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2010. - The new year began with an update of our film on Alzheimer's, presented by Fiona Phillips. The Mirror ran a two page spread on Fiona's story, centred on her struggle to keep her dad, who suffers from the disease, living independently in her flat. Broadcast Magazine announced that our film Inside Israel's UK Lobby had been the most acclaimed Channel 4 film of 2009, with more than four hundred messages of support and praise sent to the Channel. Read more: Broadcast Magazine: C4 Dispatches doc wins most praise in 2009, 13 January, 2010.
Upcoming in the next few months are two major - and so far very hush hush - undercover investigations, and a wide range of foreign and domestic current affairs projects.
older news…
Hardcash was shortlisted for Best Documentary in the the Mental Health in Media Awards in November. In the same month, our Dispatches investigation, Inside Britain's Israel Lobby, by journalist Peter Oborne, attracted wide attention in the broadsheet press and triggered a lively debate both in print and on the net.
For the second successive year, Hardcash has been nominated for the Royal Television Society Journalism Awards. Last year it was Undercover Mosque for the Home Current Affairs category - this year it was Iraq's Lost Generation for the International Current Affairs category.
Also, David Henshaw has been honoured with a Fellowship by the Royal Television Society, to be presented on March 31st.
And, despite the grim economic forecasts, 2009 looks like being Hardcash's busiest year for some time.
In recent news, we are pleased to announce that Hardcash Productions and the "Undercover Mosque" programme have been totally vindicated by the Ofcom ruling after a formal complaint was put forward by the West Midlands Police in August 2007.
On May 15th 2008, Hardcash Productions and C4 received an official apology and compensation from West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution. The money has been donated to the Rory Peck Trust - a charity that helps families of freelance correspondents killed on assignment.
The apology was made at the High Court following broadcaster Channel 4's decision to launch libel proceedings against police and the CPS.
Further reading:
guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/18/islam.religion
Article by Nick Cohen, At last, an apology from foolish policemen, The Observer Sunday May 18 2008