Adrian Gatton

Month: June 2005

  • Cutting Edge: The Black Widow (Channel 4)

    Cutting Edge: The Black Widow (Channel 4)


    The Black Widow
    Cutting Edge
    Channel 4 Television
    29 June 2005

    “This woman is every man’s nightmare, the most dangerous woman I have ever met. For a decade she has targeted men sexually, financially and physically; they can sleep safe tonight knowing that she has been taken off the streets.” – Sussex Police statement.

    In December 2003, Dena Thompson was convicted of murdering her husband by poisoning. Sussex Police had uncovered a long career of deceit, fantasy, fraud, theft and bigamy. Through the harrowing accounts of those she deceived, this film tells the incredible story of how one woman wrecked the lives of so many men.

    Producer: Adrian Gatton
    Director: Martin Herring
    Executive Producer: Nina Davies

    “a riveting documentary” – The Sunday Times
    “fascinating” – The Financial Times
    “gripping” – The Times
    “scary” – The Observer
    “an extraordinary tale” – The Guardian

  • Ross Kemp on Gangs: New Zealand Biker Gangs (Sky One)

    Ross Kemp on Gangs: New Zealand Biker Gangs (Sky One)

    Ross Kemp on Gangs
    Sky One
    13 June 2005

    Part of a three-part series about world gang culture. In this episode Ross Kemp travels to New Zealand to meet members of the notorious Maori gang, the Mongrel Mob and their rivals the Black Power.

    Associate Producer: Adrian Gatton
    Producer/Director: Jonathan Jones

  • Briton Named As Buyer of Darfur Oil Rights (Guardian)

    Briton Named As Buyer of Darfur Oil Rights (Guardian)

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    Briton named as buyer of Darfur oil rights
    David Leigh and Adrian Gatton
    10 June 2005
    The Guardian

    A millionaire British businessman, Friedhelm Eronat, was named last night as the purchaser of oil rights in the Darfur region of Sudan, where the regime is accused of war crimes and where millions of tribespeople are alleged to have been forced to flee, amid mass rapes or murders …

    This story is based on the earlier Channel 4 News investigation I did. 

  • Briton Involved in Sudan Oil Drill (Channel 4 News)

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    Briton involved in Sudan oil drill
    9 June 2005
    Channel 4 News

    A Channel 4 News investigation has discovered that the Khartoum government has signed a 25-year contract with a consortium to drill for oil in southern Sudan. And the man behind the deal is a British citizen. Jonathan Miller reports.

    What a place to be looking for oil.

    Say Darfur, we think genocide, ethnic cleansing. But to Khartoum and its corporate partners, deep below dustbowl Darfur lie abundant hidden riches.

    In 2003, as Sudanese government forces and their murderous militias hounded black Africans from their homes, Khartoum signed a deal to drill for oil in Darfur.

    In April this year, with the burning and killing still going, the oil minister announced they had struck oil. A potential windfall for a pariah regime and its friends.

    So what on earth does the human misery of war torn Darfur have to do with the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea? Well, the man who was behind the Darfur oil deal lives here. Right here, in fact, in this multi-million pound mansion. Until two years ago he was an American citizen. Now though, he’s British. His name: Friedhelm Eronat …

    Reporter: Jonathan Miller
    Producer: Adrian Gatton
    Director: Rob Lemkin

    Archive of the report available via ITN Source (Ref: T09060556). See this Channel 4 News report again (free of charge) by clicking on this link.