POISONED (working title)

POISONED (working title)

Channel 4   –   2x 1hr

Premiering at SHEFFIELD DOCFEST ’25

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An investigation into the death of a young British man sparks a global hunt for the individual selling hundreds of young people lethal poison.

A gripping investigation by journalist James Beal, Deputy Investigations Editor at The Times, into the death of a young man, Tom Parfett, who died by ingesting a lethal poison which he had bought online.

The investigation leads to James to partner with bereaved parents across the globe to uncover the identity of an online poison seller, who has since been arrested and accused of sending over 1,000 packages of poison to young people across the globe.

The series is based on original articles by James Beal and the accompanying award-winning Times’ podcast and features powerful and devasting testimony from the families of victims exposing the dangers, and lack of regulation, of online suicide forums against the backdrop of a global mental health epidemic.


Production:  Wonderhood Studios
Executive Producers:  Samantha Anstiss, James Beale
Director & Producer:  Joy Ash
Commissioning Editors:  Anna Miralis, Simon Lee
Composer:  Johnny Yates

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OLD, ALONE & STUCK AT HOME

OLD, ALONE & STUCK AT HOME

Channel 4   –   1hr

As the country prepares for the easing of lockdown, Old, Alone & Stuck at Home tells the stories of the elderly and vulnerable people self-isolating during the crisis for whom lockdown may endure for many more months. Charting their lives as they bunker down for the long-haul, it captures the unfolding dilemmas they face. Featuring people from all over the nation, filmed on location and by the people themselves, their stories convey with warmth, sadness and flashes of humour the immense challenge of being especially vulnerable in the midst of a pandemic. As the film unfolds, it reveals the hidden fault-line in British society between the vulnerable and the healthy, taking viewers poignantly into the lives of people for whom survival is going to be the hardest battle of all. Old, Alone & Stuck at Home is a wake-up call to the nation about the people who will be affected for many months to come.  

Narrator:  Imelda Staunton
Production:  Rogan Productions
Director / Producer:  Nick Green & Angie Mason
Executive Producers:  James Rogan
DoP:  Charlie Laing

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