Category: Daytime
Date: 02.12.2004
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More hard-hitting current affairs will be coming to Â鶹Éç ONE Daytime
this winter, in a new series examining the escalation in drug-use, prostitution
and porn in the UK.
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Britain's Streets Of Vice will look at the devastating impact
of drugs on communities, the link between drug abuse and prostitution,
how the porn industry is thriving in the internet age, and will follow
the stories of sex workers in London.
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The series will be produced in-house by Â鶹Éç Current Affairs, overseen
by executive producer Paul Woolwich.
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Announcing the commission, Controller of Â鶹Éç Daytime Alison Sharman
said: "There's a proven appetite among daytime viewers for gritty current
affairs on Â鶹Éç Daytime, as the success of our recent series has clearly
shown.
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"Britain's Streets Of Vice promises to be a surprising, informative
and controversial addition to the Â鶹Éç Daytime portfolio this winter."
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Â鶹Éç Director of TV, Jana Bennett, added: "Â鶹Éç's Current Affairs team
has produced some great and challenging daytime output this autumn:
both Britain's Secret Shame and Britain's Streets Of Poverty have been
real landmarks in the daytime schedule and I'm delighted that Â鶹Éç Daytime
is building on this success."
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Britain's Streets Of Vice will be presented by Sally Magnusson.
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The series producer is Louise Norman.
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Notes to Editors
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Â鶹Éç Current Affairs series commissioned by Â鶹Éç ONE Daytime over the
past two years have performed very well among daytime audiences.
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Britain's Secret Shame: Elderly Abuse (2003) - 1.7 million/29% share.
This series won an RTS award.
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Britain's Secret Shame: Bullying (2003) - 1.3 million/24% share.
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Britain's Secret Shame: Taking Liberties (2004) - 1.5 million/26%
share.
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Britain's Streets Of Crime (2003) - 1 million/26% share.
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Britain's Streets Of Poverty (November 2004) - 1.1 million/27% share
(live figure).
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