Cutting Edge

Cutting Edge

1990
★★★☆☆ 6.5/10
📺 28 Seasons
🎬 331 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
⏱️ 49 min/episode
Documentary
The flagship documentary series show distinctive, compelling films that offer a snapshot of life in Britain today.

Seasons

Season 1
1990 • 16 Episodes
Season 2
1991 • 16 Episodes
Season 3
1992 • 17 Episodes
Missing without trace, a father of ten from Dublin.
Season 4
1993 • 15 Episodes
Season 5
1994 • 15 Episodes
Season 6
1995 • 17 Episodes
Season 7
1996 • 18 Episodes
Season 8
1997 • 20 Episodes
Season 9
1998 • 19 Episodes
Season 10
1999 • 17 Episodes
Season 11
2000 • 16 Episodes
A documentary constructing a case for freeing Reggie Kray from prison.
Season 12
2002 • 9 Episodes
Documentary about a hostel for homeless alcoholics in East London, so-called 'wet houses' because they allow drinking on the premises.
Season 13
2003 • 12 Episodes
A 'social experiment' fly-on-the-wall documentary following 10 12-year girls left alone to fend for themselves in a house without adult supervision.
Season 14
2001 • 8 Episodes
Season 15
2004 • 6 Episodes
Season 16
2005 • 4 Episodes
In June 2002, Salt Lake City was the setting for a chilling kidnapping. An angelic young girl was stolen from her bedroom in the middle of the night. The daughter of a wealthy Mormon family, Elizabeth Smart was the most unlikely of victims in a seemingly motiveless crime. Two years in the making, this film reveals what lay behind her strange abduction - a story so bizarre and unique that it almost defies belief.
Season 17
2006 • 5 Episodes
Documentary about specialist cleaners who are responsible for cleaning up after a dead body has been found.
Season 18
2008 • 29 Episodes
Alex is a boy who suffers from a severe form of Cystic fibrosis. He is also a gifted composer and musician. While suffering from the disease he undertakes the tough challenge of conducting Bach's Magnificat at Eton.
Season 19
2007 • 9 Episodes
Documentary about two twin sisters who find it difficult to spend time apart.
Season 20
2009 • 23 Episodes
Season 21
2010 • 15 Episodes
Following the stories of four women who are desperate that their next child is female.
Season 22
2011 • 7 Episodes
A look at National Lottery winners past and present, focusing on how these new millionaires deal with their fortune.
Season 23
2012 • 1 Episode
Presents the inside story of the Moors Murderer since his crimes were discovered and charts his continued determination for power and control.
Season 24
2013 • 3 Episodes
Season 25
2014 • 3 Episodes
Three true stories of teacher-pupil relationships in the age of social media.
Season 26
2015 • 2 Episodes
Season 27
2016 • 3 Episodes
Multi-millionaire Ivan Massow lives in a luxury, five-storey home in Central London. His brother David lives in the back of a van parked on a lay-by. This film explores the wealth gap in Britain by looking at their contrasting lives.
Season 28
2017 • 6 Episodes
Cameras follow the marketing director of British Naturism, Andrew Welch, as he attempts to get young people to give naturism a go by organising a series of nude swims across the UK.

Network

Channel 4