Inside Story - Season 19 / Year 2000
Season 19 / Year 2000
Episodes
The Fugitive: The Final Chapter
This Inside Story special is an account of the ongoing murder case that inspired The Fugitive TV series and film. In 1954, wealthy surgeon Dr Sam Sheppard was given a life sentence for murdering his wife. Although he was later acquitted, he was never pronounced innocent and died in poverty. Now his son has brought the case to court for a third time, to clear Sheppard's name and claim damages for wrongful arrest.
Looks That Kill
A Cry for Life
In 1995 Len Carter shot his estranged wife Loraine Whiting and then killed himself. Although Loraine called the police, by the time they entered her house she was already dead. The police maintain they did everything possible, but Loraine's family are convinced more could have been done to save her life.
Tito's Story
An Inside Story documentary looking at the poetry written by Tito, an 11-year-old Indian boy with autism whose work gives a rare insight into this condition.
Sex Offenders: Not in Our Back Yard
Tonight's Inside Story documentary focuses on the vociferous opposition by residents of Sherwood in Nottingham to the news that two sex offenders, who had completed their sentences, were to be moved into special accommodation in the local prison.
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The Masked Singer
Part guessing game and part singing show, The Masked Singer sees 12 famous faces compete to pull off the best performance, with their identity elaborately and imaginatively concealed, thanks to an expert team of talented costume designers. The stars will be transformed and they will take on a masked identity and become a fantastic character which will disguise them for the whole series.
Forget any thoughts of fancy dress – they'll be full-on, original, movie-standard creations taking inspiration from worlds as varied as manga, superheroes, and wild animals and mythical creatures. Their transformations will be total, even their speaking voices will be disguised in interviews.
It will be up to a superstar panel to lead the viewers at home in their quest to discover who they are. Although the stars aren't judged on their voices, they'll still need to give their best performance – the audience's least favourite will be eliminated, before the panel try to guess their identity and unmask them.
Mrs. Brown's Boys
Comedy starring Brendan O'Carroll as loud-mouthed Irish matriarch Agnes Brown, whose favourite pastime is meddling in the lives of her six children.
The Newsreader
In the maelstrom of a commercial television newsroom in 1986, Dale Jennings is a diligent young reporter, desperate to become a newsreader. Helen Norville is a notoriously ‘difficult' star newsreader determined to build credibility. Paired together over three months, Dale and Helen will cover an extraordinary chain of news events — from the shock of the Challenger explosion, to the hype of Halley's Comet, to the complexities of the AIDS crisis. From messy beginnings, a deep bond is formed that will upend their lives and transform the very fabric of the nightly news bulletin. This is a story of a grand, unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change.
