Inside Story

Z Charlie Four

Real police officers doing a real job. Catching villains and protecting the public

Marek

Marek Marek was one of many children who undergo a hole-in-the-heart operation. By now this operation is routine, and th

Liz Thomas

This is the story of a remarkable young English nurse who made her home in a Saigon slum. Before the city fell to the co

The Company

An actuality account filmed behind closed doors of a company as it faces the ultimate business threat - liquidation. The

Mini

The story of Michael - known as 'Mini' - who at 11 years old has twice attempted to burn down his house, and was designa

Ambassador

An exclusive behind-the-scenes film about Elliot Richardson, US Ambassador to Great Britain - an American who is suddenl

Underneath the Archers

Today The Archers is 25 years old - the world's longest-running radio serial. Ambridge people have spoken 57 million wor

The Depot

At 8.0 am on New Year's Eve 1973, two ambulancemen called Jim Grummett and Colin Birch crossed the picket lines outside

The Cupboard of Crug-y-bar

The true story of a valuable period piece, sold for a song by its owner, and for a lot of money by the time it reached i

The Market

Film cameras follow City of London traders in foreign exchange, metals, stocks and shares; money lenders who deal in mil

The Sentence

At the very grass-roots of our legal system are the Magistrates' Courts, before which 90 per cent of all cases in this c

The Release

Over 60,000 men are released from prison each year. At eight o'clock each day the prison gates open to let loose a strea

The Appeal

In a summer when the immigration row has simmered in Parliament, and erupted in Southall, Inside Story concentrates on o

Miscarriage of Justice

In May 1973 two young men were convicted of arson. Each received a term of imprisonment. Two years later, on appeal, the

A Queen's Pardon

Two young men have received a Queen's Pardon, after spending years in prison for a crime they did not commit. Roger Cook

Crew Of '76

A year ago the Oxford Eight won the University Boat Race in the fastest time ever recorded. Highlights from the months o

Prisoners' Wives - Eileen

Eileen is at the beginning. Her husband, John, is on remand inside Pentonville awaiting trial at the Old Bailey for robb

Prisoners' Wives - Lorraine

Lorraine 's waiting has begun. Her husband, Steve, is serving two-and-a-half years in Leeds Prison for rape. Four months

Prisoners' Wives - Kathy

Kathy is at the end. In 24 hours her husband Steve will be released. He has served 18 months in Wandsworth Prison for ro

A Run For Your Money

Bob McAngus regularly drives his own juggernaut lorry from Britain to Italy. This is a filmed record of one mission - a

The Mystery Of The Stolen Milk Bottle

David Kendall is a dairy farmer. He has 42 cows producing 80 gallons of milk a day. Yet he finds himself in trouble with

The Informer

Following the transmission last August of Inside Story - Miscarriage of Justice, the BBC received a large number of lett

The Orlov Defence

In April this year a long-distance call from Moscow was put through to a London barrister. In the 15 seconds before she

Behind The Front

On one day in October last year 7,000 policemen were on the streets of Greater Manchester at a cost of over a quarter of

Closed Shop

When the union attempts to make the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph a closed shop, one man stands in its way-the pape

From Blighty To Belize

This programme focuses on the day to day lives of the British troops guarding the Belize/Guatemala border and their cele

The End Of The Line

In the telephone directory the entry reads Samaritans, The (Befriend the suicidal), followed by a number. And a million

Alcamo - The Anatomy Of A Mafia Town

The Mafia itself is unfilmable - but the results of its malign activities are. Alcamo is a town of 45,000 people in West

Back To The Beginning

Thirty-two years ago, Diane was abandoned in the waiting room of Lymington station. She was six months old. Brian rememb

Parole

Every year, over 10,000 prisoners in jails all over the country anxiously await the result of their parole petitions. Bu

George

24-year-old George Roberts feels that he is a woman, and he wants to have sex reassignment surgery. Before the National

Blizzard

The blizzard that engulfed the South West of England in February 1978 was the worst in living memory on parts of Exmoor.

The Catch

HMS Guernsey is a policewoman of the sea. The laws she enforces define the dos and don'ts of fishing. Her beat is three-

Timmy & The Experts

Timothy Jones is a child. When the strain of looking after him began to affect his parents' marriage, Mr and Mrs Jones a

Traitors To Hitler

After the failure of the plot to blow Adolf Hitler to pieces as he studied his campaigns in the Wolf's Lair on 20th July

Diver

The oil bonanza, which breathed life into the nation's economy, also spelled death to many young men who worked under th

The Voyage Of 'Rainbow Warrior'

When the converted Greenpeace trawler sailed out into the North Sea in June this year bound for Iceland, the eyes of all

Hostage Cops

The Spaghetti House, Balcombe Street, the Iranian Embassy... three London incidents in recent Years in which police host

Coming Out

In June 1979, London played host to Gay Pride Week, which culminated in the Pride March through the capital. It was, at

A Home For Stephen

Stephen is one of 12,000 waiting to be adopted, but he is of a group of children deemed virtually un-adoptable. For when

Timmy And The Experts

Almost exactly a year ago, Inside Story examined the case of Timothy, a hyperactive child, whom Solihull Social Services

On The Game

Could brothels ever become legal in Britain? As a Home Office Committee study the possibility of changes in the law on p

Missing

Forty years ago to the day, 7 September 1940, Hurricanes of 257 Squadron took off from Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, to int

Animals In War

Do we have the right to involve animals in our own military destruction? Animal war heroes, such as Rob the parachuting

Subway

A 17-year-old tourist stabbed to death. A young woman taken hostage and raped. Just two of the 16,000 crimes that occurr

Psychic Tearoom

'To know is to avert, if you know the future you can change it,' says Hollywood psychic Kebrina Kincade. All over Americ

Partners In Crime

A woman is battered in her own home. Trying to escape, she's dragged back by her feet and attacked with an axe. Only a 9

On Trial

The Americans have just finished an experiment which allowed television networks to plug into criminal courts. The test

The Road To Terror

In the last year there has been another wave of executions of political prisoners in Iran's prisons. How can a revolutio

False Witness

Documentary that reviews the case of Jeffrey MacDonald, the U.S. Marine physician who was convicted of the 1970 murder o

The Red Web

Over ten years, the secret intelligence service MI6 infiltrated about 30 British agents into the Soviet Union to operate

The Bounty Hunters

'I'm probably one of the last bounty hunters left in America,' says Leonard Padilla , a gun-toting Mexican with a black

Children's Dreams

Why do radishes weep and cabbages demonstrate with Placards? What's it like to fly through the air on a large pink pig o

Miss USSR

In a country where cosmetics, condoms, tights, tissues and tampons are largely unavailable, and where alcoholism and abo

Who Killed Martin Luther King?

At 6.01pm on 4 April 1968, Dr Martin Luther King was shot dead by a sniper in Memphis, Tennessee. Who fired that shot an

The Forgotten Holocaust

During the years 1939 to 1945, more than a quarter of a million European gypsies were rounded up and deported to ghettos

The Officers' Mess

Ticking With The Crow

Return To Hiroshima

The last time they gazed on Japan they were watching the most horrific single event in the history of war - the nuclear

Our Reactor is on Fire

Investigates the fire inside Reactor One at Windscale in October 1957, and the previous emissions and leaks of radiation

Prostitutki

As Gorbachev draws back the iron curtain, western ideas and lifestyles are changing the Soviet Union. Not all of them ar

The Race Game

Black sportsmen and women, wearing British colours, are winning more gold medals, setting new records and scoring more p

South Africa's Killing Ground

Three thousand people have been killed in the Natal province of South Africa during the last three years in a bitter str

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

The Broadwater Farm riots and the murder of PC Keith Blakelock in October 1985 led to a ten-week trial and life sentence

Ratcatchers

Most of us shudder when we see a rat. Nearly all of us call for help. Ratcatchers are the men who come to answer our cal

Men Of Steel

Ten years ago the workers at the Gdansk shipyard went on strike, an action that was to lead eventually to the fall of th

Incidental Death

Our Kev' says the fresh wreath laid year after year on her son's grave by a still bitter Phyllis Freeman. Kev was one of

Doctors And Torture

Doctors around the world are monitoring and participating in torture. Inside Story talks to them, to the tortured prison

The Confession

For 18 years George Blake served as a senior MI6 officer. In 1952 he became a double agent, betraying MI6 operations and

The Dream Dealer

Howard Marks was an underworld myth: drugs trafficker, fugitive and Oxford graduate famous for his impersonations of Elv

November Days: Voices and Choices

Directed by the celebrated French film-maker, Marcel Ophuls , whose Oscar-winning film about notorious war criminal Klau

The Maze: Enemies Within

A documentary containing rare footage inside Long Kesh in 1990. It includes interviews with many republican and loyalist

Ape Trade

Deep in the forests of south east Asia, the shy and endangered orang-utan is the victim of a cruel and criminal trade. M

Children of God

For the first time, a documentary crew is allowed inside the South African police force. This film is the story of the C

AIDS in the Family

Aids is a disease which threatens every one of us. Heterosexuals are now becoming infected at a faster rate than gay men

Railway

British Rail's crack Yorkshire Pullman carries business people to London from Leeds in two hours precisely. A first-clas

Fatal Encounter

During the 60s Colonel Oleg Penkovsky , a senior Russian intelligence officer, had proved himself to be 'our spy of the

A Very Serious Offence

"I realised that I was going to be raped and that being raped was better than being dead, so therefore I was going to su

The Missing

The war is over, but thousands of families in Kuwait have loved ones missing. During the occupation large numbers of Kuw

M25 The Magic Roundabout

The Search

The last American GIs left Vietnam in 1975. They left behind them the Amerasians - the children of American soldiers and

Yellow Line

London is choked by illegally parked cars. Emergency services are obstructed and public transport hindered. Enter the dr

Trade Slaves

With vast reserves of diamonds and valuable minerals, seas heavy with fish, the West African country of Sierra Leone sho

Presumed Guilty

In the wake of the Birmingham Six appeal, Michael Mansfield , QC, a leading defence barrister, reveals exclusively to In

The Nightrider

The Nightrider uncovers the disturbing truth about the murder, 28 years ago, of black civil-rights leader Medgar Evers b

Suicide Killers

The Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka are one of the most ruthless groups of independence fighters in the modern world. The Indi

Why Women Kill

Last year, in America, 682 men were killed by their wives or girlfriends. That is the tip of an iceberg in which an esti

Dogs Of War

The lives and times of British mercenaries fighting in the Yugoslavia Civil War, earning as little as £100 a month in t

Welcome To Hell

Just when majority rule is in sight, South Africa's black townships are in despair. Murders, rapes, broken families and

Seeing Red

The investigative documentary series goes on the buses to take the pulse of a city that is grinding to a halt. Driving o

The Illegals

The investigative documentary series reveals the story of Russia's master spies - known as the "illegals" or "sleepers".

Evidence Of Abuse

Police on Humberside have set up four specialist units to deal solely with the growing number of reported child abuse ca

In Cold Blood

When British soldiers shot dead 24 Chinese "terrorists" in Malaya in December 1948 it was said to be one of the most suc

The Women Trade

Hidden cameras expose a cruel "flesh trade" in which thousands of women from poor countries are lured to Europe for jobs

Bag Lady

Maggie carries all she owns in a bag. At 42 she has lived much of the last 20 years on the streets of London, where robb

The Assassin

For the first time, the man the FBI described as "the perfect assassin, the very essence of evil: a man so blindly, terr

Mules

As many as one in five women in prison in Britain today is a Nigerian woman convicted of smuggling drugs into the UK. Dr

Undertakers

This film goes behind the scenes with a south London undertaking firm as they visit grieving families, collect bodies fr

Old, Dirty And Late

Every day half a million commuters pour into London on British Rail trains and every day something goes wrong - trains r

Tiny Rowland: The Rebel Tycoon

The first major investigation into Roland "Tiny" Rowland whose company, Lonrho, was 20 years ago unforgettably castigate

Ordinary People

Documentary on Karlovac, a UN transit camp in Croatia that offers sanctuary to 3,000 broken people. It records the shatt

Children Who Kill

The recent murder of Liverpool toddler Jamie Bulger , allegedly by two 10-year-olds, shocked the world. As concern grows

New York Law

Far from the image of LA Law, the New York City criminal courts sit 24 hours a day handling one million court appearance

Care In Mind

"There is very much a 'not in my backyard' attitude to mental health problems," says Paul Savage , a community psychiatr

Immoral Earnings

The violent, degrading and complex relationship between pimps and prostitutes in London is explored in this film by Oliv

The New Principal

Battersea Technology College in London is one of the roughest comprehensive schools in the country. The local council, C

Hostage

In January 1987 Terry Waite was taken hostage in Beirut. During the 1,763 days of his captivity, rumour and speculation

The Great Benefit Robbery

It's no longer just question of someone down on their luck fiddling a few pounds they're not strictly entitled to. Not e

Traffic Jam

On a Saturday morning in August, traffic on a long section of the M1 has come to a standstill. A minor collision in road

Rector Versus Clinton - The Killer And The Candidate

During the presidential primaries in 1992, would-be Democratic candidate Bill Clinton faced an agonising decision as Gov

Noise Patrol

"You can close your eyes but you can't shut your ears off, "says John Wilkinson of Westminster Council's noise team. The

The Manageress

When the owner of Birmingham City Football Club, publisher David Sullivan, appointed 23-year-old Karren Brady as the clu

Burgled

Sean is 15 and well known to the Gateshead police as a juvenile car thief and burglar. He reckons he can break into a ho

Children at Risk: The Secret Life of a Paedophile

This film sounds a warning that paedophiles are often the least likely people. It investigates a man who was a top-ranki

Tabloid Truth

If you think that Michael Elphick 's Harry was tough, stand by for the real thing. News Team in Birmingham is one of the

False Memories: Suggestions of Abuse

Can a person so totally suppress recollections of sexual abuse during childhood that the memory of it can only be recove

Chappaquiddick

An investigation of the accident on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, in July 1969, when Senator Edward Kennedy's ca

Car Squad

Are you driving a stolen car? Thousands of motorists are but do not realise it. They are victims of "car ringers" who st

Silent Twin - Without My Shadow

The astonishing story of June and Jennifer Gibbons, identical twin sisters locked in an all-exclusive love-hate relation

Holiday Rep

The beach and beer are the main preoccupations in Malia, a lively resort on the island of Crete. And Louise, a 21-year-o

Wiped Out

In the last four years the Lloyd's of London insurance market has lost £6.6 billion - more than in the whole of its 300

The Body Shop

What drives someone to it? Is it only for the rich and famous? Why are more and more men doing it and what difference do

Junior Doctors - Life On Call

The world of the junior doctor has been dramatised in series like Casualty and Cardiac Arrest, but what is the reality?

Telephone Terror

Documentary follows the BT Nuisance calls bureau in combatting nuisance callers and working with police to support the v

Caroline's Baby

The harrowing story of Caroline Beale, a woman from east London, charged with murdering her baby daughter in a New York

Survivors

Tonight's programme looks at three victims of post traumatic stress disorder and the new treatment they are undertaking.

Mountain Rescue

Mountain climbing is currently Britain's fastest growing sport. However, with the increase in popularity comes an increa

Art Detectives

London has become the international clearing house for thousands of stolen paintings and antiques. Detective Inspector J

Road Rage

According to the AA, nine out of ten drivers have experienced road rage. Inside Story tries to discover what makes ordin

Terrifying Love

An investigation of a court system set up to deal with domestic violence. Each year in the USA, over six million women a

Inside 25 Cromwell Street

In the wake of Rosemary West's trial we hear exclusive testimony from the only people qualified to describe life as it r

A Peaceful Exit

Left brain damaged after an operation, two-year-old Ian Stewart is in pain day and night and not expected to reach his t

A Band is Born

This programme goes behind the scenes to show how pop industry bosses manufacture the latest teenage "boy band" sensatio

Caroline's Baby - Update

Update on the story of a London Civil Servant who was arrested in New York in 1994 carrying her dead baby. After eight m

On My Feet Again

Julie Hill was paralysed following a car crash, but she is about to become a bionic woman. Julie has been chosen to have

Alison's Last Mountain

In August 1995, climber Alison Hargreaves , the first woman to reach the summit of Everest alone and without oxygen, was

£830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings

25 Million Pounds details the collapse of Barings Bank in the mid 1990s primarily by a broker called Nick Leeson, who lo

Stalker Squad

Los Angeles is the only city in the world which has its own police team dedicated to fighting the crime of stalking. Ton

Miracle Babies: The Story of the Dionne Quintuplets

In 1934, in Canada, Elzire Dionne gave birth to five identical girls. To ensure the babies' survival, the sisters were r

The Lady Guns

A documentary about four intrepid lady shots who have taken on the men at their own game, in the exclusive world of the

Caring for Christopher

The story of Christopher, a young boy who suffers from severe epilepsy. The film follows his development over five years

Eurocops '96

Tonight's programme goes behind the scenes of the huge security operation, set up by eight of the country's regional pol

Betrayal

From a bride betrayed on her wedding night to a lottery winner who walked out on his partner, this documentary goes behi

Karzan's Brothers

Karzan Krekar's family are trapped in a safe haven in northern Iraq. Karzan lives with his wife and child in Britain, wa

Maxwell - The Downfall

The inside story of the life of Robert Maxwell. Tom Bower reveals in forensic detail the financial web which underpinned

The Honey Trap

A new six-part series of the investigative programme begins with a look at the KGB and its recruitment of women to seduc

Behind Enemy Lines

The investigative series looks at the Royal Navy's arduous two-week survival course. The film follows a mixed group of m

Megan's Law

Following the rape and murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka in a small New Jersey town three years ago, by a convicted p

Love On the Needle

For more than 20 years heroin has been the most important thing in the life of addict James, but now his health is deter

To Catch a Cheat?

A government hotline set up last year, invited the public to help catch benefit fraudsters who each year cost the DSS th

A Deadly Secret

The story of Jan Ruston, who, when her 20-year marriage ended three years ago, did a "Shirley Valentine". She travelled

Nazi Gold

How have Swiss banks profited from Nazi Germany? In their search for the missing millions, two men, Edgar Bronfman and I

Molls

In this first of five new documentaries, the spotlight is on Britain's gangster underworld and the women who share their

The Cult

On 26 March this year, the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult were found in a house in San Diego. They all r

Dial V for Vengeance

A look at the growing number of agencies and individuals who are willing, for a price, to seek revenge on behalf of othe

Smoke Rings

From London to a Triad-controlled black market in the Far East, Inside Story this week probes one of the world's most or

Our Man in Majorca

Every year the island of Majorca draws two million British tourists, but the combination of cheap alcohol, high spirits

House Traders

People love to hate estate agents but they also need to use them. Inside Story examines the strange love-hate relationsh

Searching For Amy

In 1974 Amy Billig was abducted by a biker gang passing through her small Florida community. Today Amy would be 40. Her

Schoolgirl Mums

Britain has the highest number of underage mothers in Europe. Tonight Inside Story takes a look at the different experie

Forbidden Love

Documentary telling the stories of three Asian women in mixed-race relationships who faced violence, intimidation and is

Dazzled

A behind-the-scenes look at the world of supermodels, following a group of teenage hopefuls during New York Fashion Week

Decent Scum

The series concludes with a film exploring the troubled world of the young homeless through the eyes of Tommy and Crysta

Ladies' Night

The programme follows Centaur, a group of Welsh strippers, as they leave their wives and families to perform for audienc

Tongue-Tied

In March 1997 The Times newspaper columnist and broadcaster John Diamond was diagnosed with throat cancer. Inside Story

Confessions of a Car Salesman

Tonight a look at the sales methods used in car showrooms.

Boy Crazy

The story of Mary Kay Letourneau who married her sixth-grade student after serving prison time for raping him. Their stu

Drug Raped

The sleeping pill Rohypnol has become known as the date-rape drug in Britain and the USA. Tonight reveals the effect the

Test Tube Dads

Since the Second World War, two million babies have been born worldwide as a result of donor insemination. This programm

Justin Fashanu - Fallen Hero

Britain's first million pound black footballer, Justin Fashanu, seemingly had everything - looks, talent and money. But

Fish Tales

First transmitted in 1999, a self-made multi-millionaire, a would-be rock star and a veteran fish trader are among the m

The Bailiffs Are Coming

The documentary series continues with this film about Corinne Landriscina and Mark Stebbings, who live together and also

Supergrass

On 7 December three members of the Essex drugs underworld were found executed in a Range Rover. Their killers were convi

Heartbreak

The documentary series takes a revealing look at modern relationships through the eyes of various couples in emotional t

Young Guns

The documentary series concludes with an examination of how gun ownership in America has affected young people. In Texas

Heart Team

Tonight's programme explores the world of heart transplantation at Papworth hospital. It is 20 years since the first suc

Supergrass

Tonight's film tells the story of a "supergrass" whose information led to two men being jailed for life for murder. Afte

The Russian Cracker

Tonight's film travels to Rostov in Russia, a city that has earned the reputation of serial-killer capital of the world.

Polygamy

Despite contravening the law and being banned by the Mormon church, polygamy is still thriving in Utah. Tonight's film p

Justice for Joan

On Boxing Day 1994, young doctor Joan Francisco was found strangled at her London flat. The victim's family were convinc

Child of the Death Camps: Truth and Lies

Author Binjamin Wilkomirski's book Fragments, an account of his childhood in the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz a

Looks That Kill

A report on the struggle of an attractive young woman, Gail, whose little-understood condition of body dysmorphic disord

A Cry for Life

In 1995 Len Carter shot his estranged wife Loraine Whiting and then killed himself. Although Loraine called the police,

Anything to Be a Mum

Tito's Story

An Inside Story documentary looking at the poetry written by Tito, an 11-year-old Indian boy with autism whose work give

Sex Offenders: Not in Our Back Yard

Tonight's Inside Story documentary focuses on the vociferous opposition by residents of Sherwood in Nottingham to the ne