Inside Story - Season 18 / Year 1999
Season 18 / Year 1999
Episodes
Fish Tales
The documentary series meets the colourful characters of Billingsgate fish market in London's East End. A millionaire restaurant owner, a workaholic fish trader and a would-be rock 'n' roll star are among those wheeling and dealing at the crack of dawn.
The Bailiffs Are Coming
The documentary series continues with this film about Corinne Landriscina and Mark Stebbings, who live together and also work together as bailiffs recovering unpaid council tax in Leeds.
Supergrass
On 7 December three members of the Essex drugs underworld were found executed in a Range Rover. Their killers were convicted solely on the basis of testimony by supergrass Darren Nicholls , who is interviewed in this film exposing the myths and realities of life as a supergrass.
Heartbreak
The documentary series takes a revealing look at modern relationships through the eyes of various couples in emotional turmoil.
Young Guns
The documentary series concludes with an examination of how gun ownership in America has affected young people. In Texas, the film looks at Houston's most violent areas and meets children who have suffered the trauma of being shot.
Heart Team
Tonight's programme explores the world of heart transplantation at
Papworth hospital. It is 20 years since the first successful heart transplants were carried out in the UK at Papworth and the demand for transplantation now far outstrips the supply of organs. Doctors are faced with tough decisions as they decide who will live and who will die.
Supergrass
Tonight's film tells the story of a "supergrass" whose information led to two men beingjailed for life for murder. Afterthree members of the Essex drugs underworld were killed in 1995, the police had no leads - until getaway driver Darren Nicholls turned informer. But the family of one of the convicted men are fighting to prove his innocence. Actors speak the words of Nicholls and his wife.
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. Inside Story meets top psychiatrist
Dr Alexander Bukhanovsky and investigates his continuing efforts to unlock the inner mind of the serial killer.
Polygamy
Despite contravening the law and being banned by the Mormon church, polygamy is still thriving in Utah. Tonight's film presents an insight into the secretive and often bizarre world that polygamists enter into. They believe that the arrangement is a step forward they must take on the road to heaven.
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