Commissions
Greenlit: Lifesavers, Channel 4
Lifesavers w/t (1 x 60′) – Follows the work of a hand-picked group of police officers who are tasked with the ultimate challenge – rushing to the scene of potential suicides and trying to persuade desperate people that life is worth living. British suicide rates are the highest they’ve been for more than a decade. On average, someone in the UK takes their own life every 78 minutes.
Across the country, approximately 200 men and women have the job of fighting back against what has been described as a ‘silent epidemic’. They are Police Negotiators, regular officers from any rank, specially selected for their interpersonal skills, who are tasked with persuading desperate people that life is worth living. Capturing first-hand the extraordinary lengths they go to in order to save lives, this film reveals the pressure of their work where their negotiations can quite literally mean the difference between life and death.
Channel: Channel 4
Producer: Minnow
TX: Summer 2016
Source: Channel 4 press release
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