First Cut Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Fetishism; Morris Dancing; Psychics
• First Cut: Being Maxine Carr

  Documentary about the modern day witch-hunt for Maxine Carr, former girlfriend of Soham murderer Ian Huntley. Victims of a perceived need for vengeance, more than a dozen innocent women have been mistaken for Carr and hounded from their homes. Maxx Ginnane examines the surreally horrific events of their lives as the mob mentality took hold

• First Cut: Cyberskiving

  Spoof documentary following an office worker who is distracted from her job by the Internet, but ends up unwittingly being filmed procrastinating and discovers the video is on YouTube

• First Cut: Happy Birthday, You're Dead

  With just four weeks left until she turns 25, film-maker Maja Borg attempts to trace the Romanian fortune teller who claimed she would die before reaching the quarter-century mark

• First Cut: In Search of Mr Average

  Film-maker Tim Wardle sets off on a quest to find the most statistically average person in Britain. He scours the land for someone who believes in God, hates Brussels sprouts, has 14 friends, spends 19 minutes preparing dinner and goes to the toilet six times a day, among other things

• First Cut: Karaoke Soul

  Observational documentary interspersed with stylised musical performances focusing on three people who take inspiration from songs that have particular meaning for them

• First Cut: Sleep with Me

  Eight British couples open their bedroom doors to reveal their sleeping habits. The next First Cut film can be seen on Friday

• First Cut: The Last Freak Show

  Following professional musician Jeffrey Marshall, who was born without arms or legs, as he decides to exhibit himself in America's only remaining freak show. Last in series

• First Cut: The Rules of Seduction

  Director John Farrar investigates the world of the dedicated chat-up artist, a community of men who believe their sequence of tricks, codes and routines can seduce any woman they encounter. The programme follows the lives of three would-be Lotharios who have been drawn into this underground network

• First Cut: Waiters

  New series of dramas showcasing the work of upcoming writers and directors, beginning with Peter Straughan's comedy Waiters, about the lives of staff working at a movie-themed restaurant : most of whom are would-be actors killing time before their big break. What happens when one of the waiters actually does get the call from Hollywood? Robson Green, Alun Armstrong and Denise Welch star

• King of the Road

  Ian Fenton's comedy drama, written by Paul Harrison and starring Mickey Hutton as a frantic man trying desperately to prevent his beloved Cadillac from falling into the hands of ruthless loan sharks or the dogged insurance investigators pursuing him. With Janine Birkett, Bill Fellows and David Tarkenter

• Pinky's Plan
• Starman

  Drama, starring Emmy Award-winner Jordan Kiziuk as a Middlesbrough tearaway who embarks on a strange journey of self-discovery that takes him to places he never even dreamed of

• Sweet Dreams

  The series of dramas commissioned to showcase promising directors and writers continues with Sweet Dreams, Ian D Fleming's moving tale of a woman forced to confront her past while spending time with her ill father. Having moved away from her Northern roots to find success in London, she finds her visit reopening old wounds as the story moves towards an intense revelation. Emma Cleasby and David Bradley star

• Ticket to Ride

  Series of one-off dramas showcasing the talents of upcoming writers and directors, continuing with Ticket to Ride : a drama scripted by Stephen Carolan and Derek Matthews, and directed by Sue Heel. Deka Walmsley plays Colin, a ticket collector who can't cope with his unhappy home life and takes his feelings of inadequacy out on his passengers

• Watchers

  The series of dramas commissioned to showcase promising directors and writers continues with Watchers, Mark Elliott's dark and brooding tale about the actions of security guards who are employed to scan CCTV footage at night. Fact collides with fantasy as a beautiful woman walks into shot : turning the world of the voyeurs upside down. Written by Jeff Williams and starring Bill Fellows and Neil Armstrong