Real Life
Season 1
199912 episodes
Episodes
- E1
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.
- E2
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.
- E3
Drivers Who Kill
1999-10-04
A film about those affected by fatal accidents.
- E4
Bedroom Secrets
1999-10-11
Couples talk frankly about sex in long-term relationships.
- E5
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.
- E6
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.
- E7
Britain's First Fat Camp
1999-11-01
Forty of the country's fattest teenagers have a summer of diet and sport.
- E8
Burglars
1999-11-18
Vetean burglars John Kerry and Norman Newell describe the tricks of their trade.
- E9
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.
- E10
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.
- E11
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.
- E12
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.
