Adoption documentary prompts statement for reform by CSJ
16th December 2011
Gavin Poole, Executive Director, of the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has issued a statement following advance viewing of The Truth About Adoption, a Panorama Special by Films of Record. The programme aired on BBC One, Wednesday 14th December 2011 at 9pm.
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Panorama Special - The Truth About Adoption
Wednesday 14 December 2011 - 9pm
Panorama Special for BBC1 Films of Record followed six children in Coventry waiting to be adopted over 6 months. Some have waited five years. Others were returned after 3 years with a prospective family. This film is the first to address adoption breakdown. The children’s pain and longing is tangible
First Cut: Sex, Lies and Parkinson's
Friday 12th August, 7.35pm, Channel 4
Oliver Cheetham's First Cut film meets Vicki, a mother-of-two diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's, as she deals with her condition and the effect her medication is having on her life
Storyville: Amnesty! When They Are All Free
TX: BBC4 31st May at 21:00
Amnesty! When They Are All Free takes an unprecedented look into the world of Amnesty International as it approaches its fiftieth anniversary.
Dispatches: The Truth About Going Under The Knife
TX: Channel 4 16th May 2011 at 20:00
There are thousands of medical devices on the market, from sticking plasters and wheelchairs to artificial hips and pacemakers. Worldwide, the industry is worth over £200 billion a year. But how well regulated are these devices? In a joint investigation with the medical journal, BMJ, Dispatches looks at three types of devices put in the hip, heart and head. Weighing up the benefits and risks, Deborah Davies asks if the current system needs to be changed to give better protection to patients and doctors.
Panorama: Kids in Care
TX: BBC1 5th October 2010 at 21:00
Since Baby P there has been a 40% increase in the number of children taken into care by the state. There are now 70,000 children being ‘looked after’ in the system. What happens to them? Can the system offer them a better life?
Storyville: The Trouble With Pirates
TX: BBC4 13th September 2010 at 22:00
The Trouble with Pirates tells the story of the piracy explosion with unique access to the coastal towns of war-torn Somalia, the boardrooms of the City of London, the operation hubs on board warships in the Gulf of Aden and the heartbreak of a hostage situation gone wrong.
Panorama: A Risk Worth Taking?
TX: BBC1 6th September 2010 at 20:30
We're in the grip of a diabetes epidemic. The NHS spent more than half a billion pounds on medication for it last year. Patients trust that these drugs are safe but does one come with a hidden cost to health? Shelley Jofre investigates the rise and fall of Avandia and asks whether the medicines regulator is putting the drug industry's interests before patients.
Great Ormond Street
TX: BBC2 from 6th April 2010 at 21:00
This intimate and moving observational series is truly ground breaking in the genre of medical human interest documentaries. With unique access to the private deliberations of medical teams and patients, it follows the life and death decision making of some of the world’s top teams of consultants at the highly respected Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Who Needs Fathers?
TX: BBC2 from 31st March 2010 at 21:00
Twenty years ago, the Children Act was hailed as enlightened legislation. In a major documentary series for BBC2, Films of Record examines whether the law is actually reducing the anguish for separating couples and their children. Following families as they put their access agreements to the test, After The Break explores the impact of the family courts on people’s lives. For many, the judge’s decision is only the beginning.
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