- Title: Deadline - Series 1
- Date: 1st May 1995
- Summary: IN THIS FINAL EPISODE OF DEADLINE, WHICH GOES BEHIND-THE-SCENES AT YORKSHIRE TV'S CALENDAR NEWSROOM, IT'S BUDGET DAY. THE WAY IN WHICH THE NEWS TEAM COVERS THIS AND OTHER STORIES OFFER A FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO HOW DEADLINES DOMINATE NEWS COVERAGE. BACK AT THE LEEDS HQ, IT'S ONE LONG RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK AS JOUNRALISTS AND TECHNICIANS STRUGGLE ENDLESSLY TO FILL THEIR BULLETINS. TONIGHT, ONE ARDENT REPORTER WATCHES A STORY COLLAPSE ABOUT HIS EARS WITH MINUTES TO ON-AIR, AND ANOTHER RACES TO WALES WHEN A BIG STORY BREAKS AND THEN WORKS FOR 36 HOURS WITH ONLY THREE HOURS' SLEEP. MEANWHILE, ANCHORMAN RICHARD WHITELEY (BETTER KNOWN AS COUNTDOWN PRESENTER) TAKES IT ALL WITH A PINCH OF SALT AND A GLASS OF WINE.
- Description:RESEARCH FOR DOCUMENTARY SOAP ON DAILY STRIFE IN THE NEWSROOM OF YORKSHIRE TELEVISION'S EVENING NEWS PROGRAMME.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:REAL LIFE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
- Programme Episode:Episode 6
- Transmission Date:01/05/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s