Real Life (1999)
Synopsis
A documentary strand of programmes reflecting everyday life.
First Air Date: 1999-09-20
Last Air Date: 2001-12-01
Number of Seasons: 4
Number of Episodes: 28
Networks: ITV Granada
Top Cast
- Daniel Abineri as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Mitchell Quy as Self
- Janette Harwood as Self - Friend & Neighbour
- Paula Houghton as Self - Lynsey's Sister
Seasons
Season 1 (1999)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Teenage Pregnant Sisters
The real-life predicament of a Dorset woman and her 14 and 16 year-old daughters, who are both pregnant.
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Ep. 2: My Son Murdered His Mother
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.
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Ep. 3: Drivers Who Kill
A film about those affected by fatal accidents.
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Ep. 4: Bedroom Secrets
Couples talk frankly about sex in long-term relationships.
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Ep. 5: My Dad's a Villain
Children of well-known criminals, including Howard Marks's daughter and Bruce Reynolds's son, talk about their lives.
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Ep. 6: Marry Me in Vegas
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.
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Ep. 7: Britain's First Fat Camp
Forty of the country's fattest teenagers have a summer of diet and sport.
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Ep. 8: Burglars
Vetean burglars John Kerry and Norman Newell describe the tricks of their trade.
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Ep. 9: Private Detective for Hire
The film follows private detective Irving Watkin on a matrimonial case where a wife is convinced her husband is seeing someone else.
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Ep. 10: White Van Man
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.
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Ep. 11: One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children
Tom Green, a fundamentalist Mormon living in Utah already has six wives, but is considering getting married again.
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Ep. 12: Sex, Lies and Mobile Phones
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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