Jason Watkins has spoken candidly about the heartbreaking loss of his daughter, 15 years after her death.

The actor and his wife Clara lost their two year old to sepsis in 2011. Jason tragically discovered his daughter, who had been unwell with flu, deceased in her bed on New Year's Day. Despite two hospital visits, Maude's flu symptoms concealed the sepsis and her condition remained undiagnosed.

Following her death, Jason has been campaigning to raise awareness of the devastating silent killer. Alongside Clara, the couple have discussed their grief openly and produced an ITV documentary, Jason and Clara: In Memory of Maude, in 2023.

And during an appearance on Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh on Sunday (May 10), Jason discussed the "journey of pain" he and his family have experienced since her death.

TV star Jason - who shares daughter Bessie and son Gilbert with his wife - told host Alan that he was attending an event in parliament shortly to discuss sepsis and the care of sepsis, reports the Mirror.

He added: "I have such a personal story, and I hope people connect with that." Jason then made a poignant admission, revealing: "My journey of pain, and my daughter Maude, and Clara my wife, my family what we've endured, I hope people connect with that."

Meanwhile in 2023, Jason and Clara appeared on Giovanna Fletcher's Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast to discuss the tragic loss of their child. Clara said: "I've always felt with Maude, she was just unlucky.

"You know, another child may have gone to AandE and they've had a consultant there who has gone 'I think this could be sepsis' and their child is alive.

"I think it's important to say, some parents are listened to. I do believe it to be luck. That makes it so much more painful to me because this is a death that could have been avoided."

She went on to say: "Why didn't I scream at shout at the hospital and demand they keep her there? I failed at the thing I was supposed to be doing, I was supposed to keep her alive."

Sepsis is the body's extreme reaction to infection and can present with symptoms that include: confusion or disorientation, shortness of breath, high heart rate, fever, or shivering, extreme pain or discomfort, and clammy or sweaty skin.

Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh airs every Sunday at 9:30am