Mischief was an innovative and wildy ambitious series tackling topical and often serious issues by using humour combined with solid journalism. In A Dirty Weekend in Hospital – a film about MRSA – the big idea was to take 100 victims of the superbug and arrive en masse at 10 of the dirtiest hospitals with the worst MRSA records and start cleaning them up, unannounced and without permission. The challenge was to make a documentary that could be funny and hugely moving and respectful, while giving the audience an enticing proposition to watch rather than the usual worthy but often dull fare we see in most current affairs strands.The film created headlines in all the UK newspapers and caused a major uproar in the NHS at the highest levels.It won the Banff television festival and garnered numerous other awards and nominations.