Cutting Edge

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. 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.

4. She's Done Her Bird

Air Date: 1990-03-21

1. Relative Strangers

Air Date: 1991-02-11

2. Eton - Class of '91

Air Date: 1991-03-11

Looks at Eton, its traditions, methods of teaching and general daily routines.

3. A Plague on Your Home

Air Date: 1991-03-18

4. 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.

10. Cream Teas and Concrete

Air Date: 1991-12-09

Investigating North Cornwall District Council and its planning decision regarding Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor.

11. Casualties

Air Date: 1991-11-25

1. Looking for Billy

Air Date: 1992-03-02

Missing without trace, a father of ten from Dublin.

2. 'P' Company

Air Date: 1992-03-23

The rigorous training of paratroopers for the British Army.

3. 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.

4. The Killing Seas

Air Date: 1992-06-07

5. Loansharks

Air Date: 1992-11-02

A report from Glasgow on Loansharks.

6. Comrades

Air Date: 1992-11-09

1. Undercover

Air Date: 1993-02-15

2. Rich Pickings

Air Date: 1993-10-25

3. Searching for Susan

Air Date: 1993-11-15

A mother and father's desperate search for their runaway daughter.

1. Intolerance

Air Date: 1994-01-10

2. An Impossible Job

Air Date: 1994-01-24

3. The Club

Air Date: 1994-02-07

An inside look at the Northwood Golf Club in Middlesex.

4. Absolutely Marie Claire

Air Date: 1994-03-01

5. Bodyguards

Air Date: 1994-10-31

6. Home Alone

Air Date: 1994-12-05

Two pensioners, living on their own, keep a diary through the winter months.

1. Road Rage

Air Date: 1995-06-27

What transforms the mild-mannered businessman into a raging psycho on the roads?

2. The Trouble with Money

Air Date: 1995-10-16

1. I Married a Great Train Robber

Air Date: 1996-01-22

2. Step-Families

Air Date: 1996-04-01

A candid investigation of modern step-family life.

3. The Home

Air Date: 1996-09-02

Charting a day in the life of Redmere Lodge, St. Leonards-on- Sea, a residential home for elderly people.

4. The Test

Air Date: 1996-09-30

A short film about driving.

5. 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.

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. Jilted

Air Date: 1997-03-17

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Car Trouble

Air Date: 1997-10-28

9. 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.

10. Footballers Wives

Air Date: 1997-11-11

11. The End Is Nigh

Air Date: 1997-11-18

The life of a Jehovah's Witness community.

12. Men Who Pay for Sex

Air Date: 1997-11-21

Men talk openly for the first time about their encounters with prostitutes.

1. Rogue Males

Air Date: 1998-02-17

2. Bootleggers

Air Date: 1998-03-10

3. Ambition

Air Date: 1998-03-17

4. Last Year's Tories

Air Date: 1998-05-02

5. The Outsiders

Air Date: 1998-05-14

Stories of four residents of the Avondale Hotel, Eastbourne, which accommodates social security recipients.

6. Rude Britannia

Air Date: 1998-10-15

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. Asylum

Air Date: 1999-03-08

3. D I Why

Air Date: 1999-03-29

4. Love Hurts

Air Date: 1999-07-04

An account of a turbulent Trans-Atlantic divorce suite.

5. Kimberley

Air Date: 1999-07-05

1. Reggie Kray

Air Date: 2000-02-17

A documentary constructing a case for freeing Reggie Kray from prison.

2. A Wedding in the Family

Air Date: 2000-03-20

Fly-on-the-wall documentary following the wedding of Stuart and Anna.

3. 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.

4. Argi Bhaji

Air Date: 2000-04-25

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

3. Gigolos

Air Date: 2002-06-11

5. 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?

6. 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. Child Sex Trade

Air Date: 2003-10-08

Filmmaker Liviu Tipurita investigates the pan-European trafficking of children for sex.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 14 Alone

Air Date: 2003-11-18

1. 57 Screaming Kids

Air Date: 2001-05-15

2. I Confess

Air Date: 2001-05-22

Documentary about people who confess to murders they may not have committed.

3. Brian's Story

Air Date: 2001-05-29

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.

4. A Mothers Love

Air Date: 2001-06-24

5. Kidnap

Air Date: 2001-06-26

1 x 60 minutes, documentary about the world of the kidnap for ransom industry in Columbia.

1. It'll Never Last

Air Date: 2004-06-30

Looking at the lives of three British women who fell in love whilst overseas.

2. 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.

1. The Black Widow

Air Date: 2005-06-29

2. 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. Pram-Face

Air Date: 2006-08-14

Documentary following the lives of single mothers living on a council estate.

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. 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.

5. 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