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Secrets for Sale

With unique warts-and-all access to Real People magazine, this sometimes poignant and funny documentary follows the magazine's team of reporters as they speak to its contributors.

Beryl was paralysed by a tropical worm. Maureen was poisoned by her husband. Sarah's orgasm caused a massive brain haemorrhage.

With unique warts-and-all access to Real People magazine, this sometimes poignant and funny documentary follows the magazine's small team of reporters as they hit the road and dig deep into their contributors' most intimate and harrowing experiences, and asks why people feel the need to lay bare their personal pain and tragedy to 216,000 readers.

And once they see their stories in print, do they have any regrets about selling and telling all?

50 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Apr 201003:20

Credits

RoleContributor
NarratorTimothy Spall
ProducerJaclyn Parry
DirectorJaclyn Parry
Executive ProducerMeredith Chambers

Broadcasts

  • Tue 2 Mar 201022:35
  • Tue 2 Mar 201023:05
  • Wed 10 Mar 201000:35
  • Sat 10 Apr 201003:20