Cutting Edge 1990
★ 7.0/10 · 3 votes Documentary 28 seasons · 331 eps Returning Series
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What is Cutting Edge?
Cutting Edge is a British documentary television series that provides a snapshot of life in Britain today. The series features distinctive and compelling films showcasing various aspects of British life.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1990
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 331
- Runtime
- 49 minutes
- First aired
- Feb 19, 1990
- Last aired
- Oct 26, 2017
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- GB
- Networks
- Channel 4
- Genres
- Documentary
- Updated
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Cutting Edge is a British documentary television series that provides a snapshot of life in Britain today. The series features distinctive and compelling films showcasing various aspects of British life. The series is narrated by Mark Halliley.
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“This flagship documentary series presents distinctive films capturing a snapshot of life in modern Britain.”
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- compelling subject matter
- distinctive filmmaking style
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- limited narrative continuity
Watch it if you enjoy documentary series that explore contemporary British life.
The series features documentary-style content focused on social subjects.
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Season 1 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Just Some Stories for Eleanor Mytharc Feb 19, 1990
- E2 Island of Outcasts Core Feb 26, 1990
- E3 Burning the House Down Core Mar 5, 1990
- E4 Anyone for Polo? Core Mar 12, 1990
- E5 Mothers behind Bars Core Mar 26, 1990
- E6 The Story of Omer Khan Core Apr 2, 1990
- E7 Sellafield: The Contaminated Coast Core Apr 9, 1990
- E8 Against My Nature Core Apr 23, 1990
- E9 No Home for Barry Core Apr 30, 1990
- E11 Comrade Philby Core May 14, 1990
- E12 She's Done Her Bird Core May 21, 1990
- E13 N.Y. Law Core May 28, 1990
- E15 Shepherd and the Bomb Core Jun 11, 1990
- E16 Savage Indictment Core Jun 18, 1990
- E17 Black Triangle Mytharc Jun 25, 1990
- E18 The Killing Seas Mytharc Jul 2, 1990
Season 2 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Sanctuary Mytharc Feb 4, 1991
- E2 Relative Strangers Core Feb 11, 1991
- E3 Winning Fortunes Core Feb 18, 1991
- E4 No Asylum Core Feb 25, 1991
- E5 No Asylum Core Mar 4, 1991
- E6 Eton - Class of '91 Core Mar 11, 1991
- E7 A Plague on Your Home Core Mar 18, 1991
- E8 The Pick, the Shovel and the Open Road Core Mar 25, 1991
- E9 Repomen Core Oct 28, 1991
- E10 Volvo City Core Nov 4, 1991
- E11 Home Fires Core Nov 11, 1991
- E12 Strange Neighbours Core Nov 18, 1991
- E13 Casualties Core Nov 25, 1991
- E14 Plain Sailing Core Dec 2, 1991
- E15 Cream Teas and Concrete Mytharc Dec 9, 1991
- E16 The Bin Men Mytharc Dec 16, 1991
Season 3 · 17 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Looking for Billy Mytharc Mar 2, 1992
- E2 Benenden Core Mar 9, 1992
- E3 Black Panthers Core Mar 16, 1992
- E4 'P' Company Core Mar 23, 1992
- E5 Summerhill at 70 Core Mar 30, 1992
- E6 Coppers Core Apr 6, 1992
- E7 Paths of Conflict Core Apr 27, 1992
- E8 Neighbours Core May 4, 1992
- E9 The Killing Seas Core Jun 7, 1992
- E10 Breakdown Core Oct 26, 1992
- E11 Loansharks Core Nov 2, 1992
- E12 Comrades Core Nov 9, 1992
- E13 The Lords Core Nov 16, 1992
- E14 Let Me See My Children Core Nov 23, 1992
- E15 Dispossessed Core Nov 30, 1992
- E16 Special Treatment Mytharc Dec 7, 1992
- E17 Aycliffe's Children Mytharc Dec 14, 1992
Season 4 · 15 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Sudden Death Mytharc Jan 11, 1993
- E2 Fraud Squad Core Jan 18, 1993
- E3 Exposure Core Jan 25, 1993
- E4 The Care Business Core Feb 1, 1993
- E5 Soweto Flying Squad Core Feb 8, 1993
- E6 Undercover Core Feb 15, 1993
- E7 The Claims Men Core Feb 22, 1993
- E8 Cries of Alarm Core Oct 18, 1993
- E9 Rich Pickings Core Oct 25, 1993
- E10 Whatever Happened to the Knockers? Core Nov 1, 1993
- E11 Fire Investigators Core Nov 8, 1993
- E12 Searching for Susan Core Nov 15, 1993
- E13 Educating Stephen Core Nov 22, 1993
- E14 Navy Blues: Part 1 Mytharc Nov 29, 1993
- E15 Navy Blues: Part 2 Mytharc Dec 6, 1993
Season 5 · 15 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 Intolerance Mytharc Jan 10, 1994
- E2 Nurses Core Jan 17, 1994
- E3 An Impossible Job Core Jan 24, 1994
- E4 Looking after Mum Core Jan 31, 1994
- E5 The Club Core Feb 7, 1994
- E6 Shops and Robbers Core Feb 14, 1994
- E7 Airport Core Feb 21, 1994
- E8 Absolutely Marie Claire Core Mar 1, 1994
- E9 Cutting Edge Special: Dead Reckoning Mytharc Mar 24, 1994
- E10 Open Wide Core Oct 24, 1994
- E11 Bodyguards Core Oct 31, 1994
- E12 Tough Love Core Nov 7, 1994
- E13 Healing Wounds Core Nov 14, 1994
- E15 The Glasshouse Mytharc Nov 28, 1994
- E16 Home Alone Mytharc Dec 5, 1994
Season 6 · 17 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Glasshouse Mytharc Jan 23, 1995
- E2 Revenge Core Jan 30, 1995
- E3 For Richer, For Poorer Core Feb 6, 1995
- E4 A Is for Accident Core Feb 13, 1995
- E5 Jumpers Core Feb 20, 1995
- E6 Cave Rescue Core Feb 27, 1995
- E7 Amnesia Core Mar 6, 1995
- E8 Casino Core Mar 13, 1995
- E9 Road Rage Core Jun 27, 1995
- E10 The Price of a Baby Core Sep 4, 1995
- E11 The Chain Core Sep 11, 1995
- E12 Firing Range Core Sep 18, 1995
- E13 Killing in Mind Core Sep 25, 1995
- E14 Nannies Core Oct 2, 1995
- E15 Fighting for Breath Core Oct 9, 1995
- E17 The Trouble with Money Mytharc Oct 16, 1995
- E18 Deception Mytharc Oct 23, 1995
Season 7 · 18 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 Car Thieves Mytharc Jan 8, 1996
- E2 Sexual Harassment Core Jan 15, 1996
- E3 I Married a Great Train Robber Core Jan 22, 1996
- E4 Whistleblowers Core Jan 29, 1996
- E5 The Treatment Core Feb 5, 1996
- E6 Cries of Alarm: Update Core Mar 11, 1996
- E7 The Mystery of the Pescado Core Mar 18, 1996
- E8 Special Force Core Mar 25, 1996
- E9 Step-Families Core Apr 1, 1996
- E10 The Sextuplet Business Core Sep 2, 1996
- E11 The Home Core Sep 9, 1996
- E13 Paradise Island Core Sep 16, 1996
- E14 The Test Core Sep 30, 1996
- E15 Gazza's Coming Home Core Oct 7, 1996
- E16 Family Feuds Core Oct 14, 1996
- E17 Birth of a Salesman Core Oct 21, 1996
- E18 White Death Mytharc Oct 28, 1996
- E19 Great House Wives Mytharc Nov 4, 1996
Season 8 · 20 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Builders are Comin Mytharc Jan 20, 1997
- E2 The Last Flight of Zulu Delta 576 Core Jan 27, 1997
- E3 Identical Twins Core Feb 3, 1997
- E4 Bounty Hunter Core Feb 10, 1997
- E5 Health Farm Core Feb 17, 1997
- E6 The Bed Core Feb 24, 1997
- E7 Parental Choice Core Mar 3, 1997
- E8 The Lost Boy Core Mar 10, 1997
- E9 Jilted Core Mar 17, 1997
- E10 The Dinner Party Core Mar 24, 1997
- E11 One Night Stand Core Aug 22, 1997
- E12 The Complainers Core Sep 23, 1997
- E13 Illegal Immigrants Core Sep 30, 1997
- E14 Passport Control Core Oct 7, 1997
- E15 Sex, Lies and Aliens Core Oct 21, 1997
- E16 Car Trouble Core Oct 28, 1997
- E17 Women Drivers Core Nov 4, 1997
- E18 Footballers Wives Core Nov 11, 1997
- E19 The End Is Nigh Mytharc Nov 18, 1997
- E20 Men Who Pay for Sex Mytharc Nov 21, 1997
Season 9 · 19 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 Rescue: Four Days in August Mytharc Feb 3, 1998
- E2 Rescue: Life on Call Core Feb 10, 1998
- E3 Rogue Males Core Feb 17, 1998
- E4 The Investigators Core Feb 24, 1998
- E5 Holding the Baby Core Mar 3, 1998
- E6 Bootleggers Core Mar 10, 1998
- E7 Ambition Core Mar 17, 1998
- E8 Thirty-something Core Mar 24, 1998
- E9 Old Dads Core Apr 7, 1998
- E10 Last Year's Tories Core May 2, 1998
- E11 Independent Rosie Core Sep 13, 1998
- E12 Murder Two: Part 1 Mytharc Nov 3, 1998
- E13 Murder Two: Part 2 Mytharc Nov 4, 1998
- E14 Hello! Hello! Core Nov 10, 1998
- E15 Men at Fifty Core Nov 17, 1998
- E16 Street Patrol Core Nov 24, 1998
- E17 The Outsiders Core Dec 1, 1998
- E18 Safari Strife Core Dec 15, 1998
- E20 Rude Britannia Mytharc Dec 15, 1998
Season 10 · 17 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 Cutting Edge Special: Trimble Mytharc Jan 9, 1999
- E2 Who's Been Framed? Core Feb 1, 1999
- E3 Mummy's Boy Core Feb 8, 1999
- E4 Clapham Common Core Feb 15, 1999
- E5 Boot Camp Core Feb 23, 1999
- E6 Asylum Core Mar 8, 1999
- E7 Shot Core Mar 15, 1999
- E8 Playing for England Core Mar 22, 1999
- E9 D I Why Core Mar 29, 1999
- E10 Love Hurts Core Jul 4, 1999
- E11 Kimberley Core Jul 5, 1999
- E12 Snoopers at Work Core Nov 9, 1999
- E13 Love is Blind Core Nov 16, 1999
- E14 Cars, Caravans and Chaos Core Nov 22, 1999
- E15 School for Seduction Core Nov 30, 1999
- E16 Disappeared Mytharc Dec 6, 1999
- E17 Plane Crazy Mytharc Dec 14, 1999
Season 11 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 Reggie Kray Mytharc Feb 17, 2000
- E2 Scandal in the Bins Core Mar 16, 2000
- E3 A Wedding in the Family Core Mar 20, 2000
- E4 Kiss n Sell Core Apr 4, 2000
- E5 The Five of Us Core Apr 11, 2000
- E6 Missing, Presumed Murdered Core Apr 18, 2000
- E7 Argi Bhaji Core Apr 25, 2000
- E8 The Bliss Business Core Aug 15, 2000
- E9 Bronson: Britain's Most Dangerous Prisoner Core Aug 31, 2000
- E10 Shooters Core Nov 7, 2000
- E11 Seconds to Impact Core Nov 14, 2000
- E12 Forgive Me Core Nov 14, 2000
- E13 Casualty Cops Core Nov 28, 2000
- E14 Moving on Up Core Dec 5, 2000
- E15 Moving on Up Mytharc Dec 12, 2000
- E16 A Very British Christmas Mytharc Dec 18, 2000
Season 12 · 9 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Wet House Mytharc Mar 17, 2002
- E2 Boys Alone Core May 30, 2002
- E3 Classroom Cops Core Jun 4, 2002
- E4 Gigolos Core Jun 11, 2002
- E5 Girls on Tour Core Jun 18, 2002
- E6 Love Mytharc Jun 25, 2002
- E7 The Trials of Joanne Lees Core Jul 18, 2002
- E8 Did Barry George Kill Jill Dando? Mytharc Aug 19, 2002
- E9 The Fall of the House of Usher Mytharc Sep 12, 2002
Season 13 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 13 guide & lore primer →- E1 Girls Alone Mytharc Mar 4, 2003
- E2 Snatched Core Jul 8, 2003
- E3 A Mother's Love Core Jul 15, 2003
- E4 Bad Behaviour Core Jul 22, 2003
- E5 Behind Closed Doors Core Jul 29, 2003
- E6 A Tale of Two Alis Core Sep 25, 2003
- E7 Battle for a Baby Core Oct 2, 2003
- E8 Child Sex Trade Core Oct 8, 2003
- E9 Beauty Queens And Bloodshed Core Oct 16, 2003
- E10 Crooked Tarts and Coronets Core Oct 22, 2003
- E11 The Last White Kids Mytharc Oct 30, 2003
- E12 14 Alone Mytharc Nov 18, 2003
Season 14 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 14 guide & lore primer →- E1 Bus Pass Bandits Mytharc May 1, 2001
- E2 Brian's Story Core May 8, 2001
- E3 57 Screaming Kids Core May 15, 2001
- E4 I Confess Core May 22, 2001
- E5 The Big Speech Core May 29, 2001
- E6 Looking for Ricky Mytharc Jun 21, 2001
- E14 A Mothers Love Mytharc Jun 24, 2001
- E15 Kidnap Mytharc Jun 26, 2001
Season 15 · 6 episodes
Open the complete Season 15 guide & lore primer →- E1 Anti-social Old Buggers Mytharc Jun 22, 2004
- E2 It'll Never Last Core Jun 30, 2004
- E3 Sleeping with the Au Pair Core Jul 28, 2004
- E4 The F***ing Fulfords Core Aug 10, 2004
- E5 My Breasts Are Too Big Mytharc Aug 11, 2004
- E6 Touts on Tour Mytharc Dec 6, 2004
Season 16 · 4 episodes
Open the complete Season 16 guide & lore primer →- E1 Looking for Elizabeth Mytharc May 19, 2005
- E2 The Black Widow Core Jun 29, 2005
- E3 Gridlock Core Jul 6, 2005
- E4 The House Clearers Mytharc Jul 13, 2005
Season 17 · 5 episodes
Open the complete Season 17 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Dead Body Squad Mytharc Jul 24, 2006
- E2 Wedding Days Core Jul 31, 2006
- E3 My Child's Psychic Core Aug 7, 2006
- E4 Pram-Face Core Aug 14, 2006
- E5 Cult Killer Mytharc Aug 21, 2006
Season 18 · 29 episodes
Open the complete Season 18 guide & lore primer →- E1 A Boy Called Alex Mytharc Jan 24, 2008
- E2 Scams, Fiddles and Honest Claims Core Jan 31, 2008
- E3 Who Killed the Playboy Earl? Core Feb 7, 2008
- E4 Baby Bible Bashers Core Feb 14, 2008
- E5 My Street Core Feb 21, 2008
- E6 The Girls Who Were Found Alive Core Feb 28, 2008
- E7 Phone Rage Core Mar 6, 2008
- E8 Pramface Babies Core Mar 13, 2008
- E9 Shannon Matthews: The Family's Story Core Mar 20, 2008
- E10 Sleeping with My Sister Core Mar 27, 2008
- E11 The Human Spider Core Apr 3, 2008
- E12 Cotton Wool Kids Core Apr 10, 2008
- E13 Sex, Lies and the Murder of Meredith Kercher Mytharc Apr 17, 2008
- E14 Strictly Baby Fight Club Core Apr 24, 2008
- E15 The Artful Codgers Core May 15, 2008
- E16 13 Kids and Wanting More Core May 22, 2008
- E17 Gridlock and Road Rage Core May 30, 2008
- E18 The 9/11 Faker Core Sep 11, 2008
- E19 The Ambulance: 8 Minutes to Disaster Core Sep 18, 2008
- E20 The Virgin Daughters Core Sep 25, 2008
- E21 Dana: The 8 Year Old Anorexic Core Oct 2, 2008
- E22 Ninety Naps a Day Core Oct 9, 2008
- E23 Bobski the Builder Core Oct 16, 2008
- E24 Mum, Heroin and Me Core Oct 23, 2008
- E25 The Prince Charles Generation Core Nov 6, 2008
- E26 Rich Kid, Poor Kid Core Nov 13, 2008
- E27 Special Needs Pets Core Nov 20, 2008
- E28 The Jacksons Are Coming Mytharc Nov 27, 2008
- E29 The Fun Police Mytharc Dec 4, 2008
Season 19 · 9 episodes
Open the complete Season 19 guide & lore primer →- E1 Trapped by My Twin Mytharc Apr 4, 2007
- E2 Meet the Foxes Core Apr 16, 2007
- E3 Killer Road Core Apr 23, 2007
- E4 Blind Young Things Core Apr 30, 2007
- E5 Mind Your F-ing Language Core May 14, 2007
- E6 Meet the Au Pairs Core May 21, 2007
- E7 The Animal Au Pair Core Jun 4, 2007
- E8 Bus Pass Workaholics Mytharc Jun 11, 2007
- E9 The Dangerous School for Boys Mytharc Jun 18, 2007
Season 20 · 23 episodes
Open the complete Season 20 guide & lore primer →- E1 Surviving Gazza Mytharc Jan 5, 2009
- E2 Killer in a Small Town Core Feb 5, 2009
- E3 A Very British Storm Junkie Core Feb 12, 2009
- E4 Love, Life and Death in a Day Core Feb 26, 2009
- E5 Revenge of the Bin Men Core Mar 2, 2009
- E6 Addicted to Surrogacy Core Mar 9, 2009
- E7 Trophy Kids Core Mar 26, 2009
- E8 Would You Save a Stranger? Core Apr 2, 2009
- E9 The Millionaire and the Murder Mansion Core Apr 9, 2009
- E10 Kimberley: Young Mum 10 Years On Core Apr 23, 2009
- E11 My Wall Street Core Apr 30, 2009
- E12 Madeleine Was Here Core May 7, 2009
- E13 The Homecoming Core May 14, 2009
- E14 Emergency in the Womb Core May 21, 2009
- E15 Captive for 18 Years: The Jaycee Lee Story Core Oct 1, 2009
- E16 The Red Lion Core Oct 15, 2009
- E17 The Bigamist Bride: My Five Husbands Core Oct 22, 2009
- E18 Katie: My Beautiful Face Core Oct 29, 2009
- E19 The Schoolboy Who Sailed the World Core Nov 5, 2009
- E20 Confessions of a Traffic Warde Core Nov 19, 2009
- E21 Jess: Britain's Youngest Sleepwalker? Core Nov 26, 2009
- E22 The Pregnant Man Mytharc Dec 8, 2009
- E23 Teens and Tiaras Mytharc Dec 17, 2009
Season 21 · 15 episodes
Open the complete Season 21 guide & lore primer →- E1 8 Boys and Wanting a Girl Mytharc Feb 4, 2010
- E2 Leaving Home at 8 Core Feb 11, 2010
- E3 My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Core Feb 18, 2010
- E4 Scams, Claims and Compensation Games Core Feb 25, 2010
- E5 My Daughter Grew Another Head and Other True Life Stories Core Mar 4, 2010
- E6 Too Poor for Posh School? Core Mar 11, 2010
- E7 The Lady and the Revamp Core Mar 18, 2010
- E8 The Air Hospital Core Mar 25, 2010
- E9 Lost Abroad: The Parents' Story Core Apr 1, 2010
- E10 Living with Brucie Core Jul 14, 2010
- E11 My Weird and Wonderful Family Core Jul 21, 2010
- E12 Newlyweds: The One Year Itch Core Aug 4, 2010
- E13 Four Sons Versus Four Daughters Core Aug 11, 2010
- E14 The Raoul Moat Tapes: Inside the Mind of a Killer Mytharc Aug 18, 2010
- E15 My New Brain Mytharc Aug 25, 2010
Season 22 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 22 guide & lore primer →- E1 Jackpots and Jinxes: Lottery Stories Mytharc May 5, 2011
- E2 A Very Dangerous Doctor Core May 12, 2011
- E3 Breaking a Female Paedophile Ring Core May 26, 2011
- E4 Attack of the Trip Advisors Core Oct 31, 2011
- E5 Confessions of an Undercover Cop Core Nov 14, 2011
- E6 The Ultimate Guide to Penny Pinching Mytharc Dec 1, 2011
- E7 King of Christmas Lights Mytharc Dec 19, 2011
Season 23 · 1 episodes
Open the complete Season 23 guide & lore primer →- E1 Ian Brady: Endgames of a Psychopath Mytharc Aug 20, 2012
Season 24 · 3 episodes
Open the complete Season 24 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Fried Chicken Shop: Life in a Day Mytharc Feb 19, 2013
- E2 The Murder Workers Core May 16, 2013
- E3 Burgled Mytharc Aug 29, 2013
Season 25 · 3 episodes
Open the complete Season 25 guide & lore primer →- E1 Sexting Teacher Mytharc Feb 18, 2014
- E2 Meet the Police Commissioner Core May 29, 2014
- E3 Going to the Dogs Mytharc Jun 12, 2014
Season 26 · 2 episodes
Open the complete Season 26 guide & lore primer →- E1 Plus Sized Wars Mytharc Apr 21, 2015
- E2 The Rich Kids of Instagram Mytharc Dec 20, 2015
Season 27 · 3 episodes
Open the complete Season 27 guide & lore primer →- E1 Rich Brother, Poor Brother Mytharc Jun 7, 2016
- E2 The Gun Shop Core Nov 3, 2016
- E3 The Secret Life of Prisons Mytharc Nov 10, 2016
Season 28 · 6 episodes
Open the complete Season 28 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Great British Skinny Dip Mytharc Feb 14, 2017
- E2 The Trouble with Dad Core Feb 20, 2017
- E3 A Killing in My Family Core Mar 8, 2017
- E4 Battling the Bailiffs Core Jun 15, 2017
- E5 Excluded at Seven Mytharc Jun 25, 2017
- E6 Feral Families Mytharc Oct 26, 2017
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What is the genre of Cutting Edge?
It is a documentary series.
When did the series premiere?
The series premiered in 1990.
What is the focus of the show?
The show focuses on offering a snapshot of life in Britain today.
Who is the narrator?
Mark Halliley provides the voice narration for the series.
How many episodes does the narrator appear in?
The narrator is credited for four episodes.
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