Amanda Abbington considered suicide after her 16-year relationship with Martin Freeman ended.

The 49-year-old actress – who has Joe, 17, and Grace, 15, with her former partner – was left feeling a "mess" after the 2016 break-up and was spurred on to seek help from a therapist after hitting rock bottom because she "hated" herself.

Speaking on the Full Disclosure podcast about what she's now kinder to herself, she said: "It was breaking up with Martin and then realising I needed to sort myself out because I was a bit of a mess. I hated myself.