William Hanrahan is a British television/radio producer and presenter best known for working on BBC programmes such as Watchdog and Good Morning.
For Network TV his early work was for BBC News notably working as a reporter during the Rwandan Civil War, presenting live from refugee camps and an orphanage in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) at the height of the humanitarian crisis.
Drawing on his investigative journalist background, Hanrahan led a so-called People's Jury to reach a fresh verdict.
Alongside his documentaries, he has produced entertainment programming such as the four-year ITV series, Star Lives, and the BBC comedy Trexx and Flipside.
[21] The company has received a Royal Television Society award for Best Entertainment in 2002 for Stars And Their Lives, and in 2009 for Best News and Current Affairs and Best Documentary.
[22] Firstlooktv[23] launched in 2010 specifically to make documentaries and gaining commissions from ITV with Going to Work Naked,[24] "Norway Massacre:The Survivors", Channel 5,[25] the Crime and Investigation Channel,[26] with "Evil Up Close"[27] and the Arts and Entertainment network's International division in New York.
In 2013 and 2014, firstlooktv became one of the first British companies to win a direct commission from an Italian broadcaster as its series Segreti, Bugie e Omicidi (Secrets, Lies and Murders) premiered.
Throughout the period, firstlooktv also gained commissions with the BBC featuring presenters Alistair McGowan, Chris Tarrant and Adrian Chiles.
McGowan fronted a BBC One "Restoration" special,[3] Tarrant presented a History programme charting the importance of canals to the success of Britain's Industrial Revolution.