'Oz & James drink to Britain' on BBC2
Oz Clarke & James May visited and filmed at the brewery in July 2008 as part of their new series 'Oz and James drink to Brtitain' to be shown on BBC2 from January 2009. It has been confirmed that the brewery will feature in the 2nd episode to be shown at 8pm on Tuesday, 13th January. Click here for a sneak-preview of the show, which includes a 1 minute video of the brewery.

The brewery also has four-page coverage in the book to accompany the series. Click here to view/order the book from Amazon.


Century FM Radio
Breafast presenters, Ditch and Salty, ran an outside broadcast from the brewery on 14th August 2008. A special beer was brewed on the day to commenorate the occassion - Ditch and Salty's Big Brew. See Century FM website for some photos taken on the day.

The beer proved popular and sold out within a day at the Crown Hotel in Worthington and has also been distributed to several other pubs across the region - see list of pubs on the Century FM website


Channel M TV
A local TV company visited the brewery shortly after opening in 2007. See video clip on the Manchester Evening News website.

Other media :-

• 15th January 2010 : 'National Winter Ales Festival' - news article on City Life website [ view ]
• 9th October 2009 : 'Patsy's Panned Out' - news article on Wigan Today.[ view ]
• 20th March 2009 : 'Brewer wins top award' - news article on Wigan Today.[ view ]
• 14th January 2009 : 'Small beer' - news article on BBC website [ view ]
• 5th January 2009 : 'Microbrewery to star in TV show' - news article on 'The Publican' website [ view ]
• 19th December 2008 : 'Oz and James sample Prospect Brewery's finest' - news article on 'The Burnley Express' website [ view ]
• 27th August, 2008 : "Prospect Brewery is one of the most promising" - news article on the SIBA website [ view ]
• 21st August, 2008 : "Oz Clarke and James May visit Prospect Brewery" - news article on the SIBA website [ view ]
• 12th August, 2008 : "Great prospects for micro brewery" - news article on Wigan Today website [ view ]
• 4th July, 2008 : "Woman wins beer award" - news article on Wigan Today wesbite [ view ]
• 12th March, 2008 : "Nursery nurse turns hand to brewing" - news article on The Publican" website [ view ]
• 7th March, 2008 : 'Nursery nurse heads up brewery; - news article upon 'The Manchester Evening News' website [ view ]
• 15th November, 2007 : "Federation signs up new brewery" - news article on Liverpool Echo website [ view ]