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[Part 3] Since Marilyn Gaunt and her classmates at a Leeds secondary modern left school at 16 in 1962, she's kept track of them in two previous films. Now, in the third, the women have reached the milestone age of 60, and they take stock. It's a fascinating, moving portrait of an indomitable group who have faced many painful blows - divorce, disastrous relationships, widowhood, caring for failing parents - yet they've emerged sturdily cheerful and optimistic. In a wider sense it's also a portrait of a generation, a region and a class - these are northern working-class women who have borne what life handed them with stoicism. Times have been tough, but being 60 offers new perspectives, from the woman building her dream home in Italy to the woman delighted at the new freedom of her bus pass: "I can go anywhere I want in West Yorkshire."

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[Part 1] Since Marilyn Gaunt and her classmates at a Leeds secondary modern left school at 16 in 1962, she's kept track of them in two previous films. Now, in the third, the women have reached the milestone age of 60, and they take stock. It's a fascinating, moving portrait of an indomitable group who have faced many painful blows - divorce, disastrous relationships, widowhood, caring for failing parents - yet they've emerged sturdily cheerful and optimistic. In a wider sense it's also a portrait of a generation, a region and a class - these are northern working-class women who have borne what life handed them with stoicism. Times have been tough, but being 60 offers new perspectives, from the woman building her dream home in Italy to the woman delighted at the new freedom of her bus pass: "I can go anywhere I want in West Yorkshire."

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[Part 1] There were 1,697 children born in Britain on 12 November 1989, the day the Berlin Wall came down. In 2005, 300 of these children took part in a national survey and eight were filmed as they celebrated their 16th birthdays. In an honest portrayal of teenage life in the 21st Century, this feature-length programme reveals what today's teenagers think about their lives, and their hopes and fears for the future.

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[Part 1] Within days of the horrific murder of British student Meredith Kercher the Italian police had three suspects in gaol and looked to have the case solved. An American language student, Amanda Knox, her Italian boyfriend Raffaele and a Congolese bar owner, Patrick Lumumba, were bundled into prison for what the police described as a drug- and-sex-fuelled group attack.

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[Part 1] Two sisters living in England whose family have raised them in the traditions of their native Bangladesh have very different perspectives on the issue of arranged marriage in this documentary from filmmaker Simon Chambers. Shahanara Begum is in her early 20's and has embraced life in the West with gusto -- she speaks freely and wears loud, skimpy clothes. But Shahanara's lifestyle has turned her father against her, and hoping to pacify him, she agrees to marry a man that her family has chosen for her. However, when she discovers after the ceremony that he's decided they will live in Bangladesh rather than London, she abandons her new spouse and goes back to her other boyfriend. Meanwhile, Shahanara's younger sister Hushnara Begum is quiet and dutiful, and when her folks inform her they've decided she will wed a man in Bangladesh she's never met, she meekly goes along. However, as Hushnara's wedding day draws closer, her misgivings grow stronger and stronger.

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[Part 2] There were 1,697 children born in Britain on 12 November 1989, the day the Berlin Wall came down. In 2005, 300 of these children took part in a national survey and eight were filmed as they celebrated their 16th birthdays. In an honest portrayal of teenage life in the 21st Century, this feature-length programme reveals what today's teenagers think about their lives, and their hopes and fears for the future.

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[Part 1] An absorbing and revealing insight into the chaotic world of the large family. This observational documentary from the Cutting Edge strand follows three extensive families - who currently have 34 children between them - to explore the emotional, religious and psychological reasons why they have a need to keep on having more.

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This 20 minute excerpt is from a one-off Channel 4 documentary from 1996 which has interviews with the Stalkers as well as the “Stalkees” - of which DJ Mike Read is one of them, being stalked by a lady called Blue Tulip Rose Read, his self-proclaimed wife.

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[Part 2] Within days of the horrific murder of British student Meredith Kercher the Italian police had three suspects in gaol and looked to have the case solved. An American language student, Amanda Knox, her Italian boyfriend Raffaele and a Congolese bar owner, Patrick Lumumba, were bundled into prison for what the police described as a drug- and-sex-fuelled group attack.

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[Part 2] An absorbing and revealing insight into the chaotic world of the large family. This observational documentary from the Cutting Edge strand follows three extensive families - who currently have 34 children between them - to explore the emotional, religious and psychological reasons why they have a need to keep on having more.

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