Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald
12:00 am - 01:00 am, Saturday, March 21 on U&W (25)
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About this Broadcast
Part two of two. The veteran broadcaster meets more inmates inside two of Indiana's most dangerous women's prisons. Among them are Dawn Hopkins, who was sentenced to life for murdering her three-month-old son, and Sarah 'Cindy' White, who was incarcerated as a teenager and will spend the rest of her life behind bars. The journalist also hears the remarkable story of Linda Darby who, after escaping from jail in 1972, spent the next 35 years on the run - before the law finally caught up with her
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Trevor McDonald
(Presenter)
Born:
August 16, 1939
in
Trinidad
Best Known For:
Being one of Britain's best-loved newsreaders.
Early-life:
Born George McDonald in Trinidad on August 16, 1939, he is the eldest of three children. His parents wanted them to be doctors, lawyers, engineers or famous cricketers. His sister became a lawyer in their home country and his brother is a radio broadcaster in Canada. McDonald claims he developed his famous speaking voice after listening to the BBC World Service as a child. His first journalism work was for local newspapers and a radio station in Trinidad.
Career:
McDonald joined the BBC World Service in London in 1969. He moved to ITN in 1973 and was the network's first black reporter. In the 1990s, he became the sole anchor of ITV's flagship News at Ten, travelled the globe and interviewed the famous and infamous, including Nelson Mandela, Saddam Hussein and President Clinton. He was knighted in 1999, the same year he launched ITV's Tonight With Trevor McDonald. He's also chaired the Nuffield Languages Inquiry into the future of language learning. He's received more awards than any other UK news broadcaster, and hosted chat show Trevor McDonald Meets... on ITV2. More recently, McDonald has presented a number of travel documentaries for ITV. Between 1995 and 2008, he was the presenter of the National Television Awards.
Quote:
'I frequently cry, especially when stories feature children of my son's age.'
Trivia:
Lenny Henry played a spoof version of McDonald, named Trevor McDonought, on the children's TV show Tiswas.
Stuart Cabb
(Director)
Lisa Keane
(Series producer)
