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 (Chinese: 临刑会见) is a Chinese television talk show which was aired on the Henan Legal Channel in the country's 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
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.[2] In 2012 Interviews Before Execution attracted international attention after the BBC broadcast a documentary about the programme for its This World strand.[1][3] The film, Interviews Before Execution: A Chinese Talk Show, produced in association with LIC China, was aired on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on 12 March 2012.[4][5] On 12 March the BBC reported that Chinese authorities had cancelled the programme as a result of the documentary and the international attention it had attracted.[1][3] Links to the programme on the Henan Legal Channel's website were also removed. However, the channel later claimed that the programme was only temporarily off air.[6] The documentary also aired in CI Network Southeast Asia.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jones, James (12 March 2012). "China's death row TV hit: Interviews Before Execution". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ↑ Harrison, Bernice (17 March 2012). "Unparliamentary behaviour in the house? Switch off, senator". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Trust. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ "Behind The Wall – Chinese TV show 'Interviews before Execution' stirs controversy". MSNBC. 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.