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A documentary strand of programmes reflecting everyday life.
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.
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.
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.
Keith Charles was a copper for 30 years before retiring to take up his new career as a psychic.
Nine months in the life of a family struggling to cope with their sixteen-year-old daughter Vicki Carter's anorexia.
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.
Report on how the new pets passport scheme works in practice, following two families as they travel abroad with their beloved dogs.
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.
Follows five 14-year-olds football hopefuls over 6 years at Lilleshall, England's school of excellence for footballers.
1999
The real-life predicament of a Dorset woman and her 14 and 16 year-old daughters, who are both pregnant.
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.
A film about those affected by fatal accidents.
Couples talk frankly about sex in long-term relationships.
Children of well-known criminals, including Howard Marks's daughter and Bruce Reynolds's son, talk about their lives.
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.
Forty of the country's fattest teenagers have a summer of diet and sport.
Vetean burglars John Kerry and Norman Newell describe the tricks of their trade.
The film follows private detective Irving Watkin on a matrimonial case where a wife is convinced her husband is seeing someone else.
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.
Tom Green, a fundamentalist Mormon living in Utah already has six wives, but is considering getting married again.
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.
2000
A look at the British gay couple who have made legal and medical history by having surrogate twins.
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?
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.
A look at the difficulties faced by over-50s who wish to find new partners.
Documentary about women who are having babies late in life, and the desperate measures some are willing to take.
Insight into the lives of former partners who stay together long after starting new relationships.
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.
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