Deadline (1995 TV series)
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- Bernard Hall
- Leanne Pooley
- Mark Sayer-Wade
- Tolga Kashif
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| Genre | Documentary |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6[1] |
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| Editor | Stuart Briggs |
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| Production company | Real Life Productions |
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| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 20 March – 1 May 1995 |
Deadline is a British fly-on-the-wall documentary series following the journalists at Yorkshire Television's local news service, Calendar. It was broadcast as a series of six episodes on Channel 4 from 20 March to 1 May 1995 as part of its Whose News? season.[2]
Yorkshire Television agreed to allow access to Channel 4's fly-on-the-wall documentary series following ITN's refusal to take part in the project.[3] Most of the Calendar team took part in the documentary rather than be accused of hypocrisy; Christa Ackroyd says, "how could I, a TV journalist whose job it is to persuade others to appear on camera, refuse to take part when the tables were turned?".[3]
The documentary crew spent three months following the newsgatherers at Yorkshire TV.[4] Some material was removed from the broadcast version. Journalist Alan Hardwick was captured making some, what The Guardian's media editor labels "fairly abusive", remarks about criminals.[3] Ackroyd reports that some people refused to sign release forms, and 'no filming' areas were established.[3]
Yorkshire TV were unhappy at the documentary's press release, which began: "Coming up in just a moment, the biggest petunia in the world – and the man whose grown it. But first, the Bradford murder." Channel 4 thought that the sentence reflected Calendar's diverse content, but Yorkshire were concerned that it made them look silly. The press was requested not to use the offending words.[3]
Episodes
The first episode focussed upon the media coverage of the disappearance of schoolgirl Lindsay Rimer in November 1994,[2] whose body was recovered shortly after the episode was broadcast.[5] This first episode also covered more trivial stories, such as the launch of a new cheese, and a live interview with Coronation Street actress Lynne Perrie, who was promoting her autobiography.[2]