Cutting Edge (1990)
The flagship documentary series show distinctive, compelling films that offer a snapshot of life in Britain today.
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Episode 1 - Girls Alone
Release Date: 2003-03-04A 'social experiment' fly-on-the-wall documentary following 10 12-year girls left alone to fend for themselves in a house without adult supervision.
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Episode 2 - Snatched
Release Date: 2003-07-08On 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.
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Episode 3 - Child Sex Trade
Release Date: 2003-10-08Filmmaker Liviu Tipurita investigates the pan-European trafficking of children for sex.
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Episode 4 - Crooked Tarts and Coronets
Release Date: 2003-10-22The 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.
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Episode 5 - The Last White Kids
Release Date: 2003-10-30A look at what it is like to be an ethnic minority in Britain from a child's point-of-view.
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Episode 6 - 14 Alone
Release Date: 2003-11-18