Please Don’t Take Our Child

[Alison J Stevens]

Please Don’t Take Our Child

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Availability:

12 months left to watch (or download at BBC iPlayer).

Last broadcast today, 20:30 on BBC One (see all broadcasts).

Next on:

Thursday, 04:30 on BBC News Channel

Synopsis

Each year around 20,000 children have their futures decided by the family courts. Baby William Ward was one of them. His parents Jake and Victoria were investigated by police and social services when they were
unable to explain a serious injury to their three-month-old son. It
took them two years to clear their names and a further three years to
win the right to speak completely openly about what happened to their
family.

Panorama’s Darragh MacIntyre reports on the case of this ordinary couple and their extraordinary fight to open up the world of the family courts.

Credits

Presenter

Jeremy Vine

Reporter

Darragh MacIntyre

Producer

Asif Hasan

Broadcasts

1. Mon 23 Aug 2010
   20:30
   BBC One
2. Thu 26 Aug 2010
   04:30
   BBC News Channel
3. Fri 27 Aug 2010
   00:35
   BBC One (except Scotland)
4. Fri 27 Aug 2010
   01:35
   BBC One (Scotland only)
5. Sun 29 Aug 2010
   20:30
   BBC News Channel

More details

A programme from

1. Panorama

Value-Social Services System Abuse.