TV and Radio Awards

David started in print journalism before working at Manchester's legendary Piccadilly Radio as a reporter. He then moved to Granada Television and has since worked for independent TV production company Title Role. He has hundreds of producer and director TV credits - from I Swear I Was There to Crimes That Shook Britain. His run of awards began in 1990 with his coverage of the Strangeways’ riot in Manchester. He’s received five Royal Television Society Awards, mainly for his work for ITV. Most recently his Radio 4 documentary The Abuse Trial won both a Rose d’Or and a New York Festival Award.

Television Awards
Royal Television Society Award – Best Story 2015 – The Alan Morris Trial
Royal Television Society – Stephen Lawrence 20th Anniversary Special – 2013
Royal Television Society – Best Current Affairs Programme – 2004
Royal Television Society – Best Programme – Are You Being Serviced?
Royal Television Society – Best Current Affairs Programme – RIOT!

Royal Television Society Award nominations:
Crimes That Shook Britain: Jimmy Savile (2016)
Crimes That Shook Britain (2014)
These Things Take Time: The Story of The Smiths (2002)
RIOT! (RTS Journalism Award 2000)
Little Boy Lost (1998)

Radio Awards
Rose D’Or Award 2016 – The Abuse Trial, BBC Radio 4
New York International Radio Award – Manchester Bombing
New York International Radio Award 2016 – The Abuse Trial, BBC Radio 4
New York International Radio Award – Strangeways Riot
Sony Award – Strangeways Riot