- Title: Deadline - Series 1
- Date: 20th March 1995
- Summary: FILMED OVER 3 MONTHS, DEADLINE CHARTS LIFE BEHIND THE SCENES AT YORKSHIRE TELEVISION'S CALENDAR NEWS CENTRE. IN THIS SPECIALLY EXTENDED FIRST EPISODE, THE NEWS TEAM RACE THE CLOCK IN PURSUIT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY RANGE OF STORIES. THE HOME OF A MISSING TEENAGER IS STAKED OUT UNTIL THE DISTRAUGHT PARENTS FINALLY AGREE TO AN INTERVIEW - THE RESULT IS HEARTBREAKING. CALENDAE'S BRASSY PRESENTER, CHRISTA ACKROYD CLIMBS ABOARD A WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE VAN FOR A DAWN RAID ON FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS, AND THE IRRESPRESIBLE LYNNE PERRIE PREPARES TO JOIN ANCHORMAN RICHARD WHITELEY ON THE SOFA FOR A HEART-TO-HEART ABOUT LEAVING CORONATION STREET. AT TWO MINUTES TO ON-AIR, SHE DECIDES TO CHANGE HER DRESS.
- 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 1
- Transmission Date:20/03/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s