Exposure (British TV Series) on:  
[Wikipedia]  
[Google]  
[Amazon]
''Exposure'' is a current affairs strand, broadcast in the United Kingdom on the
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
network. The programme comprises long-form films, investigating and exploring domestic and foreign topics. Episodes are produced both by independent production companies and in-house by
ITV Studios
ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV network and third-party broadcas ...
. The average budget for a single edition is between £150,000 and £200,000.
The series was commissioned by
Peter Fincham
Peter Arthur Fincham (born 26 July 1956) is a British television producer and executive. From 2008 until 2016, he was the Director of Television for the ITV network. He was also formerly the Controller of BBC One, the primary television channel ...
, ITV's Director of Television, and is a sister show to year-round current affairs strand ''
Tonight
Tonight may refer to:
Television
* ''Tonight'' (1957 TV programme), a 1957–1965 British current events television programme hosted by Cliff Michelmore that was broadcast on BBC
* ''Tonight'' (1975 TV programme), a 1975–1979 British current ...
''. It made its debut on Monday 26 September 2011 – airing at 22.40, directly after ''
ITV News at Ten
''ITV News at Ten'' (or more commonly ''News at Ten'') is the flagship evening news programme on British television network ITV, produced by ITN and founded by news editor Geoffrey Cox in July 1967. The bulletin was the first permanent 30-mi ...
''. Since its launch, the programme has usually occupied this near-peak slot, but has also been shown as late as 23.10. On 3 March 2015, it made its only appearance to date in primetime, airing at 21.00.
The series was broadcast on Mondays in 2011 and Wednesdays in 2012. The 2013 series was billed as an eight-episode run (the longest to date), with five of the editions airing on consecutive Thursdays in their traditional autumn slots and the remaining three being broadcast as standalone episodes between February and July 2014.
In January 2014 it was announced that ITV would no longer air episodes in a series block, instead spreading them throughout the year. Independent producers expressed concern that this would result in fewer editions, but ITV said the changes allowed for a more flexible approach regarding delivery deadlines, which are often complicated by the need for legal clearance before broadcast.
The three standalone editions aired in early-mid 2014 as part of series 3 from 2013 effectively meant that there was no 2014 series of the strand. The programme began its first non-series run in January 2015.
Promotional trailers for individual editions are rare, but the strand itself featured in a promo for ITV's news and current affairs coverage (along with ''
ITV News
ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. ITV has a long tradition of television news. Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the network in 1955, and has since conti ...
'', ''
Tonight
Tonight may refer to:
Television
* ''Tonight'' (1957 TV programme), a 1957–1965 British current events television programme hosted by Cliff Michelmore that was broadcast on BBC
* ''Tonight'' (1975 TV programme), a 1975–1979 British current ...
'' and ''
The Agenda
''The Agenda with Steve Paikin'', or simply ''The Agenda'', is the flagship current affairs television program of TVOntario (TVO), Ontario's public broadcaster. Anchor Steve Paikin states that the show practices long-form journalism. Each hour- ...
'') in late 2012.
Series 1
Episode 1
*''Gaddafi and the IRA'' ''(Broadcast 26 September 2011)''
Colonel Gadaffi gave the IRA enough weapons to turn a militia into an army. ''Exposure's'' first film examines his support for the Republicans and investigates the continuing danger of his legacy. Narrated by
Paul McGann
Paul John McGann (; born 14 November 1959) is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the television serial ''The Monocled Mutineer'' (1986), then starred in the dark comedy ''Withnail and I'' (1987), which was a ...
.
In this episode, ITV mistakenly presented footage taken from the game ''
ArmA 2'' as footage of a 1988
IRA
Ira or IRA may refer to:
*Ira (name), a Hebrew, Sanskrit, Russian or Finnish language personal name
*Ira (surname), a rare Estonian and some other language family name
*Iran, UNDP code IRA
Law
*Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, US, on status of ...
attack. The broadcaster apologised, blaming human error. A spokesperson for ITV commented on the error and said:
"The events featured in Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA were genuine but it would appear that during the editing process the correct clip of the 1988 incident was not selected and other footage was mistakenly included in the film by producers. This was an unfortunate case of human error for which we apologise."
Episode 2
*''The Factory ''
Focusing on a city in Europe where the pollution is so bad, children struggle to breathe, DNA is damaged, and the vulnerable are forced indoors. This programme investigates the role played by a global multi-national.
Episode 3
*''Heart Hospital''
Episode 4
*''The World's Deadliest Arms Race''
Episode 5
*''On the Run''
Mark Williams-Thomas investigates
Episode 6
*''Heart Hospital''
Series 2
Episode 1
*''The British Way of Death '' ''(broadcast 26 September 2012)''
Undercover investigation which reveals disrespectful behaviour by British
funeral director
A funeral director, also known as an undertaker (British English) or mortician (American English), is a professional involved in the business of funeral rites. These tasks often entail the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as w ...
s.
Episode 2
*''The Other Side of Jimmy Savile'' ''(broadcast 3 October 2012)''
Former police officer
Mark Williams-Thomas investigates
sexual abuse
Sexual abuse or sex abuse, also referred to as molestation, is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another. It is often perpetrated using force or by taking advantage of another. Molestation often refers to an instance of sexual assa ...
of underage girls by
Jimmy Savile
Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile (; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including ''Top of the Pops'' and ''Jim'll Fix It''. During his lifetime, he was well known ...
. Five women (two of whom waived their right to anonymity) all state that they were assaulted or raped by Savile.
The programme was born out of an aborted investigation by the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
...
's ''
Newsnight
''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
'' in late 2011, on which Williams-Thomas had worked as a consultant, with reporter
Liz MacKean
Elizabeth Mary MacKean (30 November 1964 – 18 August 2017) was a British television reporter and presenter. She worked on the BBC's ''Newsnight'' programme and was the reporter on an exposé of Sir Jimmy Savile as a paedophile which was cont ...
and producer
Meirion Jones
Meirion Jones is a Welsh journalist. He worked for the BBC until 2015. He is now the Editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Former Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman described Jones as "a dogged journalist with that obsessional, sligh ...
.
Williams-Thomas took a leading role in the programme, having pitched a proposal to ITV after the BBC dropped the ''Newsnight'' investigation; he has praised MacKean and Jones for allowing him to do so.
He says he researched the piece as if he were running a police investigation and admits that he was worried that both he and the programme-makers would be heavily criticised if other victims hadn't come forward in the wake of the broadcast.
The piece came within the usual budget for ''Exposure'', costing around £170,000 for the ten-month investigation. It was broadcast in a later-than-usual timeslot of 23.15, but still attracted 2.5 million viewers (including time-shifted viewing) and a 23% audience share.
The edition won
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...
awards in 2013 in the Current Affairs (Home) and Scoop of the Year categories.
It was also given a
Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...
in 2012.
[72nd Annual Peabody Awards](_blank)
May 2013. The programme gave
ITV News
ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. ITV has a long tradition of television news. Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the network in 1955, and has since conti ...
a platform for extensive follow-up reports on the subject, which resulted in
ITN winning the News Coverage (Home) category in the RTS awards in 2013.
Although it would become the highest profile edition of the programme to date, this episode was broadcast at the later-than-usual time of 23.10.
Episode 3
*''No bribes please! We're British'' ''(broadcast 10 October 2012)''
Episode 4
*''Driven From Home'' ''(broadcast 17 October 2012)''
Residents forced out of an estate blighted by violence
Episode 5
*''Who cares in Britain's care homes?'' ''(broadcast 24 October 2012)''
Episode 6
*''Banaz: An Honour Killing'' ''(broadcast 31 October 2012)''
The story of
Banaz Mahmod
Banaz is a town and district of Uşak Province in the inner Aegean Region, Aegean region of Turkey. The mayor is Zafer Arpacı (Justice and Development Party (Turkey), AKP). Banaz district area neighbors those of two other districts of the same p ...
, who was 19 years old when she became the victim of a so-called
honour killing
An honor killing (American English), honour killing (Commonwealth English), or shame killing is the murder of an individual, either an outsider or a member of a family, by someone seeking to protect what they see as the dignity and honor of t ...
ordered by her own family. The programme features footage from a police interview with Banaz, who says she is being followed by members of the Kurdish community from which she originates, having walked out on an abusive forced marriage and pursued a relationship with another man.
The programme is a shorter version of the film ''
Banaz: A Love Story'', produced by
Fuuse
Fuuse is an independent music, arts and film production company founded by Norwegian artist, (film and music maker) Deeyah Khan.
Fuuse is an Emmy and Peabody award winning company based in Norway and specialises in creating music and film proje ...
Films created in collaboration with Hardcash Productions for ''Exposure''.
Banaz won a
Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...
and
International Emmy Award
The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based International Academy of Television Arts and S ...
in 2013,
but lost out to another ''Exposure'' film, ''The Other Side of Jimmy Savile'', at the
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...
Journalism Awards in 2013.
In view of the programme's content, a warning about ''"graphic discussion of rape and murder"'' was aired in the continuity announcement at the start of this edition; unusually, this warning was repeated after the first commercial break before the programme continued.
Episode 7
*''Exposure Update: The Jimmy Savile Investigation'' ''(broadcast 21 November 2012)''
Mark Williams-Thomas revisits his investigation into
Jimmy Savile
Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile (; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including ''Top of the Pops'' and ''Jim'll Fix It''. During his lifetime, he was well known ...
, which dominated the news in the weeks after it was broadcast. Set against a backdrop of the criminal and institutional investigations which had been launched in the intervening seven weeks, this programme features testimony from more victims and explores how Savile ingratiated himself with politicians and royalty. It also considers the question of how Savile was able to gain widespread access and power within NHS institutions, in spite of being unqualified for any of the roles which he purportedly fulfilled there.
The programme considers why charges were not brought against Savile after he was interviewed by
Surrey Police
Surrey Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Surrey in South East England.
The force is currently led by Chief Constable Gavin Stephens. Previously the force was led by Nick Ephgrave who left the force ...
in 2009; Williams-Thomas declares "for the record" during this segment of the programme that he used to work for the force.
Series 3
Episode 1
*''Predators Abroad'' ''(broadcast 2 October 2013)''
Mark Williams-Thomas investigates new concerns over British paedophiles in Cambodia.
Episode 2
*''Forced to Marry'' ''(broadcast 9 October 2013)''
UK
imam
Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...
s agree to perform underage marriages.
Episode 3
*''Britain's booming cannabis business'' ''(broadcast 16 October 2013)''
Conor Woodman
Conor Thomas Patrick Woodman (born 21 March 1974) is an Irish author and broadcaster, best known as the host of '' Scam City'' and ''Around the World in 80 Trades''.
Career
Woodman is a former financial analyst turned investigative journalist, ...
investigates the shift in the UK cannabis industry from commercial to home-grown production and reveals how this move towards small domestic units can result in growers encountering the kind of violent criminals whom they had tried to avoid by growing their own supply. The programme explores the extent of cannabis cultivation in the UK and shows how major dealers are generating their profits by operating multiple small-scale sites.
Episode 4
*''Undercover Colleges'' ''(broadcast 23 October 2013)''
An undercover investigation into the recruiting practices, administration and facilities at the Academy de London and
London School of Business and Finance
The London School of Business and Finance (informally LSBF) is a private business school in the United Kingdom, owned by the for-profit education corporate group Global University Systems. It was founded in 2003 by the entrepreneur Aaron Etinge ...
Episode 5
*''Too Late to Save Your Life'' ''(broadcast 30 October 2013)''
An investigation into the effectiveness of the UK's cancer screening programme, exploring how some testing regimes have better early diagnosis and detection rates than others.
Episode 6
*''Fashion Factories Undercover'' ''(broadcast 6 February 2014)''
An investigation uncovers pressures, abuse and violence - as well as locked fire doors and lies about health and safety - behind the closed doors of Dhaka's sweatshops. Presented by
Laura Kuenssberg
Laura Juliet Kuenssberg (born 8 August 1976) is a British journalist who currently presents the BBC's flagship Sunday morning politics show.
She succeeded Nick Robinson as political editor of BBC News in July 2015, and was the first woman to ...
, who had provided extensive coverage in the aftermath of the
Rana Plaza
The 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse (also referred to as the 2013 Savar building collapse or the Collapse of Rana Plaza) was a structural failure that occurred on 24 April 2013 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka District, Bangladesh, where an ...
factory disaster in April 2013 as ''
ITV News
ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. ITV has a long tradition of television news. Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the network in 1955, and has since conti ...
'' Business Editor. This programme was broadcast shortly after Kuenssberg had departed
ITN to rejoin the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
...
, but she made appearances on ''ITV News'' bulletins throughout the day, trailing the edition. It was the first standalone edition in what had been billed as an eight-episode run when the series returned in autumn 2013.
This edition was produced by