In Cold Blood Nominated for a Grierson Award

Having been shortlisted for two categories at the 2021 Grierson Awards, very pleased to announce that In Cold Blood has got through to the final round of Nominations for Best Current Affairs. Congratulations to all the team and of course all the nominees.

  • Marcus Plowright, Celia Watson, Diene Petterle, Nina Davies, Leigh Brzeski & Alex Parsons

  • Darlow Smithson Productions – ITV

This new 90-minute feature-length documentary for ITV's Exposure strand examines the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history. In the 1970s, a new treatment for haemophilia known as Factor VIII was prescribed on the NHS. It infected over 1,300 people with HIV, more than 4,000 people with Hepatitis C and killed more people than Grenfell, Hillsborough, 7/7 and the Birmingham bombings combined. Yet its scale and impact has until now been relatively understated in Britain.

In Cold Blood nominated for Amnesty International Media Award

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Very pleased to announce that In Cold Blood has been nominated for best documentary at this year’s Amnesty International Media Awards. Congratulations to all the team and big special thanks to Jason Evans and the Factor 8 Campaign.

The winners of this year’s awards will be announced at a virtual event on Wednesday 28 April.

The 11 award categories celebrate excellence in human rights journalism over the past year and applaud the courage and determination of journalists and editors who sometimes put their lives on the line to report on vital human rights issues.

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/amnesty-international-uk-media-awards-2021-finalists-announced