About this season
A BBC documentary film strand, with the focus on investigative journalism.
Episodes (12)
1. The Honey Trap
Aired 21 January 1997
2. Behind Enemy Lines
Aired 28 January 1997
3. Megan's Law
Aired 4 February 1997
4. Love On the Needle
Aired 18 February 1997
5. To Catch a Cheat?
Aired 25 February 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. 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.
6. A Deadly Secret
Aired 4 March 1997 • 50 min
Documentary about a British woman who was deliberately infected with the HIV virus by her Cypriot lover.
7. Nazi Gold
Aired 18 June 1997 • 75 min
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.
8. Molls
Aired 30 July 1997
9. The Cult
Aired 6 August 1997 • 50 min
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.
10. Dial V for Vengeance
Aired 13 August 1997
11. Smoke Rings
Aired 20 August 1997
12. Our Man in Majorca
Aired 27 August 1997 • 45 min
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.