Cutting Edge

Season 2001

2001 · 8 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Bus Pass Bandits

   1 May 2001

2. 2

   2. Brian's Story

   8 May 2001

   Former advertising journalist Brian Davis is homeless and penniless. A published author he now lives on the streets in London, an alcoholic and suffering from mental illness. But, he says, he's determined to turn his life around.

3. 3

   3. 57 Screaming Kids

   15 May 2001

   Screaming Jay Hawkins' 57 known children come together for a reunion - his dying wish.

4. 4

   4. I Confess

   22 May 2001

   Documentary about people who confess to murders they may not have committed.

5. 5

   5. The Big Speech

   29 May 2001

6. 6

   6. Looking for Ricky

   21 Jun 2001

   Looking for Ricky' is an investigation into the disappearance of Ricky D'Cotta, a London boy who left east London for the Tenerife 80's club scene and never returned. It begins with interviews of people who knew Ricky as a boy, and then moves out to the island to try and trace Ricky's last moves in Tenerife. The story develops into an expose of the islands drug-fueled criminal underworld, in which everyone, from the editor of the local paper to the police, seems somehow implicated. In the course of the film it is discovered that 5 unidentified bodies exist, which may be Ricky's remains. Although DNA tests using samples from Ricky's family prove inconclusive, the final statement from Ricky's best friend reveals that Ricky was almost certainly murdered, following a botched robbery of a local drugs baron.

7. 14

   14. A Mothers Love

   24 Jun 2001

8. 15

   15. Kidnap

   26 Jun 2001

   1 x 60 minutes, documentary about the world of the kidnap for ransom industry in Columbia.