Thursday 26 August, 9pm

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Focusing on Bradford, Edge of the City provides a snapshot of the darker side of city life in Britain. It meets people who have a great - and often costly - dependency on the state, and the social workers who pick up the pieces.

An explosive area of child abuse called 'grooming' is increasingly worrying these social workers. Asian men have been targeting young white girls - one as young as 11 - for a life of sexual and drug abuse. The programme follows the stories of two mothers who are desperately trying to track down information on the groomers.

Mathew's family are also at the end of their tether. At just 17 he had 96 convictions, the first of which he received when he was only 10. On release from a detention centre, he is assigned to Omar - a British Muslim whose role is to keep this underprivileged white youth out of trouble. But will Mathew be able to avoid re-offending?

The programme also meets Caroline and Keith, a physically disabled couple in their 40s, and spirited 81-year-old Eric Robinson. As vulnerable adults they belong to one of the fastest growing areas of social work.