Will Hanrahan

William (Will) Hanrahan is a British television personality best known for working on BBC programs such as "Watchdog" and "Good Morning".cite web|url=http://www.hanrahanmedia.tv/profile_details.php?id=74|title=Will Hanrahan Profile|accessdate=2006-11-26] He has headed, since 1994, his own independent TV companycite web|url=http://www.hanrahanmedia.tv/|title=Hanrahan Media|accessdate=2006-11-26] and is also a law graduate with considerable experience in consumer and legal programming.cite web|url=http://www.hanrahanmedia.com/training.html|title=Hanrahan Media Training Page|accessdate=2006-11-26.]

Television and radio

Journalist, Documentary-maker and Factual TV specialist, Will Hanrahan is a native of Netherton, a suburban area of Liverpool, Merseyside, Will Hanrahan was schooled at St. Benet's and St. Mary's College in Crosby. He subsequently embarked on a long and distinguished career as a television journalist and received exceptional notice for reporting from the Rwandan Civil War. His live coverage of the barren existence in a refugee camp in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo led to a Royal Television Society nomination. He has also presented programs for the BBC, including serving as a reporter for BBC's "Watchdog", the Good Food Programme, Family Matters, On The Line and both the early and late-evening news. He co-presented the breakfast show "Good Morning".cite web|url=http://www.hanrahanmedia.tv/profile_details.php?id=74|title=Will Hanrahan Profile|accessdate=2006-11-26] as well as presenting for "Buyers Guide" and "Blue Chip" for BSkyB's .tv technology channel.cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010215040117/www.tvchannel.co.uk/tv_shows/presenters/hanrahan/|title=Will Hanrahan's archived [.tv] profile|accessdate=2001-02-02] and, in 2007, for the "Sunday Breakfast" show for BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire.cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2005/09/01/will_hanrahan_profile_qa_feature.shtml|title=Will Hanrahan's BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire profile|accessdate=2001-02-02] This brief spell on the radio echoed Hanrahan's earlier career on BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Five Live. Hanrahan's voice and reporting style continues to be heard on documentaries such as the 2008 'Suffolk Strangler' for Sky Television, the story of the serial killer, Stephen Wright. The programme marked Hanrahan's third major documentary for UK Television. His self-directed 'Dunblane - A Decade On' for Channel Five (re-versioned for Sky TV's Crime Investigation Network as Dunblane Remembered in 2008) [http://www.firstlooktv.co.uk] saw him return to the scene of one of the most tragic events to happen in post-war Britain; the massacre of schoolchildren by deranged gunman Thomas Hamilton. Hanrahan had covered the tragedy for BBC TV when it happened and, in returning to the town, he met some of those he interviewed only minutes after the awful events of March, 1996.

Hanrahan's eclectic programme credits betray a broad set of interests and abilities. Alongside his documentaries, he has produced entertainment programming such as the four-year ITV series, Star Lives, and the BBC Comedy Trexx and Flipside [http://www.bbc.co.uk/trexxandflipside] [http://www.trexxandflipside.co.uk] The series which premiered in 2008 became the first series of sit-coms featuring an almost entirely black cast in the history of BBC Comedy. The varied programming reflects Hanrahans own oft-stated refusal to be pigeon-holded into a specific genre. At a Broadcast conference held in 2004, Hanrahan claimed that his childhood would see him watch a gripping drama, a compelling news programme and a comedy and appreciate the values and skills of them all and it was this varied approach to programme-making which he preferred to any single genre.

Today Hanrahan heads up his own Independent company [http://www.hanrahanmedia.com] .

Hanrahan Media

Will Hanrahan launched his own media production company, Hanrahan Media, in 1994, with "Fatherhood", a series of TV essays for BBC One.cite web|url=http://www.hanrahanmedia.tv/profile_details.php?id=74|title=Will Hanrahan Profile|accessdate=2006-11-26] Hanrahan Media has been producing a wide range of programs, such as factual entertainment shows for ITV and Sky One. Notable programs produced by the company include "Star Lives", "SuDoKu Live", and "Carol Vorderman's Brain Game", as well as documentaries for ITV and Channel Five. Hanrahan himself has most recently produced a documentary marking the 10th anniversary of the Dunblane massacre.

The company's programme content reflects Hanrahan's own tendency towards populist, family-orientated material with entertainment, factual, comedy and news programmes included in the canon of work. It has received eight Royal Television Society awards or nominations, two Bafta nominations and remains a top 50 Indie in the UK [http://www.hanrahanmedia.com]

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External links

* [http://www.hanrahanmedia.com Hanrahan Media]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2005/09/01/will_hanrahan_profile_qa_feature.shtml Will Hanrahan's page at the BBC Radio Coventry website]
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