Tonight

Friday 23 May 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm on ITV1.

As a nation we’re now top of the global stress league wnd the main thing that determines our stress levels is what we do for a living. In this special edition of Tonight, celebrity chef Jean Christophe Novelli goes behind the scenes of the hospitality industry to investigate just how pressurised some chefs are finding their kitchens.

New research shows that head chefs run twice the risk of suffering serious depression or anxiety as those in lower stress occupations. Drug and alcohol abuse are also reportedly widespread in the catering industry. But how do the strains that chefs experience measure up to other stressful jobs?

Monday 19 May 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm

Are migrant workers really doing the jobs that Britons have refused to take? As the immigration debate rages across the UK, Michael Nicholson examines the vacancies they're filling.

Friday 16 May 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm

From missing baggage to a serious accident – Ginny Buckley reports on why you might not be as well covered by your holiday insurance as you thought this summer.

Monday 12 May 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm on ITV1.

Morland Sanders reports on why food bills are going through the roof and what Britons can do about it.

Monday 5 May 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm

Anthony Maley’s life took a terrible turn two years ago after his home was destroyed by a gas explosion on his street.

The company repairing the gas mains was not at fault, so the family were left to claim on their insurance and spend 10 months in temporary accommodation while they waited for their house to be rebuilt.

But to add insult to injury, Anthony was in for a new shock when a power bill arrived in the post from British Gas. It covered the period his house had lain in rubble, when no meter was connected and no gas or electricity had been used.

He tells Tonight: “Here’s the bill. We couldn’t believe it. It’s not a lot but it’s the principle of the thing. I’d told them and all the other utilities that the house was unusable and British Gas were the only ones to send me a bill.

Friday 2 May 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm

At a time when Britain is fighting a national epidemic on obesity, the news that McDonald’s is back in the good books with consumers is a depressing prospect to its fiercest critics.

Last year, UK sales were up six per cent. In December, the burger chain sold 88 million meals. For the first time in years, the company is opening new outlets across Britain.

It’s a tremendous comeback for the company considering just a few years ago it was battling unflattering portrayals by documentaries like Super Size Me – where Morgan Spurlock became ill after living solely on McDonald’s food for a month. A move towards healthier living was blamed for the company’s British profits taking a massive nosedive.

Monday 28 April 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm

Swearing, spitting, shouting - Derby Arms FC make no apologies for their bad manners. The football club plays in one of the toughest amateur pub leagues in the country and being aggressive puts goals between the posts, right?

The rude behaviour of Ashley Cole and Javier Mascherano might have kicked off respect the referee campaigns from the Football Association and calls from a national newspaper to “shut it” but the league is still awash with aggression from fans and players.

Could an argument be made that being rude is the only way to get your way in life?

In a unique experiment, Tonight enlists etiquette expert Diana Mather to coach the Derby Arms FC on how to be the perfect gentlemen on the pitch. But will employing her ten golden rules for good manners at their game, leave them victorious or crying in the dressing room?

Friday 25 April 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm

With property prices falling, more people are choosing to improve rather than move. But what happens when house extensions fall foul of the planners? Tonight reveals how confusing planning laws are leaving some homeowners facing demolition.

Monday 21 April 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm

Unhappy, unloved and out of control. British yob culture has been making headlines here for months, but now it’s even making headlines in the US, with the prestigious TIME magazine reporting on an epidemic of violence, crime and drunkenness that’s made the UK scared of its young.

But what would you do if it was your own son and daughter committing the crimes and terrorizing the community? Would your instinct be to protect your child and say nothing, or would you exert the ultimate in tough love measure and go to the police?

In Jail My Child: Tonight, Morland Sanders meets the parents who have turned their children into the police and speaks to a number of justice experts who debate whether jail can ever be in the best interests of a child.

Friday 4 April 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm

In Lying For a Job: Tonight, Jonathan Maitland exposes some of the worst offenders and reveals the tricks of their trade. Plus he carries out an experiment to show how easily employers can be deceived.

Three company bosses interview three potential candidates for a job with serious responsibilities. One has a fake CV. The interviewers have to spot which of the candidates is being economical with the truth in order to bag the job.

The programme also highlights two examples of CV scammers who have conned their way into jobs.

Former taxi driver and waiter Barian Baluchi made over £1 million by falsely claiming to be medically trained, passing himself off as a medical professor and ‘consultant psychiatrist’.

He made up his CV and assumed the identity of two doctors before setting up a clinic in central London specialising in treating victims of torture, abuse and trauma.

Friday 28 March 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm

From next week councils will be able to issue parking tickets based solely on CCTV evidence. Jonathan Maitland meets the parking rebels who say the new laws will lead to innocent drivers being falsely accused of crimes they have not committed

We’re already paying £5 a gallon for diesel and industry experts predict it won’t be long before petrol prices hit the same record level.

While drivers can’t change what they pay for fuel, they can potentially make savings by changing the way they use fuel, reports Quentin Willson.

In Fuel’s Gold: Tonight, Quentin enlists six drivers to help assess just how much more we can get out of our petrol tanks by undertaking some changes to our cars, driving style and vehicle maintenance.

The programme discovers whether swapping an old car for a new one, driving in a more fuel-efficient ‘green’ way, maintaining a poorly maintained car, switching from petrol to diesel, switching from petrol to premium fuel, and finally using an internet gizmo can improve overall fuel efficiency. Then, after additional costs are taken into account, Quentin reveals what savings can be made.

Friday 14 March 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm on ITV1.

Tonight revealed last year that thousands of homes were in the wrong council tax band following inaccurate valuations carried out in 1991.

After reports that the Labour government knew about this more than two years ago, Martin Lewis looks at the ramifications.

Friday 7 March 2008 8:00pm - 8:30pm on ITV1.

Inland Revenue made the headlines a few months ago when the department lost the details of two million taxpayers in the post.

But as the Tonight programme reveals, the bungle is only the tip of the iceberg of what appears to be a department in crisis.

Twenty seven million Britons rely on the PAYE (pay as you earn) tax collection system, where the Revenue provide your employer with a tax code and the taxman takes his cut directly from your pay packet. But if you assumed that the Revenue would spot any mistakes and correct them, you would be wrong.

Anne Collins drinks a few glasses of wine most evenings during the week and a bottle at the weekends, but she’d never classify herself as a binge drinker or someone who has a drinking problem.

Like many busy mums, she thinks of her daily tipple as a nice way to relax.

Anne, whose three children now range in age from 10 to 15, explains: “It became a habit when the children were young. I can remember when they were all very young, and Aaron had just started school and Brooke was two and Euan was in his rocker, and I can remember being in the bedroom with my foot on the rocker, sort of listening to Aaron read and doing something with Brooke and you know you’re just like, ‘Oh, I need a glass of wine!’”

But could Anne unknowingly be drinking dangerous amounts for her health and underestimating the impact that her drinking has on her family?