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 - Surviving Gazza
Release Date: 2009-01-05 -
Episode 2 - Killer in a Small Town
Release Date: 2009-02-05 -
Episode 3 - A Very British Storm Junkie
Release Date: 2009-02-12Stuart 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.
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Episode 4 - Love, Life and Death in a Day
Release Date: 2009-02-26A look at a collection of births, marriages and deaths that all take place on one day.
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Episode 5 - Revenge of the Bin Men
Release Date: 2009-03-02A look at the growing dispute between UK residents and bin men.
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Episode 6 - Addicted to Surrogacy
Release Date: 2009-03-09Looking 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.
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Episode 7 - Trophy Kids
Release Date: 2009-03-26A look at parents who are determined to go to any lengths to ensure their children are successful within a chosen sport.
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Episode 8 - Would You Save a Stranger?
Release Date: 2009-04-02Showing the heroic acts of courage members of public have performed to save a person's life.
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Episode 9 - The Millionaire and the Murder Mansion
Release Date: 2009-04-09An investigation into a case of double-murder, suicide and arson in a Shropshire mansion.
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Episode 10 - Kimberley: Young Mum 10 Years On
Release Date: 2009-04-23Follow 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.
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Episode 11 - My Wall Street
Release Date: 2009-04-30A look at UK citizens who live in different areas called Wall Street and are suffering because of the recent recession.
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Episode 12 - Madeleine Was Here
Release Date: 2009-05-07Two 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.
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Episode 13 - The Homecoming
Release Date: 2009-05-14 -
Episode 14 - Emergency in the Womb
Release Date: 2009-05-21Follows life and death stories of ill children undergoing emergency surgery in the womb.
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Episode 15 - Captive for 18 Years: The Jaycee Lee Story
Release Date: 2009-10-01The story of Jaycee Lee Dugard, a girl who was kidnapped outside a school bus stop and found alive eighteen years later.
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Episode 16 - The Red Lion
Release Date: 2009-10-15Red Lion is the most common pub name in England. Director, Sue Bourne explores the people which inhabit the Red Lion pubs.
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Episode 17 - The Bigamist Bride: My Five Husbands
Release Date: 2009-10-22Emily 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.
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Episode 18 - Katie: My Beautiful Face
Release Date: 2009-10-29 -
Episode 19 - The Schoolboy Who Sailed the World
Release Date: 2009-11-05Following 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.
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Episode 20 - Confessions of a Traffic Warde
Release Date: 2009-11-19A look at the day in the life of a traffic warden, as seen through the eyes of recently recruited non-British traffic wardens.
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Episode 21 - Jess: Britain's Youngest Sleepwalker?
Release Date: 2009-11-26Revealing the life of three-year-old Jess. Her condition has baffled experts which led her to be dubbed Britain's Youngest Sleepwalker.
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Episode 22 - The Pregnant Man
Release Date: 2009-12-08 -
Episode 23 - Teens and Tiaras
Release Date: 2009-12-17Follows young upper-class women as they prepare for the Queen Charlotte Ball.