but she struggles to reinvent herself as a senator's wife. Her addiction to painkillers and alcohol grows, and her family is forced to intervene. After the death from Aids of close friend Rock Hudson and a family member falling ill with the disease, Taylor turns campaigner, changing public perceptions of the disease and saving countless lives by raising millions for research into how to thwart it