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Season 1

12 episodes · 1999

  1. 1Teenage Pregnant Sisters

    20 Sep 1999

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

  2. 2My Son Murdered His Mother

    27 Sep 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.

  3. 3Drivers Who Kill

    04 Oct 1999

    A film about those affected by fatal accidents.

  4. 4Bedroom Secrets

    11 Oct 1999

    Couples talk frankly about sex in long-term relationships.

  5. 5My Dad's a Villain

    18 Oct 1999

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

  6. 6Marry Me in Vegas

    25 Oct 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.

  7. 7Britain's First Fat Camp

    01 Nov 1999

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

  8. 8Burglars

    18 Nov 1999

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

  9. 9Private Detective for Hire

    25 Nov 1999

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

  10. 10White Van Man

    02 Dec 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.

  11. 11One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children

    09 Dec 1999

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

  12. 12Sex, Lies and Mobile Phones

    16 Dec 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.