- Title: Deadline - Series 1
- Date: 10th April 1995
- Summary: AS DEADLINE'S BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT YORKSHIRE TELEVISION'S CALENDAR NEWSROOM CONTINUES, EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS UNFOLD WHEN STAFF IN THE NEWSROOM BECOME THE SUBJECT OF A NEWS STORY THEMSELVES. YTV MANAGEMENT THREATENS TO SACK ANYONE NOT AGREEING TO NEW WORKING PRACTICES - AND THE JOURNALISTS HAVE TO COMPILE A NEWS REPORT ON THEIR OWN DISPUTE WHILE TECHNICIANS GO HOME ONE BY ONE, AROUND THEM. AT THE SAME TIME, LINCOLN REPORTER ALAN AHRDWICK IS COVERING A PARTICULARLY VICIOUS MURDER IN THE CITY. HE SETS OUT TO INTERVIEW SHOCKED LOCAL RESIDENTS, AND SEASONS HIS EFFORTS WITH A LIBERAL DOSE OF JOURNALISTIC HEART-SEARCHING. IT'S A RARE TOUCH OF HUMANITY IN THE BRUTAL BUSINESS OF NEWSMAKING, CAPTURED DURING THREE MONTHS OF FILMING.
- 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 4
- Transmission Date:10/04/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s