Real Life

Sep 20, 1999

The real-life predicament of a Dorset woman and her 14 and 16 year-old daughters, who are both pregnant.

Sep 27, 1999

Paul Geldart was an outspoken magistrate and an active Conservative councilor. But earlier this year, his 18-year-old only son Simon went on trial for murdering his mother, Paul's ex-wife. Mother and son had been devoted to one another, say relatives and friends. Why, then, did Simon do it? John Alexander follows Paul throughout the court case.

Oct 4, 1999

A film about those affected by fatal accidents.

Oct 11, 1999

Couples talk frankly about sex in long-term relationships.

Oct 18, 1999

Children of well-known criminals, including Howard Marks's daughter and Bruce Reynolds's son, talk about their lives.

Oct 25, 1999

Reverend Charlotte Richards has married 300,000 couples over the last 40 years at her Little White Chapel in Las Vegas—a popular venue for British couples to tie the knot. A $70 per five-minute ceremony, it's a lucrative business.

Nov 1, 1999

Forty of the country's fattest teenagers have a summer of diet and sport.

Nov 18, 1999

Vetean burglars John Kerry and Norman Newell describe the tricks of their trade.

Nov 25, 1999

The film follows private detective Irving Watkin on a matrimonial case where a wife is convinced her husband is seeing someone else.

Dec 2, 1999

Profile three van drivers, including a Yorkshireman who has had more than 50 careers, and a former start of Doctor in the House filling in as an odd-job man in between acting roles.

Dec 9, 1999

Tom Green, a fundamentalist Mormon living in Utah already has six wives, but is considering getting married again.

Dec 16, 1999

Are mobile phones a boom to modern communications or the bane of society? Norman Hull's film explores their many uses and reveals how they've become an indispensable tool for con men of every type.

Jun 27, 2000

A look at the British gay couple who have made legal and medical history by having surrogate twins.

Jul 4, 2000

This episode reveals the human drama behind auction-house lots. Why do some people make the biggest purchase of their life in the charged atmosphere of an auction room, and why others choose this method to sell?

Jul 11, 2000

To become a Royal Marines Commando, new recruits face the toughest training course of any army in the world. We follow a new batch of trainees through the whole eight-month course at the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, Devon.

Jul 18, 2000

A look at the difficulties faced by over-50s who wish to find new partners.

Jul 25, 2000

Documentary about women who are having babies late in life, and the desperate measures some are willing to take.

Aug 1, 2000

Insight into the lives of former partners who stay together long after starting new relationships.

Aug 8, 2000

Tribute to the great British Friday night out, following a gaggle of girls, a couple of likely lads, a randy cab driver and two young lasses as they start the weekend on a high note in Doncaster.

Jan 28, 2001

A look at the harsh reality of life in post-communist Moscow; as capitalism runs riot, and everything and everyone can be bought and crime rates rise steeply.

Feb 6, 2001

Follows the last months of freedom of 24-year-old Mitchell Quy from Southport as he continued to plead innocence to the charge of murdering his wife, Lynsey.

Sep 4, 2001

The fortunes of two 12-year-old girls who need heart transplants to save their lives and the stories of youngsters whose deaths have given others a second chance.

Sep 12, 2001

Keith Charles was a copper for 30 years before retiring to take up his new career as a psychic.

Oct 2, 2001

Nine months in the life of a family struggling to cope with their sixteen-year-old daughter Vicki Carter's anorexia.

Oct 9, 2001

The lives of two contenders for The Fattest Men in Britain: Jack Taylor, aged 54, who hasn't left his Bradford flat for over 25 year following the death of his mam, gran and girlfriend, and 33-year-old Barry, who defies the image of the sad, fat bloke.

Nov 6, 2001

Report on how the new pets passport scheme works in practice, following two families as they travel abroad with their beloved dogs.

Nov 26, 2001

Profile of former East End villain Dave Courtney, a one-time associate of the Kray brothers who turned his back on the underworld after seeing a friend murdered on the Old Kent Road.

Dec 1, 2001

Follows five 14-year-olds football hopefuls over 6 years at Lilleshall, England's school of excellence for footballers.