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'Hugh's Chicken Run' on channel 4
Tuesday 8 January 2008
Ref: ‘Hugh's Chicken Run' on Channel 4
FOR THE RECORD – In the first ‘Hugh's Chicken Run' programme last night Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall claimed that when he asked poultry farmers for access to an intensive farm “they wouldn't let me any closer than the end of a phone.” This is untrue.
In the making of ‘Hugh's Chicken Run', leading poultry producer Lloyd Maunder Ltd. facilitated filming for Hugh and his production team on no less than three farms, including a standard Assured Chicken Production (ACP) unit which is the type of ‘full-on intensive' farm that Hugh claimed he couldn't get access to.
The company's commercial director Andrew Maunder was interviewed by Hugh on three occasions and engaged in a robust debate with him about the chicken industry (pictured: Hugh interviewing Andrew Maunder).
We have been told the reason the footage and interviews have not been included in the programmes is because of duplication with Jamie Oliver's upcoming programme ‘Fowl Dinners', for which Lloyd Maunder also facilitated filming. However, we do not believe this is grounds for such a blatant untruth.
Lloyd Maunder is one of the UK's leading specialist poultry producers, supplying supermarkets nationwide. Visit www.devonshirered.co.uk or www.lloydmaunder.co.uk for more information and pictures of Hugh's visits to our farms.
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For more press information contact Veronica Newport on 01363 866927 or veronica@n-pr.co.uk.