THE DiD CHANNEL

 

A satellite channel for the most discerning of tastes...

 

After School Specials - part 1

 

A series of short memories from years gone by involving young damsels with their families...

 

After School Specials - part 2

 

From the fifties to the eighties, more young damsels with their families...

 

After School Specials - part 3

 

A new collection of historical perils...

 

After School Specials - part 4

 

More childhood memories of robberies with family and friends...

 

After School Specials - part 5

 

The latest collection of childhood memories of robberies...

 

After School Specials - part 6

 

More tales of family robberies from years past...

 

After School Specials - part 7

 

Home invasions and robberies from times gone by...

 

After School Specials - part 8

 

Another collection of childhood memories...

 

Americana Redux

 

More tales of small town America in the Sixties...

 

Award Night

 

We eavesdrop on a very special annual ceremony, as heists of the last year are honoured.  Click on the underlined text for the accompanying photos....

 

Behind The Mask

 

An interview with two gentlemen of taste and discretion, not to mention impeccable manners....

 

Behind The Mask 2

 

In the latest of this series, we discover how you can talk with three ladies who never, ever speak in public....

 

Behind The Mask - the Games Players

 

Both are invited to share stories and address controversies....

 

Boys will be Girls

 

A collection of stories with one thing in common...

 

Boys will be Girls Together

 

It's more fun with your family and friends...

 

Changelings Across The World

 

Discover just how global the spirits known as Changelings are....

 

Doing What They Were Told...

 

A classic trio of home invaders and robbers, in one month of work...

 

The Housewife's Choice

 

A documentary looking at a very helpful home invader...

 

House Calls

 

Is this the most robbed house in Britain - and why...

 

Family Counselling Taped

 

Some case studies...

 

In Olden Days

 

A look back at a series of robberies in the seventies - but what connects them...

 

 

In The Beginning

 

How did the Family of Crime start out?  This dramatisation tells what is known of their early days...

 

In Their Own Words 1

 

Four tales of women who found themselves in extraordinary situations, told by the women themselves...

 

In Their Own Words 2

 

Four more tales of women relating their experiences with intruders of all kinds...

  

 

In Their Own Words 3

 

A woman whose car sale is not what she thinks, an Au Pair, a clubber and a mother and daughter share their stories...

 

In Their Own Words - After School Special

 

Memories of a particular series of robberies in Seventies America...

 

In Their Own Words - Family Perils

 

Memories of when some women were victims of robberies as young girls...

 

In Their Own Words - Family Perils 2

 

More tales of past family robberies...

 

In Their Own Words - One Street

 

One Week, One Street, and a series of tales of increasing seriousness...

 

In Their Own Words - Sweat Shop

 

A new home invader is in town - one with a thing for boots and making her captives perspire a lot...

 

In Their Own Words - Looking After Baby

 

Some women share their experiences where their concerns were less about them, and more their children...

 

In Their Own Words - Not a Barrier

 

These women share two things in common - a wheelchair, and a robbery experience...

 

In Their Own Words - Silent Nights

 

Tales of post-Christmas unexpected guests...

 

In Their Own Words - Togetherness

 

Been caught together in a situation can have consequences...

 

In Their Own Words - Pure Hostages

 

Some tales linked by a choice of legwear...

 

In Their Own Words - Modesty Becomes Her

 

Tales of women in peril with their modesty intact...

 

In Their Own Words - Not A Problem

 

Some women in wheelchairs tell their stories of crime - and love...

 

In Their Own Words - Partners in Bind

 

An experience shared is one where you are in it together...

 

In Their Own Words - Carry On Again Granny

 

More stories of damsels a generation or two apart...

 

In Their Own Words - Treated with Respect

 

These women were treated with due consideration by thier captors...

 

In Their Own Words - Christmas Bells

 

Some seasonal memories...

 

In Their Own Words - Vintage Tales

 

Tales of yore...

 

In Their Own Words - Olden Times

 

Can you spot the link...

 

In Their Own Words - Granny Comes Too

 

Once again, we show that often Granny knows best...

 

In Their Own Words - Take Care

 

Tales of when the vicitim of a burlgary is blooming...

 

In Their Own Words - CountryFile

 

Where the air is cool, and the crime is fine...

 

In Their Own Words - Auld Lang Syne

 

The last night of the year...

 

In Their Own Words - Awkward

 

Those times you just don't know what to do...

 

In Their Own Words - Family Time

 

The family that stays together, binds together...

 

In Their Own Words - Together

 

More couples coming together without a choice - at first...

 

In Their Own Words - Young Discoveries

 

How events in the seventies shaped their lives...

 

In Their Own Words - Brave Boys

 

It doesn't just happen to mothers and daughters...

 

In Their Own Words - Stronger Together

 

Seasonal tales with a twist...

 

In Their Own Words - Memories

 

Memories of long ago...

 

In Their Own Words - Go-Go Again

 

In which the style of boot may feature...

 

In Their Own Words - Helping Hands

 

Occassions when the younger generation got involved...

 

In Their Own Words - Like Mummy

 

Girls do like to be like their mothers...

 

In Their Own Words - Ordinary Days

 

That was all they were - at first...

 

In Their Own Words - Just Like Mummy

 

All they wanted was to be like their mother...

 

In Their Own Words - No Problems

 

Overcoming all obstacles...

 

In Their Own Words - Match Up

 

A question of style...

 

In Their Own Words - The Bank Manager's Partner

 

Sometimes it just takes that gentle touch...

 

In Their Own Words - Family Time Redux

 

More family moments...

 

In Their Own Words - Family Bonding

 

Learning the power of a family together...

 

In Their Own Words - Hijab Tales

 

Linked by a belief...

 

In Their Own Words - Let the Children Speak

 

From a younger perspective...

  

Just Sitting and Thinking...

 

Even a specialist channel like the DiD Channel reaches out to the youth audience...

  

Kurtulma

 

Tales linked by their location and a common theme...

  

Lock-in Tales...

 

Tales for our times...

  

Lock-in Tales 2

 

More insights into coping with staying at home...

  

Lock-in Tales 3

 

How different families deal with unexpected situations while forced to stay at home...

  

Lock-in Tales - Bert and Ernie

 

Two old friends share their experiences of recent months...

  

Lonely Hearts

 

A career interview...

  

Mythbusters

 

So I had this request - what if a show like Mythbusters was to look at the way a damsel in distress is shown in movies, and then show the truth?  There will be a sequel to this at some point, but for now enjoy...

 

Mythbusters 2

 

The program returns to answer questions posed by you, the viewers...

 

Putting Family First

 

A profile on a man and woman team known only as Mister Blue and Miss Brown...

 

Stuff of the Ages

 

Come and see some classic art...

 

The Assistant

 

Any resemblance between the events related in this tale and certain hit television series are entirely planned...

 

The Faversham Fox

 

This special edition of Behind The Mask looks at a most erudite and selective robber...

 

The Panther Returns

 

Why is one of the most notrious kidnappers of past years back? We find out in Behind The Mask...

 

The Rain Lover

 

We focus on an intruder with a thing for rubber boots...

 

The Selfie Snatcher

 

The fad for taking your own photo has led to a new style of kidnap...

 

Tie-Up Tales for September

 

Some new tales of our times...

 

With Dignity

 

We asked some well known professionals to describe a particular situation...

 

You Bet Your Life

 

Long-term readers may remember a tale called The Assistant, which described a show I stumbled over on my satellite system.  Recently, I found that station again, and this was the show I watched...

 

 

 

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