CCTV Cities is a 2008 British television documentary program, produced and presented by journalist Donal MacIntyre. Each episode featured a British town or city. Leeds, Wigan, Edinburgh and London were all featured. The documentary was shown on Five.
Instances shown include an attempted suicide on a bridge in Leeds, where a man attempts to commit suicide by jumping into the River Aire, as well as police being attacked with missiles in Halton Moor, Leeds, when criminals attempted to regain a stolen car which the police were recovering.
It documents the efforts of a youth organisation to bring history to life and engage young people in a groundbreaking way – namely by learning history through real-life simulations and first-hand experience. The brainchild of a group of former paratroopers and youth workers, Battle of Arnhem is a phenomenally ambitious and daring project. The plan is to take a group of typical teenagers and train them to recreate the famous September 1944 aerial parachute assault on Arnhem in the Netherlands.
Michael Buerk and Arthur Williams reveal the hidden stories and events that changed the course of the Second World War. Throughout the series, they take an in-depth look back at some of the turning points during the conflict, and meet the experts and family members who bring alive the unsung heroes and heroines who made victory possible. In the first episode, the pair reveal the hidden stories behind the opening stages of the War, when Britain stood isolated and alone against Hitler's seemingly unstoppable occupation of Europe.
With space at a premium in many towns and cities, every year hundreds of thousands of unwanted buildings are razed to the ground to make way for something new. Featuring video footage of some of the world's biggest and most infamous disasters.
ASBO Teen to Beauty Queen was a reality television about nine teenagers from Manchester, who were trained by Michelle Fryatt, a former American beauty queen, to compete in the Miss Teen International 2006 beauty pageant in Chicago. Each week, the participants faced a series of tasks designed to prepare them to compete in the pageant and at the end of each episode, girls were eliminated from the series. In the last programme, the final three girls flew to Chicago and one was selected as the first Miss Teen England International to enter the pageant. The series was produced for Five by North One Television and has been syndicated on the Swedish Channel TV400 as "Från värsting till skönhetsdrottning".
The nine participants were listed in the Daily Star:
⁕Ashlie Robinson
⁕Elena Demetri
⁕Ellen Murphy
⁕Kerry Turner
⁕Laura Wilde
⁕Neisha Berryman
⁕Pavia Ward
⁕Rachel Stewart
⁕Sarah Snabities
Only one of the nine girls was actually the subject o
The secrets of Britain's elite jewellery shops, going behind the scenes in the most prestigious gold institutions, and discovering the truth behind Britain's biggest gold heists.
Cameras follow law enforcement agencies as they carry out some of the biggest crime raids across Britain, giving viewers exclusive access as they take forceful action against a variety of fraudsters, counterfeiters, and criminals.
Following day-to-day life at a nursery with a difference, set up by child psychologist Laverne Antrobus to help the UK’s most challenging children. Many have already been excluded from nurseries nearer home, and this could be their last chance to curb their unruly behaviour before they enter mainstream education. But with tears, tantrums and sulks a daily occurrence, even an expert like Laverne may find them difficult to handle.
The Jack Docherty Show was a nightly comedy chat show which aired on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom between 1997 and 1999. Presented by comedian Jack Docherty the programme was one of the first to air on the channel, doing so as part of its opening night schedule on 30 March 1997. The show was recorded at London's Whitehall Theatre during the early evening and would then be broadcast in a late-night slot. It featured a mixture of chat with celebrity guests, comedy, and music, and followed a similar format to shows such as NBC's Late Night with David Letterman in the United States.
Accompanying Docherty and guests was a house band, whose line-up changed from time to time. It was first briefly led by Pete Baikie, followed a few weeks later by Richard Allen. They named the studio band Pete Baikie and the Peetles and Richard Allen and the Allenoids respectively. In September 1997 a new house band, Blair, fronted by Blair MacKichan took over the role and remained until the house band was dispensed with some time in 19