Hitting
Home - a
BBC campaign tackling domestic violence head-on
- Every
minute in the UK, the police receive a call from the public asking
for assistance in a domestic violence situation.
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One in five young men and one in ten young women think that abuse
or violence against women is acceptable.
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Domestic violence accounts for almost a quarter (23%) of all violent
crime.
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One in four women will experience domestic violence at some time
in their life.
These
facts are shocking but they do reveal that for many people in the
UK domestic violence is a fact of life.
In
February 2003, the BBC tackles this subject in Hitting Home
– a season of bold and inspiring programmes across TV, radio
and online.
Working
closely with the relevant agencies, Hitting Home examines mental
and physical abuse in relationships highlighting that this is an
issue that can affect anyone, no matter what their age, gender or
social status.
Many
victims dare not speak out, and many perpetrators don't acknowledge
their behaviour or don't know where to go for help.
The
campaign helps break the taboos and myths surrounding domestic violence.
Hitting
Home features in primetime and daytime BBC ONE programming, storylines
in Casualty and Neighbours, a
powerful intimate documentary, Dangerous Love: Tales of
Domestic Violence, an Eastenders special
and a Panorama report.
CBBC
shows a specially written drama and Newsround feature;
Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 4, the Asian Network, 1Xtra and BBC Local
Radio are tailoring programmes in support.
Plus,
there will be a BBC THREE documentary, Storyville
on BBC FOUR, and films on all channels.
With
real-life stories, expert advice and celebrity testimony, Hitting
Home tackles the themes of physical and emotional abuse.
Further
support and advice will be available through a freephone advice
line - 08000 934 934 - and an extensive website - bbc.kongjiang.org/www.bbc.co.uk/hittinghome.
(Both will go live on 4 February).
Contributor,
actor David Soul, comments: "There's no excuse, there are consequences.
The hardest part is to look at oneself and to those that you love
and that you've hurt. We live with the guilt or shame."
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