Cutting Edge: Season 1997
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Cutting Edge Season 7.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
The Last Flight of Zulu Delta 576
Jan 27, 1997
An investigation into the helicopter crash on 2 June 1994, when 29 passengers and crew were killed in their RAF Chinook Mark II as it hit the mountains of the Mull of Kintyre.
The Bed
Feb 24, 1997
A year in the life of a hospital bed, meeting each patient who occupies it, and hearing the wisdom of those who provide the bed and those who treat them.
The Dinner Party
Mar 24, 1997
Looks at the possible end of an 18 year political era through the opinions of a group of dinner party guests in East Anglia.
One Night Stand
Aug 22, 1997
A look at the lives of three singletons as they go in search of a prospective partner.
The Complainers
Sep 23, 1997
A look at the lives and opinions of three consumer crusaders who stand up for the rights of dissatisfied customers everywhere.
Sex, Lies and Aliens
Oct 21, 1997
Fascinating insight into the sleazy world of Britain's most notorious tabloid newspaper, The Daily Sport, owned by media mogul David Sullivan. This documentary concentrates on the
Women Drivers
Nov 4, 1997
Documentary exploring whether there really is something different about women drivers. From school run mums in four wheel drives, to girl racers and women cabbies.
Men Who Pay for Sex
Nov 21, 1997
Men talk openly for the first time about their encounters with prostitutes.