LICENCE TO KILL

1 Hour for BBC Current Affairs

Broadcast 9pm BBC3 2012

Traffic collisions are the single biggest killer of young people in Britain, and a fifth of all young drivers will have a serious accident in the first year of getting their licence. One of those was this show’s presenter Sophie Morgan, just six months after passing her test she was left paralysed from the waist down when she was speeding and her car flipped over.

The film contains horrific CCTV footage of the moment 18-year-old Manchester City player Courtney Meppen-Walter crashed his speeding Mercedes into another car, killing two of its occupants, and Sophie follows him through his police interview and the courts.

    The film was used as part of a succesful BBC online educational package aimed at raising awareness among those of school leaving age.

Winner Royal Television Society Award, Best Current Affairs film 2013

Director: Steph Atkinson

Executive Producer: Rob Unsworth