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Summary:DEADLINE'S RELENTLESS REVEALING PORTRAIT OF HOW NEWS IS MADE CONTINUES THIS WEEK WITH A BIZARRE MIX OF STORIES BEING COVERED BY YTV'S CALENDAR NEWS TEAM. IN BETWEEN MURDERS, MISSING GOATS AND NINE-YEAR-OLD GYMNASTS, WE GET TO KNOW THE PROGRAMME'S MAIN PRESENTERS - RICHARD WHITELEY (OF COUNTDOWN FAME) AND CHRISTA ACKROYD, WHOSE ENTERTAINING ACCOUNT OF THE TROUBLES OF STARDOM IS SURPRISINGLY SELF-EFACING. FOR COUNTDOWN FANS, THERE'S THE ADDED BONUS OF A PEEP INTO WHITELEY'S DRESSING ROOM AND A GUIDED TOUR OF HIS MOST EXCRUCIATING JACKETS. SHOT OVER THREE MONTHS. DEADLINE CAPTURES THE UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE THAT CHARACTERISES REGIONAL NEWS PROGRAMMES THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE COUNTRY.
Description:RESEARCH FOR DOCUMENTARY SOAP ON DAILY STRIFE IN THE NEWSROOM OF YORKSHIRE TELEVISION'S EVENING NEWS PROGRAMME.