Season 1

Real LifeSeason 1

1999
12 Episodes

Episodes

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S01E01

Teenage Pregnant Sisters

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

20 Sept 1999
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S01E02

My Son Murdered His Mother

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.

27 Sept 1999
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S01E03

Drivers Who Kill

A film about those affected by fatal accidents.

04 Oct 1999
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S01E04

Bedroom Secrets

Couples talk frankly about sex in long-term relationships.

11 Oct 1999
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S01E05

My Dad's a Villain

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

18 Oct 1999
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S01E06

Marry Me in Vegas

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.

25 Oct 1999
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S01E07

Britain's First Fat Camp

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

01 Nov 1999
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S01E08

Burglars

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

18 Nov 1999
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S01E09

Private Detective for Hire

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

25 Nov 1999
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S01E10

White Van Man

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.

02 Dec 1999
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S01E11

One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children

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

09 Dec 1999
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S01E12

Sex, Lies and Mobile Phones

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.

16 Dec 1999