In her 1991 film, A Special Hospital, Milne led an investigation into the abuse of British mental patients detained at Ashworth Hospital, which prompted a government inquiry chaired by Louis Blom Cooper. Between 1993 and 1995, she was the Executive Producer of The Big Story, a peak-time, award-winning 25 minute weekly current affairs series, for the ITV Network. In 1995 she also produced The War Crimes File, which won a Special Commendation for International Current Affairs at the 1995 RTS Journalism Awards.
