Interviews Before Execution
| Interviews Before Execution | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Ding Yu |
| Production | |
| Producers | Henan Legal Channel |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Henan Legal Channel (China) |
| Release | 18 November 2006 – March 2012 |
Interviews Before Execution (
Henan Province between 2006 and 2012. Presented by journalist Ding Yu the programme featured interviews with people convicted in cases of violent murder who were offered a chance to tell their story while under sentence of death. The interviews were conducted shortly before the offender was due to be executed – often within a few hours of the punishment being carried out. The show's purpose was to deter other potential criminals from committing similar offences by showing them the consequences of such actions.[1]
History
The first edition of Interviews Before Execution was aired on 18 November 2006, and the series was broadcast weekly on Saturday evenings thereafter. At the beginning of each week Ding Yu and her colleagues studied court records to find out who had been
reprieved;[2] among them the woman convicted of killing her husband who successfully argued she had been a victim of domestic abuse.[1]
Interviews Before Execution was aired solely in Henan Province, one of China's largest provinces with nearly 100 million residents, and regularly attracted an audience of 40 million viewers, making it one of Henan's top ten most popular television programmes.[1] The series – originally Ding Yu's idea – made her a household name.[3]
In 2012 Interviews Before Execution attracted international attention after the
CI Network Southeast Asia
.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Jones, James (12 March 2012). "China's death row TV hit: Interviews Before Execution". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b c "Behind The Wall – Chinese TV show 'Interviews before Execution' stirs controversy". Behindthewall.msnbc.msn.com. 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ Harrison, Bernice (17 March 2012). "Unparliamentary behaviour in the house? Switch off, senator". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ^ a b Coonan, Clifford (14 March 2012). "Dead show walking: China's death row interviews series faces axe". The Independent. Independent Print Ltd. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ Sutcliffe, Tom (13 March 2012). "Last night's viewing – This World: Interviews Before Execution, BBC2; China: Triumph and Turmoil, Channel 4 – Reviews – TV & Radio". The Independent. Independent Print Ltd. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ^ "Dead Man Talking". LIC China. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.