News Archive
Olympic Tickets for Sale: A Dispatches Special
Monday 13 February 2012 - 8pm Channel 41.8 million British people applied for tickets and the vast majority were disappointed. In this Blakeway Production for Channel 4 Antony Barnett investigates who got the tickets and for what events.
Benidrom ER
Series begins 11 January 2012 - 8pm, Channel 5A warm observational documentary series exclusively accessing Hospital Clinica Benidorm. With a busy staff of 280, the six hour-long programmes follow the doctors, nurses, ambulance teams and of course the many British holidaymakers and ex-pats whose unpredictable medical dramas keep the hospital busy.
King George and Queen Mary: The Royals who rescued the Monarchy
3 & 4 January - 9pm BBC2Two-part series for BBC2 provides an insight into the lives of George V and Queen Mary, revealing their lasting influence on Britain's monarchy
Mighty be their Powers: Three Women's Struggle for Peace
30 December 2011 - 16.00 on Radio 4Bridget Kendall profiles the three female human rights activists awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman.
Backstage Tales
9 December 2011 - BBC Radio 4, 11amMidge Ure goes backstage into the bizarre world of the music tour. He hears stories from the artists and the army of crew who put the show on the road. With Jason Donovan, Boy George, Kim Wilde, Belinda Carlisle and Martin Kemp.
Blakeway wins Best Children’s Programme at the Royal Television Society (RTS) North West's annual awards.
22nd November 2011For the second year running Blakeway North triumphed at the RTS North West 's annual awards held on Saturday 19th November 2011. Winning Best Children's programme with My Life: Staying Awake for CBBC.
Archive on 4 - Remembrance
12 November 2011 - at 8pm BBC Radio 4Denys Blakeway tells the story of the Act of Remembrance and asks why Remembrance Day has become so important to modern Britain. There are now no living survivors of the First World War, yet Remembrance Day has gained a new and powerful significance in the nation's life.
The Mysterious Mr Mercury
12 November 2011 at 10.30amBlakeway radio for BBC Radio 4. One of the most flamboyant showmen in the history of British rock, in private Freddie Mercury was notoriously shy. To mark the 20th anniversary of his death, Midge Ure goes in search of the real Freddie Mercury
Dispatches: Britain's Rubbish
Monday 10th October 2011, Channel 4 8pmDispatches lifts the lid on Britain's bins and asks what the plan is to tackle the country's growing rubbish problem.
Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters
Wednesday 14th September 2011, BBC 4 9pmTom Holland goes on a journey of discovery to explore the fascinating ways in which our ancestors sought to explain the remains of dinosaurs and other giant prehistoric creatures, and how bones and fossils have shaped and affected human culture.
Cancer Trials: Behind The Scenes at The Christie
7 & 21 August, 8pm BBC Radio 5 Live - 2 part seriesHow the Christie's new Clinical Trials Unit is leading a golden age in cancer research
C4 reworks Dispatches evidence for news bulletin
7th July 2011Blakeway Productions provides content for Channel 4 News in reference to the hacking scandal.
Abused: breaking the silence
21 June 2011 - 22.35 BBC OneIn 2009, over a hundred former pupils from two Catholic prep schools discovered they had all suffered terrible abuse at school. Now men in their fifties and sixties they want the truth to come out
Dispatches: Conservation's Dirty Secrets
20 June 2011 - 8pmBlakeway production for Channel 4. Dispatches reporter Oliver Steeds travels the globe to investigate the conservation movement
Cutting Edge: Breaking a Female Paedophile Ring
24th May 2011In 2009 one of Britain’s biggest child abuse investigations began. With unprecedented access to the case files, this film explores how Britain’ most notorious paedophile ring was created, how mothers became abusers, and how detectives smashed it wide open. Watch trailer
My Life: Staying Awake
BBC 1, 4.30pm Thursday 28th April 2011Staying awake in school just got harder - Harry, Kailan and Luke fall asleep uncontrollably many times a day. This film charts what life is like for children with narcolepsy and follows them meeting other sufferers for the very first time.
Churchill's Other Lives
Radio 4, Starts 3.45pm Monday 14th March 2011This series, presented by Sir David Cannadine, will examine 10 lesser know themes which are crucial to a fuller understanding of the most extraordinary individual ever to occupy No. 10 Downing Street.
Dispatches: Britain's Secret Fat Cats
Channel 4, 8pm Monday 14th March 2011Dispatches investigates whether the beneficiaries of the government's cuts are in fact private outsourcing companies. Financial journalist Ben Laurance looks at whether the coalition's keystone policy, the Big Society, may actually benefit big business, while the public and voluntary sectors feel the pinch of austerity Britain.
My Life: Staying Awake
BBC 2, 11.15am Saturday 12th March 2011Staying awake in school just got harder - Harry, Kailan and Luke fall asleep uncontrollably many times a day. This film charts what life is like for children with narcolepsy and follows them meeting other sufferers for the very first time.
Dispatches: Tabloids' Dirty Secrets
3rd February 2011In the wake of the resignation of the Downing Street's head of communications Andy Coulson, Dispatches charts the unfolding events in the phone hacking scandal.
Dispatches: Fish Unwrapped
Saturday 15th January 2011, 7.05 pm Channel 4As part of the The Big Fish Fight season on Channel 4 championing sustainable seafood, Dispatches investigates the fish sold on Britain’s high street to find out where it is sourced, how it is processed and what is actually in it
Blakeway North Wins RTS Award
North West Award for Best Current Affairs ProgrammeBlakeway North wins Best Current Affairs programme award 2010 for BBC2 series Future of Food. Executive Producer Sarah Murch, Series Producer Gareth Williams, Production Manager Alison Lewis.
Riding Europe's Gravy Train
Monday 15th November 2010, 8pm Channel 4Dispatches reveals that, despite the worldwide credit crunch, it's still possible to get rich out of Europe.
Renaissance Revolution
Saturday 16th October 2010, 9pm BBC 2This is no ordinary art series. Renaissance Revolution employs the very latest digital technology to present a stunning new way for viewers to enjoy these paintings on the screen. Matthew Collings examines how three of the greatest Renaissance paintings were created.
How the MOD Wastes our Billions
Monday 20th September 2010, 8pm Channel 4Britain's £42 billion defence budget puts it in the top four in the world so why do we appear to be struggling to support just 10,000 frontline troops?
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