Archive for July, 2024

  • Children kept overnight in police cells 50,000 times a year

    Children kept overnight in police cells 50,000 times a year

    Under 16s are kept overnight in police cells more than 50,000 times every year in Britain. Channel 4 News Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel reports on plans to reduce the figures. © Hardcash Productions for Channel 4 News (2011)

  • Getting Away with Murder – The Killing of Mary Gough

    Getting Away with Murder – The Killing of Mary Gough

    When 27-year-old Mary Gough is found dead in her home in a Dublin suburb, what appears to be a tragic accident turns into one of the most astonishing murder cases in living memory © ITN Productions for Five (2022)

  • Drug Lords: The Takedown

    Drug Lords: The Takedown

    Detectives recount how they investigated, hunted down and brought to justice Edgar Valdez Villareal aka ‘Barbie’, one of the world’s most dangerous international drugs traffickers and the only US citizen ever to become the leader of a Mexican cartel. “…a grimly compelling story, constructed with great flair.” – Simon Raikes, Comm Editor, National Geographic Channel © Beyond Productions Australia for National Geographic Channel (2023)