Hi there,
I just wanted to post on this site as I'm a researcher for a TV production company, called True North Productions. We’re a Leeds based company, with a lot of experience of making important crime and observational documentaries with sensitivity and integrity. We’ve made shows for broadcasters all over the world, including the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Five, National Geographic, Discovery, Sky and The History Channel.
At the moment, we’re currently producing a new six part crime documentary series entitled ‘Not For Release’. Britain’s prisons and secure hospitals are full of cold-blooded killers, evil psychopaths and the criminally insane, whose shocking, murderous exploits left a trail of death and destruction behind them. However there are 34 men and one woman, whom the Government insist will die behind bars. Within the judicial system, they’re referred to as “NFR”, or “Not For Release”. Throughout each film we will explore who are the members of this exclusive list of barbaric killers, what were their terrible crimes - and why are they considered so dangerous, that they can never be allowed to walk Britain’s streets again, even when they’re old and infirm?
One of the cases we're looking to feature is the case of Trevor Hardy, so we've very keen to speak to any family members of Janet, Wanda and Sharon. Please be aware we are a long standing Yorkshire TV company, who are not looking to sensationalise this case in anyway or glorify Trevor Hardy. The film's main focus is to explore why criminals like Hardy, should remain behind bars for the rest of their lives and understand why it is necessary.
True North have produced a large number of crime documentaries, including three Panorama specials and countless “real crime” shows and like any programme we make, we will tell the story from a neutral, unbiased perspective - we are looking to tell the facts surrounding the case tastefully and respectfully, but also to remember Janet, Wanda and Sharon for the people they were.
If any family and friends, would be happy to speak to me, please feel free to contact me via
[email protected] or alternatively via 0113 394 5489
If you’d like to check me out first – which I perfectly understand – please feel free to call True North’s Chief Executive, Glyn Middleton, on 0113 394 5494.
Please also find a link to our company website where you can find examples of our work: www.truenorth.tv
Many thanks to everyone for taking the time to read this.
Sandy