
Cutting Edge
The flagship documentary series show distinctive, compelling films that offer a snapshot of life in Britain today.
Seasons
1. Just Some Stories for Eleanor
Air Date: 1990-02-19
2. Island of Outcasts
Air Date: 1990-02-26
Takes a frank and disturbing look at the psychiatric asylum on the Greek island of Leros.
3. Burning the House Down
Air Date: 1990-03-05
4. Anyone for Polo?
Air Date: 1990-03-12
Looking at financial barriers to the sport of polo. Membership of clubs, grooming and stabling all cost a fortune. The program investigates two polo clubs, one in a traditional mould, Cowdray Park, and a second the Berkshire, run by rock 'n' roll promoter, Bryan Morrison.
5. Mothers behind Bars
Air Date: 1990-03-26
6. The Story of Omer Khan
Air Date: 1990-04-02
7. Sellafield: The Contaminated Coast
Air Date: 1990-04-09
8. Against My Nature
Air Date: 1990-04-23
9. No Home for Barry
Air Date: 1990-04-30
11. Comrade Philby
Air Date: 1990-05-14
12. She's Done Her Bird
Air Date: 1990-05-21
Follows three women from three different prisons as they face the challenges of readjusting to life on the outside.
13. N.Y. Law
Air Date: 1990-05-28
15. Shepherd and the Bomb
Air Date: 1990-06-11
16. Savage Indictment
Air Date: 1990-06-18
17. Black Triangle
Air Date: 1990-06-25
18. The Killing Seas
Air Date: 1990-07-02
1. Sanctuary
Air Date: 1991-02-04
2. Relative Strangers
Air Date: 1991-02-11
3. Winning Fortunes
Air Date: 1991-02-18
4. No Asylum
Air Date: 1991-02-25
5. No Asylum
Air Date: 1991-03-04
6. Eton - Class of '91
Air Date: 1991-03-11
Looks at Eton, its traditions, methods of teaching and general daily routines.
7. A Plague on Your Home
Air Date: 1991-03-18
8. The Pick, the Shovel and the Open Road
Air Date: 1991-03-25
Documentary which follows three gangs of migrant Irish street workers as they tunnel beneath the streets of London to lay pipes.
9. Repomen
Air Date: 1991-10-28
10. Volvo City
Air Date: 1991-11-04
11. Home Fires
Air Date: 1991-11-11
We hear from some of the wives and mothers who, to use the First World War analogy "keep the home fires burning" while their husbands and sons are away fighting the Gulf War.
12. Strange Neighbours
Air Date: 1991-11-18
13. Casualties
Air Date: 1991-11-25
14. Plain Sailing
Air Date: 1991-12-02
15. Cream Teas and Concrete
Air Date: 1991-12-09
Investigating North Cornwall District Council and its planning decision regarding Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor.
16. The Bin Men
Air Date: 1991-12-16
1. Looking for Billy
Air Date: 1992-03-02
Missing without trace, a father of ten from Dublin.
2. Benenden
Air Date: 1992-03-09
3. Black Panthers
Air Date: 1992-03-16
4. 'P' Company
Air Date: 1992-03-23
The rigorous training of paratroopers for the British Army.
5. Summerhill at 70
Air Date: 1992-03-30
Summerhill is a boarding school in England where students are not forced to attend classes or follow any rules. The film shows how Summerhill children behave; whether they spurn or take advantage of the education being offered.
6. Coppers
Air Date: 1992-04-06
A turbulent month following the police at work - and hearing complaints against them - in Hackney, London, one of the most troubled urban districts in Britain.
7. Paths of Conflict
Air Date: 1992-04-27
8. Neighbours
Air Date: 1992-05-04
9. The Killing Seas
Air Date: 1992-06-07
10. Breakdown
Air Date: 1992-10-26
11. Loansharks
Air Date: 1992-11-02
A report from Glasgow on Loansharks.
12. Comrades
Air Date: 1992-11-09
13. The Lords
Air Date: 1992-11-16
14. Let Me See My Children
Air Date: 1992-11-23
15. Dispossessed
Air Date: 1992-11-30
16. Special Treatment
Air Date: 1992-12-07
17. Aycliffe's Children
Air Date: 1992-12-14
1. Sudden Death
Air Date: 1993-01-11
2. Fraud Squad
Air Date: 1993-01-18
3. Exposure
Air Date: 1993-01-25
4. The Care Business
Air Date: 1993-02-01
5. Soweto Flying Squad
Air Date: 1993-02-08
6. Undercover
Air Date: 1993-02-15
7. The Claims Men
Air Date: 1993-02-22
8. Cries of Alarm
Air Date: 1993-10-18
9. Rich Pickings
Air Date: 1993-10-25
10. Whatever Happened to the Knockers?
Air Date: 1993-11-01
11. Fire Investigators
Air Date: 1993-11-08
12. Searching for Susan
Air Date: 1993-11-15
A mother and father's desperate search for their runaway daughter.
13. Educating Stephen
Air Date: 1993-11-22
14. Navy Blues: Part 1
Air Date: 1993-11-29
15. Navy Blues: Part 2
Air Date: 1993-12-06
1. Intolerance
Air Date: 1994-01-10
2. Nurses
Air Date: 1994-01-17
3. An Impossible Job
Air Date: 1994-01-24
Cameras follow England manager Graham Taylor and his disastrous World Cup qualification campaign.
4. Looking after Mum
Air Date: 1994-01-31
5. The Club
Air Date: 1994-02-07
An inside look at the Northwood Golf Club in Middlesex.
6. Shops and Robbers
Air Date: 1994-02-14
7. Airport
Air Date: 1994-02-21
8. Absolutely Marie Claire
Air Date: 1994-03-01
9. Cutting Edge Special: Dead Reckoning
Air Date: 1994-03-24
10. Open Wide
Air Date: 1994-10-24
11. Bodyguards
Air Date: 1994-10-31
12. Tough Love
Air Date: 1994-11-07
13. Healing Wounds
Air Date: 1994-11-14
15. The Glasshouse
Air Date: 1994-11-28
16. Home Alone
Air Date: 1994-12-05
Two pensioners, living on their own, keep a diary through the winter months.
1. The Glasshouse
Air Date: 1995-01-23
2. Revenge
Air Date: 1995-01-30
3. For Richer, For Poorer
Air Date: 1995-02-06
4. A Is for Accident
Air Date: 1995-02-13
5. Jumpers
Air Date: 1995-02-20
6. Cave Rescue
Air Date: 1995-02-27
7. Amnesia
Air Date: 1995-03-06
8. Casino
Air Date: 1995-03-13
9. Road Rage
Air Date: 1995-06-27
What transforms the mild-mannered businessman into a raging psycho on the roads?
10. The Price of a Baby
Air Date: 1995-09-04
11. The Chain
Air Date: 1995-09-11
12. Firing Range
Air Date: 1995-09-18
13. Killing in Mind
Air Date: 1995-09-25
14. Nannies
Air Date: 1995-10-02
15. Fighting for Breath
Air Date: 1995-10-09
17. The Trouble with Money
Air Date: 1995-10-16
18. Deception
Air Date: 1995-10-23
1. Car Thieves
Air Date: 1996-01-08
2. Sexual Harassment
Air Date: 1996-01-15
3. I Married a Great Train Robber
Air Date: 1996-01-22
4. Whistleblowers
Air Date: 1996-01-29
5. The Treatment
Air Date: 1996-02-05
6. Cries of Alarm: Update
Air Date: 1996-03-11
7. The Mystery of the Pescado
Air Date: 1996-03-18
8. Special Force
Air Date: 1996-03-25
9. Step-Families
Air Date: 1996-04-01
A candid investigation of modern step-family life.
10. The Sextuplet Business
Air Date: 1996-09-02
11. The Home
Air Date: 1996-09-09
Charting a day in the life of Redmere Lodge, St. Leonards-on- Sea, a residential home for elderly people.
13. Paradise Island
Air Date: 1996-09-16
14. The Test
Air Date: 1996-09-30
A short film about driving.
15. Gazza's Coming Home
Air Date: 1996-10-07
Documentary following a year in the life of Paul Gascoigne; after he returned to England after spending three years in Italy.
16. Family Feuds
Air Date: 1996-10-14
17. Birth of a Salesman
Air Date: 1996-10-21
18. White Death
Air Date: 1996-10-28
19. Great House Wives
Air Date: 1996-11-04
1. The Builders are Comin
Air Date: 1997-01-20
2. The Last Flight of Zulu Delta 576
Air Date: 1997-01-27
An investigation into the helicopter crash on 2 June 1994, when 29 passengers and crew were killed in their RAF Chinook Mark II as it hit the mountains of the Mull of Kintyre.
3. Identical Twins
Air Date: 1997-02-03
4. Bounty Hunter
Air Date: 1997-02-10
5. Health Farm
Air Date: 1997-02-17
6. The Bed
Air Date: 1997-02-24
A year in the life of a hospital bed, meeting each patient who occupies it, and hearing the wisdom of those who provide the bed and those who treat them.
7. Parental Choice
Air Date: 1997-03-03
8. The Lost Boy
Air Date: 1997-03-10
9. Jilted
Air Date: 1997-03-17
10. The Dinner Party
Air Date: 1997-03-24
Looks at the possible end of an 18 year political era through the opinions of a group of dinner party guests in East Anglia.
11. One Night Stand
Air Date: 1997-08-22
A look at the lives of three singletons as they go in search of a prospective partner.
12. The Complainers
Air Date: 1997-09-23
A look at the lives and opinions of three consumer crusaders who stand up for the rights of dissatisfied customers everywhere.
13. Illegal Immigrants
Air Date: 1997-09-30
14. Passport Control
Air Date: 1997-10-07
15. Sex, Lies and Aliens
Air Date: 1997-10-21
Fascinating insight into the sleazy world of Britain's most notorious tabloid newspaper, The Daily Sport, owned by media mogul David Sullivan. This documentary concentrates on the newspaper's attempts to bring big breasted porn model Lolo Ferrari over from France for a publicity stunt.
16. Car Trouble
Air Date: 1997-10-28
17. Women Drivers
Air Date: 1997-11-04
Documentary exploring whether there really is something different about women drivers. From school run mums in four wheel drives, to girl racers and women cabbies.
18. Footballers Wives
Air Date: 1997-11-11
Three women talk about being married to the game.
19. The End Is Nigh
Air Date: 1997-11-18
The life of a Jehovah's Witness community.
20. Men Who Pay for Sex
Air Date: 1997-11-21
Men talk openly for the first time about their encounters with prostitutes.
1. Rescue: Four Days in August
Air Date: 1998-02-03
2. Rescue: Life on Call
Air Date: 1998-02-10
3. Rogue Males
Air Date: 1998-02-17
4. The Investigators
Air Date: 1998-02-24
5. Holding the Baby
Air Date: 1998-03-03
6. Bootleggers
Air Date: 1998-03-10
7. Ambition
Air Date: 1998-03-17
8. Thirty-something
Air Date: 1998-03-24
9. Old Dads
Air Date: 1998-04-07
10. Last Year's Tories
Air Date: 1998-05-02
11. Independent Rosie
Air Date: 1998-09-13
12. Murder Two: Part 1
Air Date: 1998-11-03
13. Murder Two: Part 2
Air Date: 1998-11-04
14. Hello! Hello!
Air Date: 1998-11-10
15. Men at Fifty
Air Date: 1998-11-17
16. Street Patrol
Air Date: 1998-11-24
17. The Outsiders
Air Date: 1998-12-01
Stories of four residents of the Avondale Hotel, Eastbourne, which accommodates social security recipients.
18. Safari Strife
Air Date: 1998-12-15
20. Rude Britannia
Air Date: 1998-12-15
An examination of modern forms of rage in the UK, including road rage, trolley rage etc.
1. Cutting Edge Special: Trimble
Air Date: 1999-01-09
2. Who's Been Framed?
Air Date: 1999-02-01
3. Mummy's Boy
Air Date: 1999-02-08
4. Clapham Common
Air Date: 1999-02-15
Meeting the characters who while away their days in this particular location - the cruisers, the philosopher, the lovebirds, the cynic - all of whom remain anonymous for the purpose of this record of a moment in human lifetime.
5. Boot Camp
Air Date: 1999-02-23
6. Asylum
Air Date: 1999-03-08
7. Shot
Air Date: 1999-03-15
8. Playing for England
Air Date: 1999-03-22
9. D I Why
Air Date: 1999-03-29
10. Love Hurts
Air Date: 1999-07-04
An account of a turbulent Trans-Atlantic divorce suite.
11. Kimberley
Air Date: 1999-07-05
12. Snoopers at Work
Air Date: 1999-11-09
13. Love is Blind
Air Date: 1999-11-16
Blind people talk about what it is like to fall in love when you cannot look upon the person you desire.
14. Cars, Caravans and Chaos
Air Date: 1999-11-22
15. School for Seduction
Air Date: 1999-11-30
16. Disappeared
Air Date: 1999-12-06
17. Plane Crazy
Air Date: 1999-12-14
1. Reggie Kray
Air Date: 2000-02-17
A documentary constructing a case for freeing Reggie Kray from prison.
2. Scandal in the Bins
Air Date: 2000-03-16
3. A Wedding in the Family
Air Date: 2000-03-20
Fly-on-the-wall documentary following the wedding of Stuart and Anna.
4. Kiss n Sell
Air Date: 2000-04-04
5. The Five of Us
Air Date: 2000-04-11
The Five of Us examines the life, over several months, of housemates Alain, Luke, Jimmy, Kwok and Mary in a flat in Notting Hill.
6. Missing, Presumed Murdered
Air Date: 2000-04-18
7. Argi Bhaji
Air Date: 2000-04-25
8. The Bliss Business
Air Date: 2000-08-15
9. Bronson: Britain's Most Dangerous Prisoner
Air Date: 2000-08-31
10. Shooters
Air Date: 2000-11-07
11. Seconds to Impact
Air Date: 2000-11-14
The extreme sport of base jumping is frowned upon in the UK, so is enjoyed as a somewhat underground pastime. Features movie stunt coordinator Terry Forrestal partaking in the activity which killed him during the documentary's filming.
12. Forgive Me
Air Date: 2000-11-14
13. Casualty Cops
Air Date: 2000-11-28
14. Moving on Up
Air Date: 2000-12-05
15. Moving on Up
Air Date: 2000-12-12
Follows some early dotcom start-ups each attempting to be the first ever British one to make a profit.
16. A Very British Christmas
Air Date: 2000-12-18
1. The Wet House
Air Date: 2002-03-17
Documentary about a hostel for homeless alcoholics in East London, so-called 'wet houses' because they allow drinking on the premises.
2. Boys Alone
Air Date: 2002-05-30
In this documentary a group of boys is "isolated" for five days in a fully equipped house, with food, games, beds, toys etc. They are closely followed by a camera crew. We can observe how the boys react without any supervision and behave towards each other. The result is mind boggling. After five days all the food is spilled mostly on the floor, most games and toys are broken, and the house is wrecked. The parents, who have been watching their sons for the past five days, are stunned when the boys leave the house.
3. Classroom Cops
Air Date: 2002-06-04
4. Gigolos
Air Date: 2002-06-11
5. Girls on Tour
Air Date: 2002-06-18
6. Love
Air Date: 2002-06-25
Joanne, Jon and Wendy are convinced that they have found the love of their lives. They make personal sacrifices to pursue love but, were they blinded by love?
7. The Trials of Joanne Lees
Air Date: 2002-07-18
8. Did Barry George Kill Jill Dando?
Air Date: 2002-08-19
9. The Fall of the House of Usher
Air Date: 2002-09-12
Documentary about Stuart Usher, the grandson of a baronet who grew up amid luxury but now sells burgers from a roadside van.
1. Girls Alone
Air Date: 2003-03-04
A 'social experiment' fly-on-the-wall documentary following 10 12-year girls left alone to fend for themselves in a house without adult supervision.
2. Snatched
Air Date: 2003-07-08
On a holiday to the then Yugoslavia, Alison met and fell in love with a man. They moved back to the UK together where they married and had two children. However, after turmoil in his home country, her husband became radicalized by his Muslim faith, and the couple divorced. Alison was granted custody of the children, but her ex-husband fled with them. Now Alison must track them down on a journey which takes her not just to what is now Bosnia, but also to the tumultuous patriarchy of Iran, where the father's rights trump all else.
3. A Mother's Love
Air Date: 2003-07-15
In any society a mother's love for her child is thought to be sacred. Late in 2003 in an American court that most universal of instincts was being called into question. A jury had to decide if Terri Milbrandt had violated the trust of her daughter and perpetrated a sadistic fraud, deceived a caring community.
4. Bad Behaviour
Air Date: 2003-07-22
5. Behind Closed Doors
Air Date: 2003-07-29
6. A Tale of Two Alis
Air Date: 2003-09-25
7. Battle for a Baby
Air Date: 2003-10-02
8. Child Sex Trade
Air Date: 2003-10-08
Filmmaker Liviu Tipurita investigates the pan-European trafficking of children for sex.
9. Beauty Queens And Bloodshed
Air Date: 2003-10-16
10. Crooked Tarts and Coronets
Air Date: 2003-10-22
The story of two Australian brothel madams who arrived in England in 1996 and began passing themselves off as aristocratic ladies before being caught by the police.
11. The Last White Kids
Air Date: 2003-10-30
A look at what it is like to be an ethnic minority in Britain from a child's point-of-view.
12. 14 Alone
Air Date: 2003-11-18
1. Bus Pass Bandits
Air Date: 2001-05-01
2. Brian's Story
Air Date: 2001-05-08
Former advertising journalist Brian Davis is homeless and penniless. A published author he now lives on the streets in London, an alcoholic and suffering from mental illness. But, he says, he's determined to turn his life around.
3. 57 Screaming Kids
Air Date: 2001-05-15
Screaming Jay Hawkins' 57 known children come together for a reunion - his dying wish.
4. I Confess
Air Date: 2001-05-22
Documentary about people who confess to murders they may not have committed.
5. The Big Speech
Air Date: 2001-05-29
6. Looking for Ricky
Air Date: 2001-06-21
Looking for Ricky' is an investigation into the disappearance of Ricky D'Cotta, a London boy who left east London for the Tenerife 80's club scene and never returned. It begins with interviews of people who knew Ricky as a boy, and then moves out to the island to try and trace Ricky's last moves in Tenerife. The story develops into an expose of the islands drug-fueled criminal underworld, in which everyone, from the editor of the local paper to the police, seems somehow implicated. In the course of the film it is discovered that 5 unidentified bodies exist, which may be Ricky's remains. Although DNA tests using samples from Ricky's family prove inconclusive, the final statement from Ricky's best friend reveals that Ricky was almost certainly murdered, following a botched robbery of a local drugs baron.
14. A Mothers Love
Air Date: 2001-06-24
15. Kidnap
Air Date: 2001-06-26
1 x 60 minutes, documentary about the world of the kidnap for ransom industry in Columbia.
1. Anti-social Old Buggers
Air Date: 2004-06-22
2. It'll Never Last
Air Date: 2004-06-30
Looking at the lives of three British women who fell in love whilst overseas.
3. Sleeping with the Au Pair
Air Date: 2004-07-28
4. The F***ing Fulfords
Air Date: 2004-08-10
Documentary about an eccentric, aristocratic family who are desperate to find money to help repair their dilapidated mansion.
5. My Breasts Are Too Big
Air Date: 2004-08-11
6. Touts on Tour
Air Date: 2004-12-06
Al Coulston and Slim Cooper are successful ticket touts. In this documentary they try to acquire tickets for desirable sporting and entertainment events to sell on for a profit. They face competition from Internet sites specializing in ticket sales and authorities becoming wise to their schemes. Will their tactics prove lucrative?
1. Looking for Elizabeth
Air Date: 2005-05-19
In June 2002, Salt Lake City was the setting for a chilling kidnapping. An angelic young girl was stolen from her bedroom in the middle of the night. The daughter of a wealthy Mormon family, Elizabeth Smart was the most unlikely of victims in a seemingly motiveless crime. Two years in the making, this film reveals what lay behind her strange abduction - a story so bizarre and unique that it almost defies belief.
2. The Black Widow
Air Date: 2005-06-29
3. Gridlock
Air Date: 2005-07-06
4. The House Clearers
Air Date: 2005-07-13
Documentary looking at professional house clearing firm, The Clampitts.
1. The Dead Body Squad
Air Date: 2006-07-24
Documentary about specialist cleaners who are responsible for cleaning up after a dead body has been found.
2. Wedding Days
Air Date: 2006-07-31
The story of 20 couples who all married in 1980 and featured in their local newspaper, the Brighton and Hove Gazette. We discover what's happened to them in the intervening 25 years.
3. My Child's Psychic
Air Date: 2006-08-07
My Kid's Psychic follows two children on their extraordinary journeys into the spirit world. Nicola is convinced that her 15 yr old daughter Heather is an Indigo child. Followers believe that they are part of an evolutionary leap and communicate with one another telepathically and have a natural ability to heal. We follow Heather over the summer as she tries to develop her psychic abilities. 8 year old Oliver's situation is for his Mum, Simone more worrying. From an early age she says he has had a six sense where he regularly sees spirits. This combined with a behavioral disorder that has been diagnosed as ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder motivates Simone to try to seek answers to her sons increasingly perplexing behaviour.
4. Pram-Face
Air Date: 2006-08-14
Documentary following the lives of single mothers living on a council estate.
5. Cult Killer
Air Date: 2006-08-21
On January 7th 2005, 29 year old Rick Rodriguez murdered his former nanny and then killed himself on a lonely desert highway. Hours earlier he had videoed his suicide note and this final message provided a remarkable insight into a deeply damaged life. It also lifted the lid on one of the most notorious religious cults to emerge out of the 1960s counter culture: The Children of God sect.
1. A Boy Called Alex
Air Date: 2008-01-24
Alex is a boy who suffers from a severe form of Cystic fibrosis. He is also a gifted composer and musician. While suffering from the disease he undertakes the tough challenge of conducting Bach's Magnificat at Eton.
2. Scams, Fiddles and Honest Claims
Air Date: 2008-01-31
A look at people who claim insurance either illegally by scamming or legally, and the companies which are responsible for paying out.
3. Who Killed the Playboy Earl?
Air Date: 2008-02-07
Looking at the life and downfall of the tenth Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, who went missing in 2004. A millionaire philanthropist, he gradually fell into a lifestyle that included drugs and womanizing, and ended up on the French Riviera spending his time and money in hostess bars.
4. Baby Bible Bashers
Air Date: 2008-02-14
Follows the stories of three young children who preach the word of the Lord.
5. My Street
Air Date: 2008-02-21
One street. 116 households. What goes on behind closed doors? Happy stories. Sad stories. Hopeful stories. Remarkable stories. It could be any street but this is My Street.
6. The Girls Who Were Found Alive
Air Date: 2008-02-28
Two ten-year-old (female) best friends find themselves being kidnapped outside of their local school by a notorious pedophile. This film tells of their ordeal, their eventual rescue and the outcome of the events that took place.
7. Phone Rage
Air Date: 2008-03-06
A look at the people who work in call centers and are frequently (and often unfairly) on the receiving end of the customer's anger.
8. Pramface Babies
Air Date: 2008-03-13
A look at four young girls and how the they deal with their unplanned pregnancies in a Liverpool hospital ward.
9. Shannon Matthews: The Family's Story
Air Date: 2008-03-20
10. Sleeping with My Sister
Air Date: 2008-03-27
A look at nine months in the lives of two half-sibling couples, whose incestuous relationships began after reuniting as adults.
11. The Human Spider
Air Date: 2008-04-03
A look at Alain Robert, dubbed the Human Spider, who scales some of the world's tallest buildings without the aid of ropes or safety equipment, despite suffering with epilepsy.
12. Cotton Wool Kids
Air Date: 2008-04-10
Exploring the effect overprotection can have on children.
13. Sex, Lies and the Murder of Meredith Kercher
Air Date: 2008-04-17
British tourist Meredith Kercher was murdered whilst in Italy. This documentary gives an insight into the events that took place up to her death.
14. Strictly Baby Fight Club
Air Date: 2008-04-24
An insight into the competitive world of child Thai boxing.
15. The Artful Codgers
Air Date: 2008-05-15
Britain's oddest forgers.
16. 13 Kids and Wanting More
Air Date: 2008-05-22
Documentary looking at three large families who between have over thirty children but, they still intend on having more.
17. Gridlock and Road Rage
Air Date: 2008-05-30
A look at UK traffic jams and how they affect the drivers involved.
18. The 9/11 Faker
Air Date: 2008-09-11
The story of Alicia "Tania" Head, who lied about surviving the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, claiming she lost her husband while making a miraculous escape.
19. The Ambulance: 8 Minutes to Disaster
Air Date: 2008-09-18
Charting a month in the life of ambulance 212 and its crew in Reading.
20. The Virgin Daughters
Air Date: 2008-09-25
An look at America's purity movement. The purity movement involves girls pledging to remain a virgin until their wedding day.
21. Dana: The 8 Year Old Anorexic
Air Date: 2008-10-02
Dana is an 8-year-old anorexic. This film looks at her time at a clinic to treat her disorder and how it affects people around her.
22. Ninety Naps a Day
Air Date: 2008-10-09
A group of Narcolepsy sufferers from the UK head to America to attend a Narcolepsy conference to gain an insight into their condition.
23. Bobski the Builder
Air Date: 2008-10-16
Two teams of builders (one from England, the other from Poland) compete to see who can build a housing extension most efficiently.
24. Mum, Heroin and Me
Air Date: 2008-10-23
A moving portrait of Kate, a mother who supports and loves her 20-year-old heroin-addicted daughter, Hannah despite her addiction.
25. The Prince Charles Generation
Air Date: 2008-11-06
Tells the story of some of the other men born on the same day as their most illustrious contemporary.
26. Rich Kid, Poor Kid
Air Date: 2008-11-13
Documentary on the impact of the wealth gap in the UK on a couple of teenagers.
27. Special Needs Pets
Air Date: 2008-11-20
Documentary about disabilities in family pets.
28. The Jacksons Are Coming
Air Date: 2008-11-27
A documentary following members of the Jackson Five as they search for a new home in the Devon fishing village of Appledore.
29. The Fun Police
Air Date: 2008-12-04
An insight into the lives of public safety inspectors.
1. Trapped by My Twin
Air Date: 2007-04-04
Documentary about two twin sisters who find it difficult to spend time apart.

2. Meet the Foxes
Air Date: 2007-04-16
A look at the clash between foxes in urban environments and the citizens.
3. Killer Road
Air Date: 2007-04-23
Documentary about the A46 road in Lincolnshire; it has reputation as being one of the most dangerous road in England due to the high number of fatalities.
4. Blind Young Things
Air Date: 2007-04-30
Follows the lives of three partially-sighted pupils at the Royal National College for the Blind. Looking at the issues that affect them such as; love, sex and relationships.
5. Mind Your F-ing Language
Air Date: 2007-05-14
A school undertake a social experiment in which the pupils give up swearing.
6. Meet the Au Pairs
Air Date: 2007-05-21
Follows three families as they undertake the process of hiring an Au Pair and the problems that arise.
7. The Animal Au Pair
Air Date: 2007-06-04
Animal trainer Jackie Rowberry searches for an Au Pair.
8. Bus Pass Workaholics
Air Date: 2007-06-11
A look at people past the retirement age who still choose to work.
9. The Dangerous School for Boys
Air Date: 2007-06-18
Documentary about a private boys school in France. The school teaches unusual subjects such as hunting and Latin prayer. Recently, the school has been in need of a cash injection due to the school becoming dilapidated but with student numbers falling is it too late.
1. Surviving Gazza
Air Date: 2009-01-05
2. Killer in a Small Town
Air Date: 2009-02-05
3. A Very British Storm Junkie
Air Date: 2009-02-12
Stuart Robinson is a man who travels around the world to chase storms. This documentary follows follows his quest to get into the eye of the storm in America and the impact it has on his wife.
4. Love, Life and Death in a Day
Air Date: 2009-02-26
A look at a collection of births, marriages and deaths that all take place on one day.
5. Revenge of the Bin Men
Air Date: 2009-03-02
A look at the growing dispute between UK residents and bin men.
6. Addicted to Surrogacy
Air Date: 2009-03-09
Looking at serial surrogates. Questioning women who give birth to other people's children are addicted to the process and the effects it can have on their health.
7. Trophy Kids
Air Date: 2009-03-26
A look at parents who are determined to go to any lengths to ensure their children are successful within a chosen sport.
8. Would You Save a Stranger?
Air Date: 2009-04-02
Showing the heroic acts of courage members of public have performed to save a person's life.
9. The Millionaire and the Murder Mansion
Air Date: 2009-04-09
An investigation into a case of double-murder, suicide and arson in a Shropshire mansion.
10. Kimberley: Young Mum 10 Years On
Air Date: 2009-04-23
Follow up to the 1999 film, Fifteen. 10 years later the film follows the progress of Kimberley, a mum of two children; after having one child taken off her by social services she is determined not to have the other taken away. The film also explores her life with her new boyfriend and tries to find out what makes a good mother.
11. My Wall Street
Air Date: 2009-04-30
A look at UK citizens who live in different areas called Wall Street and are suffering because of the recent recession.
12. Madeleine Was Here
Air Date: 2009-05-07
Two years after the disappearance of Madeline McCann, what was life like for the parents involved? This documentary tries to piece together the evidence to find out what really happened.
13. The Homecoming
Air Date: 2009-05-14
14. Emergency in the Womb
Air Date: 2009-05-21
Follows life and death stories of ill children undergoing emergency surgery in the womb.
15. Captive for 18 Years: The Jaycee Lee Story
Air Date: 2009-10-01
The story of Jaycee Lee Dugard, a girl who was kidnapped outside a school bus stop and found alive eighteen years later.
16. The Red Lion
Air Date: 2009-10-15
Red Lion is the most common pub name in England. Director, Sue Bourne explores the people which inhabit the Red Lion pubs.
17. The Bigamist Bride: My Five Husbands
Air Date: 2009-10-22
Emily Horne is 30 and has been married to five different men but she never got divorced. The documentary looks behind the headlines to reveal the truth about her life.
18. Katie: My Beautiful Face
Air Date: 2009-10-29
19. The Schoolboy Who Sailed the World
Air Date: 2009-11-05
Following Michael Perham, a 14-year-old schoolboy from Potters Bar as he tries to break the record for the youngest person ever to sail around the world.
20. Confessions of a Traffic Warde
Air Date: 2009-11-19
A look at the day in the life of a traffic warden, as seen through the eyes of recently recruited non-British traffic wardens.
21. Jess: Britain's Youngest Sleepwalker?
Air Date: 2009-11-26
Revealing the life of three-year-old Jess. Her condition has baffled experts which led her to be dubbed Britain's Youngest Sleepwalker.
22. The Pregnant Man
Air Date: 2009-12-08
23. Teens and Tiaras
Air Date: 2009-12-17
Follows young upper-class women as they prepare for the Queen Charlotte Ball.
1. 8 Boys and Wanting a Girl
Air Date: 2010-02-04
Following the stories of four women who are desperate that their next child is female.
2. Leaving Home at 8
Air Date: 2010-02-11
Following four eight-year-old girls as they begin a new life starting boarding school.
3. My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Air Date: 2010-02-18
A look at the lives of gypsy travelers as they prepare for a wedding.
4. Scams, Claims and Compensation Games
Air Date: 2010-02-25
An insight into no win, no fee compensation cases.
5. My Daughter Grew Another Head and Other True Life Stories
Air Date: 2010-03-04
A look at seemingly absurd stories that feature in true life magazines.
6. Too Poor for Posh School?
Air Date: 2010-03-11
Following three boys as they try to get into the prestigious Harrow School on a scholarship.
7. The Lady and the Revamp
Air Date: 2010-03-18
Rachel Johnson is brought in as the new editor to revive magazine, The Lady by giving it a modern image.
8. The Air Hospital
Air Date: 2010-03-25
An inside look at the C-17 Globemaster is one of the world's largest military transport aircraft, capable of carrying anything from tanks and helicopters to troops and supplies.
9. Lost Abroad: The Parents' Story
Air Date: 2010-04-01
Two families in search of justice.
10. Living with Brucie
Air Date: 2010-07-14
A profile of veteran entertainer Bruce Forsyth and his wife, Wilnelia Merced.
11. My Weird and Wonderful Family
Air Date: 2010-07-21
Cutting Edge goes behind the headlines to intimately portray how gay millionaires Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow's determination to have more children has affected them and their kids.
12. Newlyweds: The One Year Itch
Air Date: 2010-08-04
A follow-up documentary examining whether the couples survived their first year together.
13. Four Sons Versus Four Daughters
Air Date: 2010-08-11
Two families swap their children of just boys or girls for the opposite gender for a weekend.
14. The Raoul Moat Tapes: Inside the Mind of a Killer
Air Date: 2010-08-18
Building a psychological profile of Raoul Moat using tapes he recorded and interview with the people who knew him.
15. My New Brain
Air Date: 2010-08-25
Following 20-year-old Simon Hales on a journey through rehab, as he and his family come to terms with the challenges of life after his brain injury.
1. Jackpots and Jinxes: Lottery Stories
Air Date: 2011-05-05
A look at National Lottery winners past and present, focusing on how these new millionaires deal with their fortune.
2. A Very Dangerous Doctor
Air Date: 2011-05-12
3. Breaking a Female Paedophile Ring
Air Date: 2011-05-26
An in-depth forensic look at a child abuse ring detailing how it operated, and what motivated the five people within it.
4. Attack of the Trip Advisors
Air Date: 2011-10-31
5. Confessions of an Undercover Cop
Air Date: 2011-11-14
Features interviews with the police to reconstruct the story of how Mark Kennedy went from being a regular south London police officer, with a wife and two children, to becoming Mark Stone. This was Mark the environmental campaigner, militant activist and undercover cop who broke into power stations, learned how to make bombs, infiltrated groups hell-bent on attacking major corporations and stood arm-in-arm with anti-capitalist anarchists. He also had a relationship with a female activist for four years and was even beaten up by fellow police officers who were unaware he was undercover. All the time he was feeding intelligence back to his handlers. Now, with his cover blown, he lives in fear for his life. He is separated from his wife and family. The woman he fell deeply in love with as Mark Stone never wants to see him again. For the first time, Kennedy is returning to face up to himself, his actions and to the people who claim he betrayed them.
6. The Ultimate Guide to Penny Pinching
Air Date: 2011-12-01
The Ultimate Guide to Penny Pinching talks to several people who go to extreme length to save money. Judith uses coupons and vouchers to save money at the grocery store. Jonathan finds and cooks roadkill in order to save money on meat. Rebekah and Stephen plan an extremely thrifty wedding. Jalaj uses technology to maximize his savings.
7. King of Christmas Lights
Air Date: 2011-12-19
This film explores the world of extreme Christmas decorating, meeting three of the UK's most obsessive, eccentric and lovable people who simply live for adorning their houses in festive regalia every year.
1. Ian Brady: Endgames of a Psychopath
Air Date: 2012-08-20
Presents the inside story of the Moors Murderer since his crimes were discovered and charts his continued determination for power and control.
1. The Fried Chicken Shop: Life in a Day
Air Date: 2013-02-19
2. The Murder Workers
Air Date: 2013-05-16
3. Burgled
Air Date: 2013-08-29
1. Sexting Teacher
Air Date: 2014-02-18
Three true stories of teacher-pupil relationships in the age of social media.
2. Meet the Police Commissioner
Air Date: 2014-05-29
3. Going to the Dogs
Air Date: 2014-06-12
Dog fighting was banned in the UK in 1835, but 180 years later is growing in popularity in inner-cities. This film meets the men who keep the fight in the dog and the dog in the fight.
1. Plus Sized Wars
Air Date: 2015-04-21
2. The Rich Kids of Instagram
Air Date: 2015-12-20
1. Rich Brother, Poor Brother
Air Date: 2016-06-07
Multi-millionaire Ivan Massow lives in a luxury, five-storey home in Central London. His brother David lives in the back of a van parked on a lay-by. This film explores the wealth gap in Britain by looking at their contrasting lives.
2. The Gun Shop
Air Date: 2016-11-03
Behind-the-scenes with the staff and customers at Freedom Firearms gun store in Battle Creek, Michigan.
3. The Secret Life of Prisons
Air Date: 2016-11-10
Documentary film revealing the shocking reality of life inside Britain's prison system - featuring numerous videos shot illegally by prison inmates using mobile phones that have been smuggled into prison.
1. The Great British Skinny Dip
Air Date: 2017-02-14
Cameras follow the marketing director of British Naturism, Andrew Welch, as he attempts to get young people to give naturism a go by organising a series of nude swims across the UK.
2. The Trouble with Dad
Air Date: 2017-02-20
Comedian David Baddiel's father Colin has Pick's Disease, a rare form of dementia that makes him prone to extreme outbursts. This film follows David and his brothers' attempts to care for him after the death of their mum.
3. A Killing in My Family
Air Date: 2017-03-08
This emotional documentary focuses on eight families who've lost a family member through murder or manslaughter and the impact that has had upon the children and the work of grief professionals who help such families.
4. Battling the Bailiffs
Air Date: 2017-06-15
5. Excluded at Seven
Air Date: 2017-06-25
Record numbers of British children are being permanently excluded from primary schools. Filmed over two terms at The Rosebery, a short-stay school in Norfolk, this film follows 6 excluded children.
6. Feral Families
Air Date: 2017-10-26
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Rating
6.5/10
Release Date
1990-02-19
Episodes
181 (28 seasons)
Status
Returning Series