Modern Times

Modern Times

Documentaries showing faces and places that make up the way we live today.

Documentary

Seasons

1. Mad About the Boy

Air Date: 1995-02-22

2. Cheating Hearts

Air Date: 1995-03-01

3. Harley Street

Air Date: 1995-03-08

4. Death on Request

Air Date: 1995-03-15

5. Weekenders

Air Date: 1995-03-22

6. Goodbye, Dear Friend

Air Date: 1995-03-29

7. Open Prison

Air Date: 1995-04-05

8. The Fame Game

Air Date: 1995-04-12

Fly on the wall showing life behind the scenes with Liz Brewer and her high profile clients. Quote Liz "Nothing happens by accident, there's always someone behind the scenes pulling the strings turning the switches, making things happen"

9. Billy - A Violent Mind

Air Date: 1995-04-19

10. Channel Wars

Air Date: 1995-04-26

11. The Tribe

Air Date: 1995-05-03

12. Club Expat

Air Date: 1995-05-10

13. Playing God

Air Date: 1995-05-17

1. Bogus Callers

Air Date: 1995-11-01

2. Tory Wives

Air Date: 1995-11-08

3. The Inspection

Air Date: 1995-11-15

4. Cheryl's Trial

Air Date: 1995-11-29

5. Lido

Air Date: 1995-12-06

Gentle, tranquil film, filmed in cinema style, showing life for English people relaxing by the water away from all the stresses of modern life.

6. The Partners

Air Date: 1995-12-13

A documentary about the unique corporate culture of Britain's John Lewis Partnership.

7. Man Seeks Woman

Air Date: 1995-12-20

A documentary about dating agencies.

1. Into the Light

Air Date: 1996-03-06

2. Quality Time

Air Date: 1996-03-13

3. Tracy and Joey

Air Date: 1996-03-20

4. Beautiful Men

Air Date: 1996-03-27

5. Saturday Night

Air Date: 1996-04-03

6. Flatmates

Air Date: 1996-04-10

7. Ellen's in Exile

Air Date: 1996-04-17

8. Streetwise

Air Date: 1996-04-24

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.

9. Skin

Air Date: 1996-05-01

10. Househusbands

Air Date: 1996-05-08

11. The Zone

Air Date: 1996-05-15

1. Years Apart

Air Date: 1996-08-12

2. The Museum

Air Date: 1996-10-23

A tempestuous year in the life of London's Victoria & Albert Museum.

3. Broken Homes

Air Date: 1996-10-30

4. The Selling Game

Air Date: 1996-11-06

5. Dog Trouble

Air Date: 1996-11-13

6. A Pleasant Land

Air Date: 1996-11-20

7. To the Manor Bought

Air Date: 1996-11-27

8. Going for Broke

Air Date: 1996-12-04

9. The Power and the Glory

Air Date: 1996-12-11

A behind-the-scenes look of the annual power boat race at Cowes.

10. The Flickering Flame

Air Date: 1996-12-18

1. Mangetout

Air Date: 1997-02-26

2. Hong Kong

Air Date: 1997-03-05

3. Jewish Wedding

Air Date: 1997-03-12

4. The Way of All Flesh

Air Date: 1997-03-19

In 1951, scientists removed cancerous cells from American Henrietta Lacks just before she died in the hope that they held the secret of how to conquer cancer.

5. Time of Their Lives

Air Date: 1997-03-26

6. Dirty Work

Air Date: 1997-04-02

7. Brainstorm

Air Date: 1997-04-09

8. Jurors

Air Date: 1997-04-16

9. The End

Air Date: 1997-04-23

10. Shampoo

Air Date: 1997-04-30

1. The DJ

Air Date: 1997-10-22

The fast, furious and utterly chaotic life of Drum & Bass DJ LTJ Bukem and his cunning manager as they try to rake in money from the latest dance craze hitting the clubs.

2. The Return of Zog

Air Date: 1997-10-29

3. Bystanders

Air Date: 1997-11-05

4. Testing Times

Air Date: 1997-11-12

5. The Bubble

Air Date: 1997-11-19

Chalet girls working a ski season and Tony Taylor who went for a week at Xmas and stayed for the season. travelling home Friday mornings to his job in the City and back every Friday night to the nightclubs of Meribel.

6. Arch People

Air Date: 1997-12-03

7. Guinnessty

Air Date: 1997-12-10

8. Prommers

Air Date: 1997-12-17

9. Toy Stories

Air Date: 1997-12-24

10. The Shrine

Air Date: 1997-12-31

1. Family Values

Air Date: 1998-02-18

2. Shooting Versace

Air Date: 1998-02-25

3. Agony Aunts

Air Date: 1998-03-04

4. Bare

Air Date: 1998-03-11

5. The Godmothers

Air Date: 1998-03-18

6. The Generous Rich

Air Date: 1998-03-25

7. Friends

Air Date: 1998-04-01

8. The Unlikely Lads

Air Date: 1998-04-08

9. The Garden

Air Date: 1998-04-15

1. Drinking for England

Air Date: 1998-11-10

Evocative visit to Britain's drinking culture, made atmospheric by its use of poetry out of the mouths of the drinkers it portrays.

2. The Minders

Air Date: 1998-11-17

3. The Magic Factory

Air Date: 1998-11-24

4. Pink Parents

Air Date: 1998-12-01

5. Come on England!

Air Date: 1998-12-08

6. Paying for It

Air Date: 1998-12-15

7. Waxworks of the Rich and Famous

Air Date: 1999-02-17

Documentary featuring a behind the scenes look at Madame Tussaud's waxwork museum.

8. Bookies Never Lose

Air Date: 1999-02-24

Featuring the roller-coaster life of race course bookmaker, Barry Dennis, as he desperately tries to win back the mug punters from the greedy corporations. "An absolute pearl of a documentary made with great care and wit." The Independent.

9. Amsterdamage

Air Date: 1999-03-10

The dark side of Europe's "honey pot" is told through Kris Lenko's moving struggle to escape his mother's destructive, cocaine-fuelled, lifestyle."Crazy title, crazy film" The Times.

10. Diana's Neighbours

Air Date: 1999-03-17

11. Think of England

Air Date: 1999-04-27

1. To Russia for Love

Air Date: 1999-10-27

2. Ex-Wives

Air Date: 1999-11-03

3. Treasures from the Tip

Air Date: 1999-11-10

4. The Lost Boys - the Denver High School Massacre

Air Date: 1999-11-24

5. Strictly Bingo

Air Date: 1999-12-08

6. A Passion for Pedigree

Air Date: 1999-12-15

1. Myra Hindley

Air Date: 2000-03-01

2. The Price of Eggs

Air Date: 2000-03-08

3. Recipe for Success

Air Date: 2000-03-15

4. 10,000 Private Eyes

Air Date: 2000-03-22

5. You've Been Trained

Air Date: 2000-04-05

6. London

Air Date: 2000-09-03

1. Go on My Son

Air Date: 2000-09-06

Father and son relationships are dissected in the passionate and volatile world of under 11's football, where winning is more than everything.

2. Falling in Love.... Again

Air Date: 2000-09-13

3. Sperm Wars

Air Date: 2000-09-20

4. Suicidal

Air Date: 2000-09-27

5. Affluenza

Air Date: 2000-10-04

1. The Vikings Are Coming

Air Date: 2015-01-29

2. Warwick Davis's Big Night

Air Date: 2015-02-05

3. 24 Hour Parcel People

Air Date: 2015-02-12

Documentary tracking City Link management, employees and customers experiences as the company struggles to survive in the summer of 2014. The documentary is updated with events as 2014 comes to a clos

4. Welcome to Mayfair

Air Date: 2015-02-15

5. For Richer, for Poorer

Air Date: 2015-05-10

6. The Great British Garden Watch

Air Date: 2015-05-13

7. The Secret Life of Cleaners

Air Date: 2015-05-27

8. Weekend Warriors

Air Date: 2015-06-03

9. The Last Dukes

Air Date: 2015-10-26

A duke is the highest rank of the peerage. Dukedoms are created by the monarch to reward people who have made an outstanding contribution to the country. The last dukedom was created by Queen Victoria. If a duke dies without a male heir (the title can be inherited but not passed on by a female heiress) the dukedom will die out. This film looks at titles which are about to become extinct and examines what it means to be a duke in the 21st century - do they still have power and wealth?

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Rating

9.0/10

Release Date

1995-02-22

Episodes

107 (12 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Windfall Films

Windfall Films

BBC

BBC