Modern Times — Season 3

Mar 1996

In 1994, The Tower Colliery in South Wales was shut down. This film tells of the conflicts, tensions and struggles that ensue when a group of miners invest their redundancy money to buy the colliery.

Mar 1996

Janis, Caroline and Dominique all have young children and careers in the fashion industry. These modem working mothers face the problem of balancing workplace demands and the more traditional responsibilities of motherhood.

Mar 1996

The story of Joey, Tracy, his addiction to heroin and crack, her horrific death at the hands of strangers, and the legacy the tragedy has left behind for their two children.

Mar 1996

Having seen their Miss World competition banished from terrestrial television, Eric and Julia Morley have moved on, launching Mr World. The cameras follow three contestants who dream of winning the title they hope will change their lives.

Apr 1996

This film follows four individuals as they find very different ways of enjoying Saturday night in Leeds. Their particular chosen pursuits encompass drugs, drink, dinner parties and dressing in drag. Narrated in verse by poet Simon Armitage.

Apr 1996

This episode features three households searching for the perfect flatmate. Their quest offers an insight into the domestic sagas, prejudices and conflicts that surface when these three different groups of young people tackle the complicated task of interviewing candidates.

Apr 1996

An update on the harrowing story of Ellen Morgan , the child at the centre of America's most bitter and public case of child custody and sexual abuse. Ellen, now a teenager and living in exile in New Zealand, hopes one day to return to America and start a new life without her father. The US Congress has the power to pass a special law that will grant Ellen her wish.

Apr 1996

This film looks at "The Knowledge", the training that London "cabbies" - black-cab drivers - must undertake as they prepare for one of the hardest examinations they will ever take.

May 1996

Every year more than 11,000 racial incidents are recorded by the police in Britain. "Modern Times" talks to both black and white victims of racial hatred and their families. This programme explores the legacy of hatred left by the violence.

May 1996

In one in five households, women are now the major breadwinners. But what happens to the men who stay at home while their wives go out to work? This programme meets just some of an increasing number of men who have decided to become "househusbands".

May 1996

This programme offers an insight into military life in the deserted killing fields of northern Bosnia, where American and Russian soldiers patrol the area known as "the Zone" - a haunted no-man's-land sandwiched between the warring factions.