Inside Story - Season 17

First aired: 1/6/1998 13 episodes

Episodes

1. House Traders

Aired: 1/6/1998

People love to hate estate agents but they also need to use them. Inside Story examines the strange love-hate relationship between the agents, their clients and the buyers.

2. Searching For Amy

Aired: 1/13/1998

In 1974 Amy Billig was abducted by a biker gang passing through her small Florida community. Today Amy would be 40. Her mother is convinced she is still alive and has spent the intervening years searching for her. Inside Story joins the relentless search and reveals a dramatic ending.

3. Schoolgirl Mums

Aired: 1/20/1998

Britain has the highest number of underage mothers in Europe. Tonight Inside Story takes a look at the different experiences of three young women who all became pregnant before they were 16.

4. Forbidden Love

Aired: 2/3/1998

Documentary telling the stories of three Asian women in mixed-race relationships who faced violence, intimidation and isolation after rejecting a traditional arranged marriage.

5. Dazzled

Aired: 2/10/1998

A behind-the-scenes look at the world of supermodels, following a group of teenage hopefuls during New York Fashion Week.

6. Decent Scum

Aired: 2/17/1998

The series concludes with a film exploring the troubled world of the young homeless through the eyes of Tommy and Crystal, a couple living on the streets of London. As Tommy tries to help Crystal kick her drug habit, they start to dream of getting off the streets for ever.

7. Ladies' Night

Aired: 4/22/1998

The programme follows Centaur, a group of Welsh strippers, as they leave their wives and families to perform for audiences of screaming women in Britain's clubs. The resulting film says as much about the sexuality of nineties women as it does about stripping.

8. Tongue-Tied

Aired: 6/15/1998

In March 1997 The Times newspaper columnist and broadcaster John Diamond was diagnosed with throat cancer. Inside Story follows Diamond through the year that has changed both him and his life forever.

9. Confessions of a Car Salesman

Aired: 7/28/1998

Tonight a look at the sales methods used in car showrooms.

10. Boy Crazy

Aired: 8/4/1998

The story of Mary Kay Letourneau who married her sixth-grade student after serving prison time for raping him. Their student-teacher relationship made headlines in 1995 when he was 12 and she was 34.

11. Drug Raped

Aired: 8/18/1998

The sleeping pill Rohypnol has become known as the date-rape drug in Britain and the USA. Tonight reveals the effect the drug has on people's behaviour and interviews women who are trying to seek justice after being drugged and then raped.

12. Test Tube Dads

Aired: 8/25/1998

Since the Second World War, two million babies have been born worldwide as a result of donor insemination. This programme meets some of the children who are now struggling to come to terms with their identities, and donors who explain their feelings about their offspring.

13. Justin Fashanu - Fallen Hero

Aired: 9/3/1998

Britain's first million pound black footballer, Justin Fashanu, seemingly had everything - looks, talent and money. But last May his body was found in a lock-up garage in London's East End. He had, apparently, hanged himself. By talking to those who knew him best, including exclusive interviews with his brother John and other family members, Inside Story seeks to uncover the real Justin Fashanu.