Productions

DISPATCHES: MPS- ARE THEY STILL AT IT?
Two years after the MPs expenses scandal, Dispatches examines whether our parliamentarians are still abusing the system. The investigation discovers a system still with problems and a lack of transparency, while unearthing evidence that some MPs are still cashing in.
1 x 30 minutes for Channel 4
Presenter: Antony Barnett
Producer Director: Katherine Churcher
Producer: Charles Young
Executive Producer: Geoff Atkinson

DISPATCHES: SECRETS OF THE TAXMAN
An undercover report partly filmed in the Channel Islands presents new revelations about HMRC, the body responsible for clamping down on tax avoidance.
1 x 30 minutes for Channel 4
Presenter: Antony Barnett
Producer Director: Katherine Churcher
Executive Producer: Geoff Atkinson

GETTING ON: SERIES 3
Getting On returns for a third series to give us a checkup with the world of the modern NHS. Den, Pippa and Kim have moved to ward K2 at St Jude’s, and although the surroundings may have changed, it’s refreshing to know that the same old problems, patients, and flaws remain.
6 x 30 minutes for BBC4
Written by and Starring Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Joanna Scanlan
Director: Sue Tully
Producer: Geoff Atkinson

DISPATCHES: HOW TO BUY A FOOTBALL CLUB
With a Select Committee looking into the state of football and growing calls for reform, an undercover investigation by Dispatches finds out who wants to own the beautiful game and reveals how ex players and foreign businessmen are prepared to circumvent the rules, to cash in on a sport that’s in financial freefall.
1 x 48 minutes for Channel 4
Presenter: Alex Thomson
Producer: Richard Sanders
Executive Producer: Geoff Atkinson

DISPATCHES: SELLING OFF BRITAIN
Krishnan Guru-Murthy presents a live Dispatches special on what Britain owes. We ask: should we sell off the family silver to pay off our national debt? Using a mix of VTs, live studio debate and audience interaction in the studio and at home, we reveal the true state of Britain’s assets and ask the public to vote on what they think we should flog off to pay off our debt.
1 x 48 minutes for Channel 4
Presenter: Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Producer: Krisztina Katona
Executive Producers: Elizabeth Clough & Geoff Atkinson
DISPATCHES: CASHING IN ON DEGREES
Against the background of the recent hike in tuition fees, Dispatches investigates the people who are making a fortune out of British universities and asks if a degree still offers value for money.
1 x 48 minutes for Channel 4
Reporter: Laurie Penny
Producer/Director: Lesley Gardiner
Executive Producer: Geoff Atkinson

DISPATCHES: POLITICIANS FOR HIRE
In the aftermath of the expenses scandal, Dispatches examines the parachute payments, pensions and potential earnings of MPs once they step off one gravy train and onto a hopefully bigger one. Are these further examples that call MPs behaviour to account?
1 x 48 minutes for Channel 4
Reporter: Antony Barnett
Producer/Director: Pip Clothier
Executive Producer: Geoff Atkinson

DISPATCHES: ELECTION UNCOVERED
In this Dispatches, journalist Ben Laurance follows the General Election campaign, questioning how democratic the process is and trying to get beneath the stage-managed veneer.
1 x 48 minutes for Channel 4
Reporter: Ben Laurance
Producer/Director: Louise Turner
Executive Producer: Geoff Atkinson

GETTING ON: SERIES 2
Getting On returns for 6 half hour episodes that glimpse inside a world a million miles away from traditional hospital dramas. This is the dull, dreary, dog end of the health service with paperwork to fill, bottoms to wipe, and the drama played out in a thousand tiny acts of revenge and kindness. Getting On shines a light on the way workplace relationships play out and maps out the life of a hospital through six shifts (five day and one night) on B4 ward.
6 x 30 minutes for BBC4
Written by and Starring Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Joanna Scanlan
Director: Peter Capaldi
Producer: Geoff Atkinson

BREMNER, BIRD & FORTUNE: THE DAILY WIND-UP
With voter frenzy at fever pitch, and the electorate orgasmic and slavering at the prospect of finally being allowed to play their part in the closest and longest and dirtiest election for years, Rory returns to the screens for a timely and much needed take on the whole affair. Recorded as live, nightly, the shows feature Rory, the two Johns, Chris Addison, Sarah Brown and Samantha Cameron (open casting call gone out), and the very best of the guests from Rory’s pre-election roadshow.
3 x 46 minutes for Channel 4
Directors: Chris Fox & Sean Hardie
Producer: Geoff Atkinson

