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Fans have praised Jason Watkins and his wife Clara for their bravery in their new moving ITV documentary, In Loving memory of Maudie on Thursday.
Their daughter Maude died, aged two, from sepsis on New Year’s Day in 2011 after doctors sent her home with what they thought was croup.
She was discovered in her bed the following morning by Jason and Clara after their eldest daughter Bessie told them she couldn’t wake her sister.
The documentary was well-received by viewers, who said it was a 'heartbreaking' but 'important' watch to raise awareness of sepsis.
One viewer wrote: 'I can’t imagine what it’s like to lose a child. Thinking of @Jason__Watkins & Clara #inmemoryofmaudie a very moving documentary'.
Brave: Fans have praised Jason Watkins and his wife Clara for their bravery in their new moving ITV documentary, In Loving memory of Maudie on Thursday
Tragic: Their daughter Maude died, aged two, from sepsis on New Year’s Day in 2011 after doctors sent her home with what they thought was croup
Another echoed: '#InMemoryofMaudie is heartbreaking to watch, but it’s so important that awareness of sepsis is raised. Such bravery from Jason and Clara to allow this to be filmed.'
A third added: 'Watching ten minutes in & I’m already finding it heartbreaking. #InMemoryofMaudie'.
A fourth said: ' I really don't know how a parent carries on. Just unbearable #InMemoryofMaudie'.
While a fifth tweeted: 'A beautiful, powerful documentary Jason. You have helped so many already and I feel that with the film, you'll have helped in those moments so many more.'
And a sixth agreed, writing: 'Christ this is tough watch. I’ve no idea how you cope with the loss of a child. They are so brave, whilst still drowning in grief, making this to try & raise awareness #InMemoryofMaudie #sepsis'.
In heartbreaking scenes the couple sifted through their daughter’s belongings for the first time since her death.
Emma, a close friend of the couple, packed up Maude’s clothes and toys and stored them in her loft.
Devastating: Eleven years after her sudden death, the couple have filmed a documentary titled Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie, where they will discuss their grief battle
Devastating: The documentary was well-received by fans, who said it was a 'heartbreaking' but 'important' watch and praised the bravery of Jason and Clara
‘I found it very difficult to go in to Maude’s bedroom and just see all her stuff as if she were still going to come in,’ Clara said in the documentary which aired on Thursday night.
‘So Emma took it all out and Emma has been looking after it in her loft for 11 years.
‘Weirdly as time has gone on those things have taken on value to me and I think if we’d got rid of them immediately it wouldn’t be a problem, but because they’ve been there, they’ve taken on a significance and now I feel compelled to go through them.’
Clara, a fashion designer, broke down in tears as she unzipped a bag containing a pair of her daughter’s ‘little shoes’, while Jason picked out a Peter Rabbit toy.
‘I don’t know if I can do it,’ Clara said. ‘What are we going to gain from it? Are you wanting to keep stuff?
‘There’s a part of me that wants to put my hand in the bag and just grab something and try to get used to it, just to try to make myself keep them.’
Jason, who won a Bafta for The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, said: ‘The fact that it’s so physical, it’s such a physical thing. It’s the closest you can get to having her with us.’
The couple allowed cameras to document their journey as they prepare to move out of the flat where their daughter was born, and later died.
Scenes, which were interspersed with photos and home videos of Maude, showed them attending therapy for the first time together, with Clara revealing she can still feel the weight of her daughter from the car journey to hospital.
They were also seen comforting their son Gilbert, 11, who got tearful while visiting a bench in memory of the sister he never knew.
Awful: Clara, a fashion designer, broke down in tears as she unzipped a bag containing a pair of her daughter's 'little shoes', while Jason picked out a Peter Rabbit toy
'I don't know if I can do it,' Clara said. 'What are we going to gain from it? Are you wanting to keep stuff?
The couple have campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness for sepsis, with Jason attending a ground breaking training programme at Kings College Hospital which attempts to teach medical professionals how to detect signs.
Visiting the morgue and coroners court, Jason said: ‘This is the most difficult
