The Press
We all demand services few of us would want to provide. The people who do these jobs - who meet our needs and answer our desires - often face ignorance, suspicion, even abuse. This series looks at such 'secret services' and the people who provide them.
Tonight's film examines three weeks in the undercover world of a Sunday Mirror investigative reporter. The popular press has itself had a bad press, with accusations of dubious morals and relentless triviality.
Yet we need a free press - and journalists prepared to dig out the information others want concealed ... Researcher NICK SHEARMAN
Film editor CHARLES ALDRIDGE Photography GRAHAM FRAKE Producer STEVE TIMMINS BBC Bristol