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Real Life

Season 1

1999 · 12 episodes

  1. 1. Teenage Pregnant Sisters

    1999-09-20

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

  2. 2. My Son Murdered His Mother

    1999-09-27

    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. 3. Drivers Who Kill

    1999-10-04

    A film about those affected by fatal accidents.

  4. 4. Bedroom Secrets

    1999-10-11

    Couples talk frankly about sex in long-term relationships.

  5. 5. My Dad's a Villain

    1999-10-18

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

  6. 6. Marry Me in Vegas

    1999-10-25

    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. 7. Britain's First Fat Camp

    1999-11-01

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

  8. 8. Burglars

    1999-11-18

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

  9. 9. Private Detective for Hire

    1999-11-25

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

  10. 10. White Van Man

    1999-12-02

    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. 11. One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children

    1999-12-09

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

  12. 12. Sex, Lies and Mobile Phones

    1999-12-16

    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.

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