{"id":10869,"date":"2026-10-28T19:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=10869"},"modified":"2026-10-28T19:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:01:27","slug":"the-one-about-matthew-perry-netflix-where-peter-hitchens-is-now-after-newsnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/10\/28\/the-one-about-matthew-perry-netflix-where-peter-hitchens-is-now-after-newsnight\/","title":{"rendered":"What Peter Hitchens is up to now after Matthew Perry utterly owned him on Newsnight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The One About Matthew Perry has landed on Netflix, and it covers one of the late Friends<\/a> star\u2019s most memorable TV interviews – when Perry completely destroyed Peter Hitchens on Newsnight for his outdated view on addiction. <\/span><\/p>\n

The new Netflix documentary series is a beautiful and tragic love letter to the life of Matthew Perry<\/a>, who tragically died on October 28, 2023, at the age of 54. The actor had spent a lifetime battling addiction, something he was candid about in his 2022 memoir Friends<\/a>, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

It does also cover the circumstances around his death, which was found to be the \u201cacute effects of ketamine\u201d and subsequent drowning. And that includes the five people – including Perry\u2019s live-in personal assistant – who were charged and sentenced in relation to supplying the drug to him. <\/span><\/p>\n

But, for the most part, it focuses on the incredible work Perry achieved throughout his life, especially when it came to helping those also struggling with addiction. <\/span><\/p>\n

What happened during Matthew Perry\u2019s Newsnight appearance<\/h2>\n

As part of this, The One About Matthew Perry<\/a> shows a brief clip from a 2013 episode of the BBC show Newsnight about addiction. <\/span><\/p>\n