Inside Story

1. S01E01The NativityDecember 23, 1974—What are the true facts of the first Christmas? With expert help from two biblical scholars, Dr Geza Vermes and Professor Christopher Evans
2. S01E02To Be a Farmer's BoyJanuary 18, 1975—Victor Cheiney is a farmworker, married with two children. He is under notice to quit his tied cottage. The bailiff is due in days, and Chei
3. S01E03To Celia a SonFebruary 2, 1975—The little bull calf Celia bore In winter 1974 was slaughtered so that human beings could drink her milk. But to keep that milk flowing it w
4. S01E04The AppealFebruary 16, 1975—The story of one man's attempt to reunite under one roof the woman he claims is his wife, and the child he claims is his daughter. The actio
5. S01E05Muscle MenFebruary 25, 1975—Who is the most beautiful man in the whole of Britain? This year's Mr United Kingdom Championship in Liverpool resolved the question. This I

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Z Charlie FourMay 7, 1975—Real police officers doing a real job. Catching villains and protecting the public
2. S02E02MarekMay 14, 1975—Marek Marek was one of many children who undergo a hole-in-the-heart operation. By now this operation is routine, and the vast majority of c
3. S02E03Liz ThomasMay 28, 1975—This is the story of a remarkable young English nurse who made her home in a Saigon slum. Before the city fell to the communists she was tol
4. S02E04The CompanyJune 4, 1975—An actuality account filmed behind closed doors of a company as it faces the ultimate business threat - liquidation. The second largest cont
5. S02E05MiniJune 11, 1975—The story of Michael - known as 'Mini' - who at 11 years old has twice attempted to burn down his house, and was designated too dangerous to
6. S02E06AmbassadorNovember 24, 1975—An exclusive behind-the-scenes film about Elliot Richardson, US Ambassador to Great Britain - an American who is suddenly the focus of inten

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Underneath the ArchersJanuary 1, 1976—Today The Archers is 25 years old - the world's longest-running radio serial. Ambridge people have spoken 57 million words, drunk 12,500 pin
2. S03E02The DepotJanuary 8, 1976—At 8.0 am on New Year's Eve 1973, two ambulancemen called Jim Grummett and Colin Birch crossed the picket lines outside Sunderland Ambulance
3. S03E03The Cupboard of Crug-y-barMarch 23, 1976—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 its final resting pla
4. S03E04The MarketMarch 30, 1976—Film cameras follow City of London traders in foreign exchange, metals, stocks and shares; money lenders who deal in millions of pounds at a
5. S03E05The SentenceAugust 5, 1976—At the very grass-roots of our legal system are the Magistrates' Courts, before which 90 per cent of all cases in this country are settled.
6. S03E06The ReleaseAugust 12, 1976—Over 60,000 men are released from prison each year. At eight o'clock each day the prison gates open to let loose a stream of men on the worl
7. S03E07The AppealAugust 19, 1976—In a summer when the immigration row has simmered in Parliament, and erupted in Southall, Inside Story concentrates on one very typical, hum
8. S03E08Miscarriage of JusticeAugust 26, 1976—In May 1973 two young men were convicted of arson. Each received a term of imprisonment. Two years later, on appeal, they were proclaimed in
9. S03E09A Queen's PardonSeptember 2, 1976—Two young men have received a Queen's Pardon, after spending years in prison for a crime they did not commit. Roger Cook discusses with a so

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Crew Of '76March 12, 1977—A year ago the Oxford Eight won the University Boat Race in the fastest time ever recorded. Highlights from the months of selection and prep
2. S04E02Prisoners' Wives - EileenApril 15, 1977—Eileen is at the beginning. Her husband, John, is on remand inside Pentonville awaiting trial at the Old Bailey for robbery, possession of a
3. S04E03Prisoners' Wives - LorraineApril 22, 1977—Lorraine 's waiting has begun. Her husband, Steve, is serving two-and-a-half years in Leeds Prison for rape. Four months after he left the d
4. S04E04Prisoners' Wives - KathyApril 29, 1977—Kathy is at the end. In 24 hours her husband Steve will be released. He has served 18 months in Wandsworth Prison for robbery. She has serve
5. S04E05A Run For Your MoneyMay 6, 1977—Bob McAngus regularly drives his own juggernaut lorry from Britain to Italy. This is a filmed record of one mission - a journey from Felixst
6. S04E06The Mystery Of The Stolen Milk BottleMay 20, 1977—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 police on a mos
7. S04E07The InformerMay 27, 1977—Following the transmission last August of Inside Story - Miscarriage of Justice, the BBC received a large number of letters from men and wom
8. S04E08The Orlov DefenceNovember 12, 1977—In April this year a long-distance call from Moscow was put through to a London barrister. In the 15 seconds before she was cut off by the K

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Behind The FrontFebruary 15, 1978—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 a million pounds to
2. S05E02Closed ShopApril 28, 1978—When the union attempts to make the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph a closed shop, one man stands in its way-the paper's editor. While th
3. S05E03From Blighty To BelizeMay 12, 1978—This programme focuses on the day to day lives of the British troops guarding the Belize/Guatemala border and their celebrations on Christma
4. S05E04The End Of The LineMay 19, 1978—In the telephone directory the entry reads Samaritans, The (Befriend the suicidal), followed by a number. And a million people call the Sama
5. S05E05Alcamo - The Anatomy Of A Mafia TownMay 26, 1978—The Mafia itself is unfilmable - but the results of its malign activities are. Alcamo is a town of 45,000 people in Western Sicily. Since th
6. S05E06Back To The BeginningJune 16, 1978—Thirty-two years ago, Diane was abandoned in the waiting room of Lymington station. She was six months old. Brian remembers nothing before t

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01ParoleJune 11, 1979—Every year, over 10,000 prisoners in jails all over the country anxiously await the result of their parole petitions. But no science governs
2. S06E02GeorgeJune 25, 1979—24-year-old George Roberts feels that he is a woman, and he wants to have sex reassignment surgery. Before the National Health Service will
3. S06E03BlizzardJuly 2, 1979—The blizzard that engulfed the South West of England in February 1978 was the worst in living memory on parts of Exmoor. Marooned and alone
4. S06E04The CatchJuly 9, 1979—HMS Guernsey is a policewoman of the sea. The laws she enforces define the dos and don'ts of fishing. Her beat is three-quarter-million squa
5. S06E05Timmy & The ExpertsJuly 16, 1979—Timothy Jones is a child. When the strain of looking after him began to affect his parents' marriage, Mr and Mrs Jones agreed that it would
6. S06E06Traitors To HitlerJuly 23, 1979—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 1944, the conspirat
7. S06E07DiverJuly 30, 1979—The oil bonanza, which breathed life into the nation's economy, also spelled death to many young men who worked under the icy waters of the
8. S06E08The Voyage Of 'Rainbow Warrior'August 13, 1979—When the converted Greenpeace trawler sailed out into the North Sea in June this year bound for Iceland, the eyes of all who cared for the p

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01Hostage CopsJuly 10, 1980—The Spaghetti House, Balcombe Street, the Iranian Embassy... three London incidents in recent Years in which police hostage negotiating team
2. S07E02Coming OutJuly 17, 1980—In June 1979, London played host to Gay Pride Week, which culminated in the Pride March through the capital. It was, at the time, the larges
3. S07E03A Home For StephenJuly 24, 1980—Stephen is one of 12,000 waiting to be adopted, but he is of a group of children deemed virtually un-adoptable. For when he was only nine da
4. S07E04Timmy And The ExpertsJuly 31, 1980—Almost exactly a year ago, Inside Story examined the case of Timothy, a hyperactive child, whom Solihull Social Services Department were det
5. S07E05On The GameAugust 7, 1980—Could brothels ever become legal in Britain? As a Home Office Committee study the possibility of changes in the law on prostitution, the Cit
6. S07E06MissingSeptember 7, 1980—Forty years ago to the day, 7 September 1940, Hurricanes of 257 Squadron took off from Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, to intercept a wave of Luf

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

1. S08E01Animals In WarMay 10, 1989—Do we have the right to involve animals in our own military destruction? Animal war heroes, such as Rob the parachuting dog, have achieved a
2. S08E02SubwayMay 17, 1989—A 17-year-old tourist stabbed to death. A young woman taken hostage and raped. Just two of the 16,000 crimes that occurred last year on Lond
3. S08E03Psychic TearoomMay 24, 1989—'To know is to avert, if you know the future you can change it,' says Hollywood psychic Kebrina Kincade. All over America, from the psychic
4. S08E04Partners In CrimeMay 31, 1989—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 999 call saves her li
5. S08E05On TrialJune 7, 1989—The Americans have just finished an experiment which allowed television networks to plug into criminal courts. The test case was the trial o
6. S08E06The Road To TerrorJune 14, 1989—In the last year there has been another wave of executions of political prisoners in Iran's prisons. How can a revolution have come to this?
7. S08E07False WitnessJune 21, 1989—Documentary that reviews the case of Jeffrey MacDonald, the U.S. Marine physician who was convicted of the 1970 murder of his wife and two y
8. S08E08The Red WebAugust 30, 1989—Over ten years, the secret intelligence service MI6 infiltrated about 30 British agents into the Soviet Union to operate with anti-Communist
9. S08E09The Bounty HuntersSeptember 6, 1989—'I'm probably one of the last bounty hunters left in America,' says Leonard Padilla , a gun-toting Mexican with a black sombrero. Padilla an
10. S08E10Children's DreamsSeptember 13, 1989—Why do radishes weep and cabbages demonstrate with Placards? What's it like to fly through the air on a large pink pig or watch your father
11. S08E11Miss USSRSeptember 20, 1989—In a country where cosmetics, condoms, tights, tissues and tampons are largely unavailable, and where alcoholism and abortion are commonplac
12. S08E12Who Killed Martin Luther King?September 27, 1989—At 6.01pm on 4 April 1968, Dr Martin Luther King was shot dead by a sniper in Memphis, Tennessee. Who fired that shot and why? For more than
13. S08E13The Forgotten HolocaustOctober 4, 1989—During the years 1939 to 1945, more than a quarter of a million European gypsies were rounded up and deported to ghettos and concentration c
14. S08E14The Officers' MessNovember 29, 1989—
15. S08E15Ticking With The CrowNovember 29, 1989—

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

1. S09E01Return To HiroshimaApril 11, 1990—The last time they gazed on Japan they were watching the most horrific single event in the history of war - the nuclear destruction of Hiros
2. S09E02Our Reactor is on FireApril 18, 1990—Investigates the fire inside Reactor One at Windscale in October 1957, and the previous emissions and leaks of radiation that occured there,
3. S09E03ProstitutkiApril 25, 1990—As Gorbachev draws back the iron curtain, western ideas and lifestyles are changing the Soviet Union. Not all of them are positive: there is
4. S09E04The Race GameMay 2, 1990—Black sportsmen and women, wearing British colours, are winning more gold medals, setting new records and scoring more points, goals and run
5. S09E05South Africa's Killing GroundMay 9, 1990—Three thousand people have been killed in the Natal province of South Africa during the last three years in a bitter struggle for black poli
6. S09E06Beyond Reasonable DoubtMay 16, 1990—The Broadwater Farm riots and the murder of PC Keith Blakelock in October 1985 led to a ten-week trial and life sentence for three young men
7. S09E07RatcatchersMay 30, 1990—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 calls and soothe us. T
8. S09E08Men Of SteelAugust 29, 1990—Ten years ago the workers at the Gdansk shipyard went on strike, an action that was to lead eventually to the fall of the Polish government.
9. S09E09Incidental DeathSeptember 5, 1990—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 the 95 people who d
10. S09E10Doctors And TortureSeptember 12, 1990—Doctors around the world are monitoring and participating in torture. Inside Story talks to them, to the tortured prisoners and to the campa
11. S09E11The ConfessionSeptember 19, 1990—For 18 years George Blake served as a senior MI6 officer. In 1952 he became a double agent, betraying MI6 operations and personnel to the KG
12. S09E12The Dream DealerSeptember 26, 1990—Howard Marks was an underworld myth: drugs trafficker, fugitive and Oxford graduate famous for his impersonations of Elvis Presley. For year
13. S09E13November Days: Voices and ChoicesNovember 9, 1990—Directed by the celebrated French film-maker, Marcel Ophuls , whose Oscar-winning film about notorious war criminal Klaus Barbie Hotel, Term
14. S09E14The Maze: Enemies WithinNovember 27, 1990—A documentary containing rare footage inside Long Kesh in 1990. It includes interviews with many republican and loyalist prisoners at the ti

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

1. S10E01Ape TradeApril 10, 1991—Deep in the forests of south east Asia, the shy and endangered orang-utan is the victim of a cruel and criminal trade. Mothers are slaughter
2. S10E02Children of GodApril 17, 1991—For the first time, a documentary crew is allowed inside the South African police force. This film is the story of the Cape Town riot unit,
3. S10E03AIDS in the FamilyApril 24, 1991—Aids is a disease which threatens every one of us. Heterosexuals are now becoming infected at a faster rate than gay men and many families w
4. S10E04RailwayMay 1, 1991—British Rail's crack Yorkshire Pullman carries business people to London from Leeds in two hours precisely. A first-class service is demande
5. S10E05Fatal EncounterMay 8, 1991—During the 60s Colonel Oleg Penkovsky , a senior Russian intelligence officer, had proved himself to be 'our spy of the century'. For 16 mon
6. S10E06A Very Serious OffenceMay 15, 1991—"I realised that I was going to be raped and that being raped was better than being dead, so therefore I was going to submit." (Rape Victim)
7. S10E07The MissingMay 22, 1991—The war is over, but thousands of families in Kuwait have loved ones missing. During the occupation large numbers of Kuwaitis were taken as
8. S10E08M25 The Magic RoundaboutSeptember 1, 1991—
9. S10E09The SearchSeptember 18, 1991—The last American GIs left Vietnam in 1975. They left behind them the Amerasians - the children of American soldiers and Vietnamese women. F
10. S10E10Yellow LineSeptember 25, 1991—London is choked by illegally parked cars. Emergency services are obstructed and public transport hindered. Enter the dreaded 'clampers' and
11. S10E11Trade SlavesOctober 2, 1991—With vast reserves of diamonds and valuable minerals, seas heavy with fish, the West African country of Sierra Leone should be rich. But thi
12. S10E12Presumed GuiltyOctober 9, 1991—In the wake of the Birmingham Six appeal, Michael Mansfield , QC, a leading defence barrister, reveals exclusively to Inside Story his radic
13. S10E13The NightriderOctober 16, 1991—The Nightrider uncovers the disturbing truth about the murder, 28 years ago, of black civil-rights leader Medgar Evers by the Ku Klux Klan.
14. S10E14Suicide KillersOctober 23, 1991—The Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka are one of the most ruthless groups of independence fighters in the modern world. The Indian authorities belie

Season 10 ranked & reviewed

1. S11E01Why Women KillMay 13, 1992—Last year, in America, 682 men were killed by their wives or girlfriends. That is the tip of an iceberg in which an estimated three or four
2. S11E02Dogs Of WarMay 20, 1992—The lives and times of British mercenaries fighting in the Yugoslavia Civil War, earning as little as £100 a month in the Yugoslavia army's
3. S11E03Welcome To HellMay 27, 1992—Just when majority rule is in sight, South Africa's black townships are in despair. Murders, rapes, broken families and abandoned babies are
4. S11E04Seeing RedJune 3, 1992—The investigative documentary series goes on the buses to take the pulse of a city that is grinding to a halt. Driving one of London's famou
5. S11E05The IllegalsJune 10, 1992—The investigative documentary series reveals the story of Russia's master spies - known as the "illegals" or "sleepers". "We take a standard
6. S11E06Evidence Of AbuseJune 17, 1992—Police on Humberside have set up four specialist units to deal solely with the growing number of reported child abuse cases. At Tower Grange
7. S11E07In Cold BloodSeptember 9, 1992—When British soldiers shot dead 24 Chinese "terrorists" in Malaya in December 1948 it was said to be one of the most successful operations i
8. S11E08The Women TradeSeptember 16, 1992—Hidden cameras expose a cruel "flesh trade" in which thousands of women from poor countries are lured to Europe for jobs that turn out to be
9. S11E09Bag LadySeptember 23, 1992—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 robbery and attacks are
10. S11E10The AssassinSeptember 30, 1992—For the first time, the man the FBI described as "the perfect assassin, the very essence of evil: a man so blindly, terrifyingly obedient he
11. S11E11MulesOctober 7, 1992—As many as one in five women in prison in Britain today is a Nigerian woman convicted of smuggling drugs into the UK. Driven by desperation
12. S11E12UndertakersOctober 14, 1992—This film goes behind the scenes with a south London undertaking firm as they visit grieving families, collect bodies from hospital mortuari

Season 11 ranked & reviewed

1. S12E01Old, Dirty And LateMay 19, 1993—Every day half a million commuters pour into London on British Rail trains and every day something goes wrong - trains run late and passenge
2. S12E02Tiny Rowland: The Rebel TycoonMay 26, 1993—The first major investigation into Roland "Tiny" Rowland whose company, Lonrho, was 20 years ago unforgettably castigated by Edward Heath as
3. S12E03Ordinary PeopleJune 2, 1993—Documentary on Karlovac, a UN transit camp in Croatia that offers sanctuary to 3,000 broken people. It records the shattered lives of those
4. S12E04Children Who KillJune 9, 1993—The recent murder of Liverpool toddler Jamie Bulger , allegedly by two 10-year-olds, shocked the world. As concern grows about juvenile crim
5. S12E05New York LawJune 16, 1993—Far from the image of LA Law, the New York City criminal courts sit 24 hours a day handling one million court appearances and 250,000 new de
6. S12E06Care In MindJune 23, 1993—"There is very much a 'not in my backyard' attitude to mental health problems," says Paul Savage , a community psychiatric nurse in north T
7. S12E07Immoral EarningsSeptember 8, 1993—The violent, degrading and complex relationship between pimps and prostitutes in London is explored in this film by Olivia Lichtenstein. Sho
8. S12E08The New PrincipalSeptember 15, 1993—Battersea Technology College in London is one of the roughest comprehensive schools in the country. The local council, Conservative flagship
9. S12E09HostageSeptember 22, 1993—In January 1987 Terry Waite was taken hostage in Beirut. During the 1,763 days of his captivity, rumour and speculation mounted over the eve
10. S12E10The Great Benefit RobberySeptember 29, 1993—It's no longer just question of someone down on their luck fiddling a few pounds they're not strictly entitled to. Not even of determined bu
11. S12E11Traffic JamOctober 6, 1993—On a Saturday morning in August, traffic on a long section of the M1 has come to a standstill. A minor collision in roadworks near Luton has
12. S12E12Rector Versus Clinton - The Killer And The CandidateOctober 13, 1993—During the presidential primaries in 1992, would-be Democratic candidate Bill Clinton faced an agonising decision as Governor of Arkansas. A

Season 12 ranked & reviewed

1. S13E01Noise PatrolMay 11, 1994—"You can close your eyes but you can't shut your ears off, "says John Wilkinson of Westminster Council's noise team. The first film in this
2. S13E02The ManageressMay 18, 1994—When the owner of Birmingham City Football Club, publisher David Sullivan, appointed 23-year-old Karren Brady as the club's managing directo
3. S13E03BurgledMay 25, 1994—Sean is 15 and well known to the Gateshead police as a juvenile car thief and burglar. He reckons he can break into a house with "good gear"
4. S13E04Children at Risk: The Secret Life of a PaedophileJune 1, 1994—This film sounds a warning that paedophiles are often the least likely people. It investigates a man who was a top-ranking consultant on chi
5. S13E05Tabloid TruthJune 8, 1994—If you think that Michael Elphick 's Harry was tough, stand by for the real thing. News Team in Birmingham is one of the country's leading n
6. S13E06False Memories: Suggestions of AbuseJune 15, 1994—Can a person so totally suppress recollections of sexual abuse during childhood that the memory of it can only be recovered through therapy?
7. S13E07ChappaquiddickJuly 21, 1994—An investigation of the accident on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, in July 1969, when Senator Edward Kennedy's car plunged off a brid
8. S13E08Car SquadSeptember 15, 1994—Are you driving a stolen car? Thousands of motorists are but do not realise it. They are victims of "car ringers" who steal cars, falsify th
9. S13E09Silent Twin - Without My ShadowSeptember 22, 1994—The astonishing story of June and Jennifer Gibbons, identical twin sisters locked in an all-exclusive love-hate relationship which eventuall
10. S13E10Holiday RepSeptember 29, 1994—The beach and beer are the main preoccupations in Malia, a lively resort on the island of Crete. And Louise, a 21-year-old from Blackburn, i
11. S13E11Wiped OutOctober 13, 1994—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-year history. This l
12. S13E12The Body ShopOctober 20, 1994—What drives someone to it? Is it only for the rich and famous? Why are more and more men doing it and what difference does it make to people
13. S13E13Junior Doctors - Life On CallOctober 27, 1994—The world of the junior doctor has been dramatised in series like Casualty and Cardiac Arrest, but what is the reality? Life on Call provide

Season 13 ranked & reviewed

1. S14E01Telephone TerrorMay 25, 1995—Documentary follows the BT Nuisance calls bureau in combatting nuisance callers and working with police to support the victims
2. S14E02Caroline's BabyJune 1, 1995—The harrowing story of Caroline Beale, a woman from east London, charged with murdering her baby daughter in a New York hotel bathroom. The
3. S14E03SurvivorsJune 8, 1995—Tonight's programme looks at three victims of post traumatic stress disorder and the new treatment they are undertaking.
4. S14E04Mountain RescueJune 15, 1995—Mountain climbing is currently Britain's fastest growing sport. However, with the increase in popularity comes an increase in the number of
5. S14E05Art DetectivesJune 22, 1995—London has become the international clearing house for thousands of stolen paintings and antiques. Detective Inspector Jill McTigue and her
6. S14E06Road RageJune 28, 1995—According to the AA, nine out of ten drivers have experienced road rage. Inside Story tries to discover what makes ordinary people become ra
7. S14E07Terrifying LoveJuly 6, 1995—An investigation of a court system set up to deal with domestic violence. Each year in the USA, over six million women are beaten by their a
8. S14E08Inside 25 Cromwell StreetDecember 6, 1995—In the wake of Rosemary West's trial we hear exclusive testimony from the only people qualified to describe life as it really was inside 25

Season 14 ranked & reviewed

1. S15E01A Peaceful ExitJanuary 11, 1996—Left brain damaged after an operation, two-year-old Ian Stewart is in pain day and night and not expected to reach his teens. His parents, w
2. S15E02A Band is BornJanuary 18, 1996—This programme goes behind the scenes to show how pop industry bosses manufacture the latest teenage "boy band" sensation, Upside Down, from
3. S15E03Caroline's Baby - UpdateJanuary 30, 1996—Update on the story of a London Civil Servant who was arrested in New York in 1994 carrying her dead baby. After eight months on remand, Car
4. S15E04On My Feet AgainFebruary 1, 1996—Julie Hill was paralysed following a car crash, but she is about to become a bionic woman. Julie has been chosen to have the world's first e
5. S15E05Alison's Last MountainFebruary 9, 1996—In August 1995, climber Alison Hargreaves , the first woman to reach the summit of Everest alone and without oxygen, was blown to her death
6. S15E06£830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of BaringsJune 12, 1996—25 Million Pounds details the collapse of Barings Bank in the mid 1990s primarily by a broker called Nick Leeson, who lost £827 million ($1.
7. S15E07Stalker SquadJuly 17, 1996—Los Angeles is the only city in the world which has its own police team dedicated to fighting the crime of stalking. Tonight's first in a ne
8. S15E08Miracle Babies: The Story of the Dionne QuintupletsJuly 24, 1996—In 1934, in Canada, Elzire Dionne gave birth to five identical girls. To ensure the babies' survival, the sisters were removed from their pa
9. S15E09The Lady GunsJuly 31, 1996—A documentary about four intrepid lady shots who have taken on the men at their own game, in the exclusive world of the shooting party.
10. S15E10Caring for ChristopherAugust 7, 1996—The story of Christopher, a young boy who suffers from severe epilepsy. The film follows his development over five years, from child to teen
11. S15E11Eurocops '96August 14, 1996—Tonight's programme goes behind the scenes of the huge security operation, set up by eight of the country's regional police forces, during t
12. S15E12BetrayalAugust 21, 1996—From a bride betrayed on her wedding night to a lottery winner who walked out on his partner, this documentary goes behind closed doors to h
13. S15E13Karzan's BrothersOctober 15, 1996—Karzan Krekar's family are trapped in a safe haven in northern Iraq. Karzan lives with his wife and child in Britain, watching helplessly as
14. S15E14Maxwell - The DownfallOctober 29, 1996—The inside story of the life of Robert Maxwell. Tom Bower reveals in forensic detail the financial web which underpinned the Maxwell empire

Season 15 ranked & reviewed

1. S16E01The Honey TrapJanuary 21, 1997—A new six-part series of the investigative programme begins with a look at the KGB and its recruitment of women to seduce information from f
2. S16E02Behind Enemy LinesJanuary 28, 1997—The investigative series looks at the Royal Navy's arduous two-week survival course. The film follows a mixed group of marines, air crew, di
3. S16E03Megan's LawFebruary 4, 1997—Following the rape and murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka in a small New Jersey town three years ago, by a convicted paedophile, her mothe
4. S16E04Love On the NeedleFebruary 18, 1997—For more than 20 years heroin has been the most important thing in the life of addict James, but now his health is deteriorating and he know
5. S16E05To Catch a Cheat?February 25, 1997—A government hotline set up last year, invited the public to help catch benefit fraudsters who each year cost the DSS three billion pounds.
6. S16E06A Deadly SecretMarch 4, 1997—The story of Jan Ruston, who, when her 20-year marriage ended three years ago, did a "Shirley Valentine". She travelled to Cyprus to get awa
7. S16E07Nazi GoldJune 18, 1997—How have Swiss banks profited from Nazi Germany? In their search for the missing millions, two men, Edgar Bronfman and Israel Singer, uncove
8. S16E08MollsJuly 30, 1997—In this first of five new documentaries, the spotlight is on Britain's gangster underworld and the women who share their lives with some of
9. S16E09The CultAugust 6, 1997—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 recorded their farewe
10. S16E10Dial V for VengeanceAugust 13, 1997—A look at the growing number of agencies and individuals who are willing, for a price, to seek revenge on behalf of others. Inside Story exp
11. S16E11Smoke RingsAugust 20, 1997—From London to a Triad-controlled black market in the Far East, Inside Story this week probes one of the world's most organised smuggling ri
12. S16E12Our Man in MajorcaAugust 27, 1997—Every year the island of Majorca draws two million British tourists, but the combination of cheap alcohol, high spirits and scorching weathe

Season 16 ranked & reviewed

1. S17E01House TradersJanuary 6, 1998—People love to hate estate agents but they also need to use them. Inside Story examines the strange love-hate relationship between the agent
2. S17E02Searching For AmyJanuary 13, 1998—In 1974 Amy Billig was abducted by a biker gang passing through her small Florida community. Today Amy would be 40. Her mother is convinced
3. S17E03Schoolgirl MumsJanuary 20, 1998—Britain has the highest number of underage mothers in Europe. Tonight Inside Story takes a look at the different experiences of three young
4. S17E04Forbidden LoveFebruary 3, 1998—Documentary telling the stories of three Asian women in mixed-race relationships who faced violence, intimidation and isolation after reject
5. S17E05DazzledFebruary 10, 1998—A behind-the-scenes look at the world of supermodels, following a group of teenage hopefuls during New York Fashion Week.
6. S17E06Decent ScumFebruary 17, 1998—The series concludes with a film exploring the troubled world of the young homeless through the eyes of Tommy and Crystal, a couple living o
7. S17E07Ladies' NightApril 22, 1998—The programme follows Centaur, a group of Welsh strippers, as they leave their wives and families to perform for audiences of screaming wome
8. S17E08Tongue-TiedJune 15, 1998—In March 1997 The Times newspaper columnist and broadcaster John Diamond was diagnosed with throat cancer. Inside Story follows Diamond thro
9. S17E09Confessions of a Car SalesmanJuly 28, 1998—Tonight a look at the sales methods used in car showrooms.
10. S17E10Boy CrazyAugust 4, 1998—The story of Mary Kay Letourneau who married her sixth-grade student after serving prison time for raping him. Their student-teacher relatio
11. S17E11Drug RapedAugust 18, 1998—The sleeping pill Rohypnol has become known as the date-rape drug in Britain and the USA. Tonight reveals the effect the drug has on people'
12. S17E12Test Tube DadsAugust 25, 1998—Since the Second World War, two million babies have been born worldwide as a result of donor insemination. This programme meets some of the
13. S17E13Justin Fashanu - Fallen HeroSeptember 3, 1998—Britain's first million pound black footballer, Justin Fashanu, seemingly had everything - looks, talent and money. But last May his body wa

Season 17 ranked & reviewed

1. S18E01Fish TalesJanuary 20, 1999—First transmitted in 1999, a self-made multi-millionaire, a would-be rock star and a veteran fish trader are among the many dedicated trader
2. S18E02The Bailiffs Are ComingJanuary 27, 1999—The documentary series continues with this film about Corinne Landriscina and Mark Stebbings, who live together and also work together as ba
3. S18E03SupergrassFebruary 3, 1999—On 7 December three members of the Essex drugs underworld were found executed in a Range Rover. Their killers were convicted solely on the b
4. S18E04HeartbreakFebruary 10, 1999—The documentary series takes a revealing look at modern relationships through the eyes of various couples in emotional turmoil.
5. S18E05Young GunsFebruary 16, 1999—The documentary series concludes with an examination of how gun ownership in America has affected young people. In Texas, the film looks at
6. S18E06Heart TeamJuly 29, 1999—Tonight's programme explores the world of heart transplantation at Papworth hospital. It is 20 years since the first successful heart transp
7. S18E07SupergrassAugust 5, 1999—Tonight's film tells the story of a "supergrass" whose information led to two men being jailed for life for murder. After three members of t
8. S18E08The Russian CrackerAugust 12, 1999—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
9. S18E09PolygamyAugust 19, 1999—Despite contravening the law and being banned by the Mormon church, polygamy is still thriving in Utah. Tonight's film presents an insight i
10. S18E10Justice for JoanOctober 22, 1999—On Boxing Day 1994, young doctor Joan Francisco was found strangled at her London flat. The victim's family were convinced they knew the kil
11. S18E11Child of the Death Camps: Truth and LiesNovember 3, 1999—Author Binjamin Wilkomirski's book Fragments, an account of his childhood in the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Majdanek, was acc

Season 18 ranked & reviewed

1. S19E01Looks That KillMarch 7, 2000—A report on the struggle of an attractive young woman, Gail, whose little-understood condition of body dysmorphic disorder led her to believ
2. S19E02A Cry for LifeApril 12, 2000—In 1995 Len Carter shot his estranged wife Loraine Whiting and then killed himself. Although Loraine called the police, by the time they ent
3. S19E03Anything to Be a MumMay 3, 2000—
4. S19E04Tito's StoryMay 21, 2000—An Inside Story documentary looking at the poetry written by Tito, an 11-year-old Indian boy with autism whose work gives a rare insight int
5. S19E05Sex Offenders: Not in Our Back YardMay 24, 2000—Tonight's Inside Story documentary focuses on the vociferous opposition by residents of Sherwood in Nottingham to the news that two sex offe

Season 19 ranked & reviewed