Hardcash productions
Encyclopedia
Hardcash Productions is an independent television production company set up by David Henshaw in 1992.
Hardcash specialises in current affair programmes and has won three Emmys
, three RTS Journalism Awards
and a BAFTA
for Channel 4
's Dispatches
.
The hardcash name came from an undercover investigation made by Henshaw about employers made for the BBC
. The programmes was never aired for legal reasons. David set up Hardcash to remake the programme for Channel 4 as a Cutting Edge
proramme. It was broadcast under the simple title Undercover and started the Undercover Britain and Countryside Undercover strands of the series.
Hardcash specialises in current affair programmes and has won three Emmys
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
, three RTS Journalism Awards
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society 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...
and a BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
for Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's Dispatches
Dispatches (TV series)
Dispatches is the British television current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, usually featuring a mole in an organisation.-Awards:*...
.
The hardcash name came from an undercover investigation made by Henshaw about employers made for the BBC
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
. The programmes was never aired for legal reasons. David set up Hardcash to remake the programme for Channel 4 as a Cutting Edge
Cutting Edge (Channel 4 TV series)
Cutting Edge is a British TV documentary series broadcast by Channel 4, it has been its flagship documentary series since 1990 that focuses on political and social issues.-Graham Taylor: The Impossible Job:Original airdate: 24 January 1994...
proramme. It was broadcast under the simple title Undercover and started the Undercover Britain and Countryside Undercover strands of the series.