Documentary

Real Life: Children of the Miners' Strike

ITV1
Children of the Miners Strike

Gary Marsh’s dad was a miner, so was his grandfather and his great-grandfather before him. But Gary isn’t a miner – he’s a smackhead. Coal was once said to run through the veins of pit villagers, but now, for many of the youngsters... details

ONE life: The Woman in Me

BBC1
The Woman in Me

This is a story about throwing stereotypes completely out of the window. This programme isn’t about the shock of a man realising he likes wearing women’s clothes, even the shock of the wife who finally realises where her lipstick has... details

Real Life: The Boy They Call Chucky

ITV1
The Boy they call Chucky

Twelve-year-old Christian Cunniffe has beaten up his entire family. He’s set fire to his bedroom, stabbed his sister with a knitting needle and hit his mother seventeen times with a plank of wood.  His violent outbursts have earned him... details

Real Life: Fighting for Danny

ITV1

Multi-millionaire businessman Danny Mardell had everything he wanted in life - a thriving business, a beautiful home and a champagne lifestyle. But his perfect life was thrown into turmoil by the arrival of his baby son, Danny Junior, who... details

Real Life: The Lottery Liar

ITV1
The Lottery Liar

Howard Walmsley’s lottery lie began with a pair of shoes costing £8. Out shopping, his wife Cathy worried they couldn’t afford the shoes she really wanted. Instead of taking the sensible option, Howard told Cathy a little white lie – he’d won... details

Trapped Inside My Body

ITV Yorkshire
Trapped Inside my Body

Imagine a healthy and alert mind trapped inside a body that can’t move. You can think and feel but can’t hug your partner or hold your children: that’s the devastating reality of Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Thirty year old John Bell is... details

Saving Zain

ITV Yorkshire
Saving Zain

Without a cure for his rare blood disorder, six year old Zain Hashmi will die. For years his parents fought for the right to use controversial fertility treatment to create a ‘saviour sibling’ whose bone marrow would be a perfect genetic match... details

Killer in the Woods

Five
Killer in the Woods

Sixteen year old Leanne Tiernan went missing from Leeds City Centre in November 2000. It took nine months for police to find her body. Ten months later, a forensic investigation of hairs found on Leanne’s body led police to suspect... details