Andrew O’Connell, Commissioning Editor, Factual, Sky1, Sky2 and Sky3 announced the commission of An Addict’s Last Days from indie Gecko Productions and Junction 15. An Addict’s Last Days is a one-off authored documentary using raw – and intimate – video diaries to tell the moving story of a heroin addict’s battle against an ultimately fatal addiction. An Addict’s Last Days will be broadcast on Sky1 this autumn.

As a bright schoolboy from a loving middle-class family of six, Ben Rogers was expected to make a success of his life. Brought up in a quiet, picturesque Staffordshire village, Ben was a Scout, loved cricket, rode ponies and played in the school orchestra. But Ben’s life took a different route as early cannabis use spiralled into heroin addiction and a tragic death from a brain haemorrhage while he was attempting to detox in hospital. Read more & comment »