A deeply moving documentary which follows one’s family’s fight for justice won the Best Programme/Show honour at the Asian Media Awards
The Push: Murder on the Cliff was produced by Candour Productions, details the inside story of the murder trial of Fawziyah Javed, who tragically died in 2021.
The awards celebrate achievements in a range of categories in TV, radio, stage, online and creative media.
The ceremony is supported by the University of Salford and took place at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate on Friday October 25.
The awards feature work from national and regional media organisations as well as smaller independent production teams and freelance media professionals.
The award was presented by Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader at the University of Salford, Debra Prinselaar.
Accepting the award film maker Anna Hall paid tribute to the bravery of the family of Fawziyah.
Anna said: “I just want to say on behalf of Fawziyah’ family they send their love for you tonight and they were so honoured we were nominated for this award.
“I want to pay tribute to Fawziyah’ family – they were so determined that we should tell the truth.
“They wanted the truth to come out to what happened to Fawziyah.
“Fawziyah was a beautiful, clever, articulate solicitor who lived in Leeds and found herself in an abusive and coercive relationship. Because she was a solicitor, she documented what was happening and so provided all the evidence that was needed in her own murder trial.”
“She was truly an incredible woman.”
With unprecedented access to court proceedings this two-part series details the inside story of a murder trial in Edinburgh, where a man stands accused of pushing his wife from a hillside to her death.
Part intimate portrait of a grieving family, part real-life courtroom drama, this documentary series allows viewers to watch all the evidence as if on the jury benches themselves. In September 2021, newlyweds Fawziyah Javed and Kashif Anwar from West Yorkshire, England, travelled to Edinburgh for a mini-break.
The couple walked at sunset to the top of ‘Arthur’s Seat’ – an extinct volcano and popular landmark with views over the city. Only one of them made it down alive. Tragically, Fawziyah Javed, a 31-year-old lawyer who was pregnant with the couple’s first child, fell 50ft to her death from the top of the rocky precipice.
A jury of 15 men and women decide – did she fall, or was she pushed?
The 2024 shortlist included some of the most compelling and insightful programmes and shows of the last year.
This included Defiance: Fighting the Far Right (Rogan Productions for Channel 4); The Bradford Aunties (ClockWork Films For BBC Three); Stranger in My Family (Sunny Kang/Nine Lives Media For BBC Three); Ramadan: A Journey Across Britain
(ITV News (ITN) for ITV1, ITVX); Football’s Hidden Talent (Sky Sports)l Defiance: Fighting the Far Right (Rogan Productions for Channel 4)
