Productions - Television
MacIntyre's Underworld:
Cocaine & Coconuts
In December 2004 a container of coconuts concealing 500kg of cocaine were intercepted by Customs & Excise at Tilbury dock. It was the largest seizure of cocaine ever in the UK. In a sting operation Customs replaced the drugs with wood blocks and allowed it to be delivered as normal.
Andrew Pritchard, a self-confessed smuggler, was among those that met the consignment. Caught red-handed, he was arrested on the scene.
MacIntyre experiences the tensions of the court case through unprecedented access to Pritchard's girlfriend Amber. With her partner facing 35 years in prison she decided to support him through the court case. It is a difficult relationship and her only regular contact with Andrew is through an illegal mobile phone he has had smuggled into the prison.
It is a very human story that follows the couple fighting for their lives through a trial full of intrigue, superstition and a whiff of corruption.
Cocaine & Coconuts
In December 2004 a container of coconuts concealing 500kg of cocaine were intercepted by Customs & Excise at Tilbury dock. It was the largest seizure of cocaine ever in the UK. In a sting operation Customs replaced the drugs with wood blocks and allowed it to be delivered as normal.
Andrew Pritchard, a self-confessed smuggler, was among those that met the consignment. Caught red-handed, he was arrested on the scene.
MacIntyre experiences the tensions of the court case through unprecedented access to Pritchard's girlfriend Amber. With her partner facing 35 years in prison she decided to support him through the court case. It is a difficult relationship and her only regular contact with Andrew is through an illegal mobile phone he has had smuggled into the prison.
It is a very human story that follows the couple fighting for their lives through a trial full of intrigue, superstition and a whiff of corruption.