Season 1997

Season 1997 (1997)


Episodes: 12

Star Cast:



Episodes List

Ep.1 The Honey Trap

Air Date: 1997-01-21

Ep.2 Behind Enemy Lines

Air Date: 1997-01-28

Ep.3 Megan's Law

Air Date: 1997-02-04

Ep.4 Love On the Needle

Air Date: 1997-02-18

Ep.5 To Catch a Cheat?

Air Date: 1997-02-25

A government hotline set up last year, invited the public to help catch benefit fraudsters who each year cost the DSS three billion pounds. Inside Story looks at how fraud investigators raid suspect businesses, descend upon the homes of alleged cheats and check the thousands of anonymous tip-offs which flood the hotline each week. This documentary ponders the incidence of people in the UK claiming single parent benefits from the state whilst continuing to see their partners. Concentrates on the efforts of two regional fraud offices, in Hull and East London, to recoup some of the millions lost by the DSS in benefit fraud every year.

Ep.6 A Deadly Secret

Air Date: 1997-03-04

Documentary about a British woman who was deliberately infected with the HIV virus by her Cypriot lover.

Ep.7 Nazi Gold

Air Date: 1997-06-18

Investigation into the disappearance of money put into Swiss bank accounts by Jews during World War II and the fight to get the money back.

Ep.8 Molls

Air Date: 1997-07-30

Ep.9 The Cult

Air Date: 1997-08-06

An investigation into San Diego cult thought to be behind the deaths of 39 adults. They had committed suicide with cocktails of drugs and alcohol.

Ep.10 Dial V for Vengeance

Air Date: 1997-08-13

Ep.11 Smoke Rings

Air Date: 1997-08-20

Ep.12 Our Man in Majorca

Air Date: 1997-08-27

John Blakemore is Her Majesty's Consul in Palma de Majorca. With Majorca a major tourist attraction for the British, he must deal with many problems.