Cutting Edge
The flagship documentary series show distinctive, compelling films that offer a snapshot of life in Britain today.
Type: tv
Season: 28
Episode: N/A
Duration: 49 minutes
Release: 1990-02-19
Rating: 6.5
Season 1 - Cutting Edge
1990-02-19
1990-02-26
Takes a frank and disturbing look at the psychiatric asylum on the Greek island of Leros.
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.
1990-03-21
Season 2 - Cutting Edge
1991-02-11
1991-03-11
Looks at Eton, its traditions, methods of teaching and general daily routines.
1991-03-18
1991-03-25
Documentary which follows three gangs of migrant Irish street workers as they tunnel beneath the streets of London to lay pipes.
1991-12-09
Investigating North Cornwall District Council and its planning decision regarding Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor.
1991-11-25
Season 3 - Cutting Edge
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.
1992-06-07
1992-11-09
Season 4 - Cutting Edge
1993-02-15
1993-10-25
Season 5 - Cutting Edge
1994-01-10
1994-01-24
1994-03-01
1994-10-31
Season 6 - Cutting Edge
1995-06-27
What transforms the mild-mannered businessman into a raging psycho on the roads?
1995-10-16
Season 7 - Cutting Edge
1996-01-22
1996-09-02
Charting a day in the life of Redmere Lodge, St. Leonards-on- Sea, a residential home for elderly people.
1996-10-07
Documentary following a year in the life of Paul Gascoigne; after he returned to England after spending three years in Italy.
Season 8 - Cutting Edge
1997-01-20
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.
1997-02-03
1997-03-17
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.
1997-08-22
A look at the lives of three singletons as they go in search of a prospective partner.
1997-09-23
A look at the lives and opinions of three consumer crusaders who stand up for the rights of dissatisfied customers everywhere.
1997-10-28
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.
1997-11-11
1997-11-21
Men talk openly for the first time about their encounters with prostitutes.
Season 9 - Cutting Edge
1998-02-17
1998-03-10
1998-03-17
1998-05-02
1998-05-14
Stories of four residents of the Avondale Hotel, Eastbourne, which accommodates social security recipients.
1998-10-15
An examination of modern forms of rage in the UK, including road rage, trolley rage etc.
Season 10 - Cutting Edge
1999-01-09
1999-03-08
1999-03-29
1999-07-05
Season 11 - Cutting Edge
2000-03-20
Fly-on-the-wall documentary following the wedding of Stuart and Anna.
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.
2000-04-25
Season 12 - Cutting Edge
2002-03-17
Documentary about a hostel for homeless alcoholics in East London, so-called 'wet houses' because they allow drinking on the premises.
2002-05-30
2002-06-11
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?
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.
Season 13 - Cutting Edge
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.
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.
2003-10-08
Filmmaker Liviu Tipurita investigates the pan-European trafficking of children for sex.
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.
2003-10-30
A look at what it is like to be an ethnic minority in Britain from a child's point-of-view.
2003-11-18
Season 14 - Cutting Edge
2001-05-15
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.
2001-06-24
2001-06-26
1 x 60 minutes, documentary about the world of the kidnap for ransom industry in Columbia.
Season 15 - Cutting Edge
2004-06-30
Looking at the lives of three British women who fell in love whilst overseas.
2004-08-10
Documentary about an eccentric, aristocratic family who are desperate to find money to help repair their dilapidated mansion.
Season 16 - Cutting Edge
2005-06-29
2005-07-13
Documentary looking at professional house clearing firm, The Clampitts.
Season 17 - Cutting Edge
2006-07-24
Documentary about specialist cleaners who are responsible for cleaning up after a dead body has been found.
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.
Season 18 - Cutting Edge
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.
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.
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.
2008-02-14
Follows the stories of three young children who preach the word of the Lord.
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.
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.
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.
2008-03-13
A look at four young girls and how the they deal with their unplanned pregnancies in a Liverpool hospital ward.
2008-03-20
2008-03-27
A look at nine months in the lives of two half-sibling couples, whose incestuous relationships began after reuniting as adults.
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.
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.
2008-05-22
Documentary looking at three large families who between have over thirty children but, they still intend on having more.
2008-05-30
A look at UK traffic jams and how they affect the drivers involved.
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.
2008-09-18
Charting a month in the life of ambulance 212 and its crew in Reading.
2008-09-25
An look at America's purity movement. The purity movement involves girls pledging to remain a virgin until their wedding day.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2008-11-06
Tells the story of some of the other men born on the same day as their most illustrious contemporary.
2008-11-13
Documentary on the impact of the wealth gap in the UK on a couple of teenagers.
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.
Season 19 - Cutting Edge
2007-04-04
Documentary about two twin sisters who find it difficult to spend time apart.
2007-04-16
A look at the clash between foxes in urban environments and the citizens.
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.
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.
2007-05-14
A school undertake a social experiment in which the pupils give up swearing.
2007-05-21
Follows three families as they undertake the process of hiring an Au Pair and the problems that arise.
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.
Season 20 - Cutting Edge
2009-01-05
2009-02-05
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.
2009-02-26
A look at a collection of births, marriages and deaths that all take place on one day.
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.
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.
2009-04-02
Showing the heroic acts of courage members of public have performed to save a person's life.
2009-04-09
An investigation into a case of double-murder, suicide and arson in a Shropshire mansion.
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.
2009-04-30
A look at UK citizens who live in different areas called Wall Street and are suffering because of the recent recession.
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.
2009-05-14
2009-05-21
Follows life and death stories of ill children undergoing emergency surgery in the womb.
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.
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.
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.
2009-10-29
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.
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.
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.
2009-12-08
2009-12-17
Follows young upper-class women as they prepare for the Queen Charlotte Ball.
Season 21 - Cutting Edge
2010-02-04
Following the stories of four women who are desperate that their next child is female.
2010-02-11
Following four eight-year-old girls as they begin a new life starting boarding school.
2010-02-18
A look at the lives of gypsy travelers as they prepare for a wedding.
2010-03-04
A look at seemingly absurd stories that feature in true life magazines.
2010-03-11
Following three boys as they try to get into the prestigious Harrow School on a scholarship.
2010-03-18
Rachel Johnson is brought in as the new editor to revive magazine, The Lady by giving it a modern image.
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.
2010-07-14
A profile of veteran entertainer Bruce Forsyth and his wife, Wilnelia Merced.
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.
2010-08-04
A follow-up documentary examining whether the couples survived their first year together.
2010-08-11
Two families swap their children of just boys or girls for the opposite gender for a weekend.
2010-08-18
Building a psychological profile of Raoul Moat using tapes he recorded and interview with the people who knew him.
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.
Season 22 - Cutting Edge
2011-05-05
A look at National Lottery winners past and present, focusing on how these new millionaires deal with their fortune.
2011-05-12
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.
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.
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.
Season 23 - Cutting Edge
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.
Season 24 - Cutting Edge
2013-02-19
2013-05-16
2013-08-29
Season 25 - Cutting Edge
2014-02-18
Three true stories of teacher-pupil relationships in the age of social media.
2014-05-29
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.
Season 26 - Cutting Edge
2015-04-21
2015-12-20
Season 27 - Cutting Edge
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.
2016-11-03
Behind-the-scenes with the staff and customers at Freedom Firearms gun store in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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.
Season 28 - Cutting Edge
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.
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.
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.
2017-06-15
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.
2017-10-26
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