- Title: Deadline - Series 1
- Date: 27th March 1995
- Summary: THIS REVEALING BEHIND-THE-SCENES SCRUTINY OF NEWS CONTINUES WHEN YORKSHIRE TV'S POLITICAL TEAM ARRIVES I BLACKPOOL FOR THE LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE. RICHARD WHITELEY (OF COUNTDOWN FAME) IS THERE TO INTERVIEW THE STARS, AND THERE ARE FIREWORKS WHEN A SATELLITE LINK FAILS AND PRODUCER CHARLOTTE MILLIGAN GOES INTO ORBIT WITH MINUTES TO ON-AIR. BACK AT YTV LEEDS HEADQUARTERS, A DIABETIC MAN HAS DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY FOLLOWING A MINOR TRAFFIC OFFENCE AND HIS DISTRAUGHT FAMILY ARE FACING THE CAMERAS FOR THE FIRST TIME. MEANWHILE, WE SEE THE HUMAN FACE OF NEWS IN THE SHAPE OF LINCOLN REPORTER, ALAN HARDWICK, WHO'S GIVING A STORY ABOUT A NEW GOURMET PIG FOOD HIS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION - WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS.
- 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 2
- Transmission Date:27/03/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s