Real Life
A documentary strand of programmes reflecting everyday life.
Season 1
1. Teenage Pregnant Sisters
0.0Sep 20, 1999The real-life predicament of a Dorset woman and her 14 and 16 year-old daughters, who are both pregnant.
2. My Son Murdered His Mother
0.0Sep 27, 1999Paul 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. Drivers Who Kill
0.0Oct 4, 1999A film about those affected by fatal accidents.
4. Bedroom Secrets
0.0Oct 11, 1999Couples talk frankly about sex in long-term relationships.
5. My Dad's a Villain
0.0Oct 18, 1999Children of well-known criminals, including Howard Marks's daughter and Bruce Reynolds's son, talk about their lives.
6. Marry Me in Vegas
0.0Oct 25, 1999Reverend 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. Britain's First Fat Camp
0.0Nov 1, 1999Forty of the country's fattest teenagers have a summer of diet and sport.
8. Burglars
0.0Nov 18, 1999Vetean burglars John Kerry and Norman Newell describe the tricks of their trade.
9. Private Detective for Hire
0.0Nov 25, 1999The film follows private detective Irving Watkin on a matrimonial case where a wife is convinced her husband is seeing someone else.
10. White Van Man
0.0Dec 2, 1999Profile 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. One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children
0.0Dec 9, 1999Tom Green, a fundamentalist Mormon living in Utah already has six wives, but is considering getting married again.
12. Sex, Lies and Mobile Phones
0.0Dec 16, 1999Are 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.