Cutting Edge

A 43-year-old woman with eight boys is desperate to have a girl, but with her biological clock ticking, her dream has become an obsession. Cutting Edge investigates the psychological condition known as gender disappointment, and asks why would-be parents in the UK cannot medically select the sex of the child they want.

Cutting Edge follows four eight-year-old girls as they embark on their first year at boarding school, exploring the effect on the children and their families as they begin their new lives and seek to overcome the pains of separation.

Cutting Edge enters the world of 21st-century gypsy and traveller weddings, where ancient traditions meet modern fashions. Following four brides-to-be as they plan for their big days, the programme has access to an often misunderstood community, revealing a culture where sex before marriage is still a scandal and divorce unheard of.

Cutting Edge delves into the multi-billion-Pound world of Britain's personal injury industry to find out if Britain is developing an American-style mania for suing, or if "No Win, No Fee" lawyers are finally giving the little man a chance to fight back. Featuring the lawyers and local authorities working on opposing sides, and following real-life cases as they unfold, the programme looks beyond the media headlines about personal injury claims to reveal who are the real winners and losers in Britain's compensation culture.

Cutting Edge follows two writers who work for true-life magazines, successful publications that feature moving, bizarre and unbelievable stories, including the first man in the UK to have a bottom implant, and a chef whose friend - a jailed cannibal - sends him recipes. The programme also speaks to the individuals who have confessed all to find out why they are happy to reveal their most intimate secrets.

Cutting Edge follows three boys shortlisted for the Peter Beckwith Scholarship, which could pay for them to attend Harrow School, on the day that two boys are chosen for the scholarship.

Cutting Edge follows the new editor of The Lady, once a highly respected and influential magazine, which is in need of a new lease of life. Rachel Johnson faces the daunting task of taking over the workforce and improving the circulation of England's longest-established women's weekly without alienating its current base of loyal readers

Cutting Edge gains access to the missions undertaken by medical staff and pilots in the RAF's Critical Care in the Air Support Team, flying from Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. As they bring injured servicemen and women back from Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, the C-17 Globemaster, one of the world's largest military aircraft, is transformed into a hospital with everything needed to bring wounded personnel home in less than 36 hours.

Cutting Edge tells the stories of two families whose children embarked on an overseas adventure but never returned. Erica Duggan's son died in disputed circumstances in Germany, while Bill Hawker's daughter, Lindsay, was found murdered in Tokyo. Faced with a foreign culture and police and lawyers they could barely communicate with, they gradually came to believe the only hope of uncovering the truth was to take on the investigation themselves.

What made a former Miss World fall for a double divorcee, who was 31 years her senior and insisted on washing his dirty socks by hand? In 1983, aged just 24, Wilnelia Merced married one of Britain's most loved celebrity entertainers. Celebrating the 68th year of his showbiz career, Wilnelia wanted to unveil the secrets of their long and highly unusual marriage, and Cutting Edge has been given unprecedented access in this intimate and revealing account of day-to-day life with national treasure Bruce Forsyth.

Cutting Edge examines the life of gay British millionaires Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, a couple who hit the headlines when their first two children were born to a surrogate mother a decade ago. The programme follows them as they decide to have more kids and meet potential egg donors online, and examines how their determination to have a family at all costs has affected their own offspring.

Cutting Edge follows two of Britain's most prolific base jumpers and finds out what motivates them to jump from famous landmarks and pull their parachutes seconds from impact?

A follow-up documentary examining whether the couples survived their first year together.

Two families swap their children of just boys or girls for the opposite gender for a weekend.

Building a psychological profile of Raoul Moat using tapes he recorded and interview with the people who knew him.

Cutting Edge follows the fortunes of Simon Hales,a 20-year-old who suffered a brain injury after falling 20ft on a night out. After five weeks in a coma, he eventually woke but realised he could not remember anything about the incident. As he returns home to his parents and begins the rehabilitation process, the documentary shows the daily struggles he and his family face on the road to a recovery that even doctors cannot be sure of