The second episode of Protecting Our Children aired on Monday night on BBC2. Whilst it suffered from some of the same faults as the first part, since the rounding up of the story was finished with subtitles this was slightly less of a hatchet job on the family concerned (though of course this could be…
This was the follow-up from a story regarding a sex offender who had fled to Spain and whose wife was later accused of murdering their two children. He has since committed suicide following his re-extradition back to the UK. You can read about it at the Daily Mail here. – CBG
The BBC’s previous child protection documentary series focused on the police trying to detect and apprehend child abusers. This time, the programme makers follow a team of social workers and the general modern child protection structure starting in the home. Episode one showed us selected events over nearly a year in their attempt to help…
A man who worked for both the BBC and Independent Television (ITV) has been jailed for his abuse of teenage girls up to 30 years ago. The Guardian has the main story here although sentencing will be announced at the beginning of March 2012, and most likely take into account time served. – CBG
The first series of Coppers was excellent and worthy of awards. It gave a fly-on-the-wall view of modern English policing with pieces to camera from the officers themselves. Unfortunately the programme makers decided to adopt a joking tone for the start of its second series in the style of highly edited reality show programmes from…
Corey Feldman gave updated interviews to the media at the beginning of the British reality show Dancing on Ice. Since the article for The Sun may go behind a paywall at a later date, the Daily Mail’s version is here. – CBG
