LONDON — It is rare that a television program involving football makes you feel so uncomfortable that you turn it off.

"Surviving Gazza," Channel 4's documentary about Paul Gascoigne, was painful viewing. Documentary maker David Clews entered the Gascoignes' lives after Paul was released having spent six weeks sectioned under the mental health act.

It was excruciating fly-on-the-wall viewing and after 30 minutes I could take no more.