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0120090316Peter White goes in search of those who monitor how we spend our money, where we travel and the state of our health, while remaining unseen themselves.

Peter meets immigration officers Matt Dyson and Tim Weatherall, who explain what a passport says about a person and how they can be sure you are who you say you are. He also learns about the unseen techniques used to flush out those who attempt to smuggle drugs by swallowing them. He is put through one of the machines used to detect drugs and is shown the largest X-ray machine in the world.

Peter White meets the people behind the scenes at immigration and customs.

Peter White goes meets those who monitor our daily lives but remain unseen themselves

012009031620090609 (R4)Peter White goes in search of those who monitor how we spend our money, where we travel and the state of our health, while remaining unseen themselves.

Peter meets immigration officers Matt Dyson and Tim Weatherall, who explain what a passport says about a person and how they can be sure you are who you say you are. He also learns about the unseen techniques used to flush out those who attempt to smuggle drugs by swallowing them. He is put through one of the machines used to detect drugs and is shown the largest X-ray machine in the world.

Peter White meets the people behind the scenes at immigration and customs.

Peter White goes meets those who monitor our daily lives but remain unseen themselves

0220090323Peter White goes in search of those who monitor how we spend our money, where we travel and the state of our health, while remaining unseen themselves.

Peter meets the unseen bank staff who spend their days watching our spending habits and alerting us to possible fraud when our usual spending patterns are broken.

He then uses his bonus points card at a supermarket, which prompts him to question who knows what about his buying habits and how this information helps analysts to persuade him to spend more, by targetting him with tailor-made and tempting offers.

Peter meets the unseen bank staff who watch our spending habits.

Peter White goes meets those who monitor our daily lives but remain unseen themselves

022009032320090616 (R4)Peter White goes in search of those who monitor how we spend our money, where we travel and the state of our health, while remaining unseen themselves.

Peter meets the unseen bank staff who spend their days watching our spending habits and alerting us to possible fraud when our usual spending patterns are broken.

He then uses his bonus points card at a supermarket, which prompts him to question who knows what about his buying habits and how this information helps analysts to persuade him to spend more, by targetting him with tailor-made and tempting offers.

Peter meets the unseen bank staff who watch our spending habits.

Peter White goes meets those who monitor our daily lives but remain unseen themselves

032009033020090623 (R4)Peter White goes in search of those who monitor how we spend our money, where we travel and the state of our health, while remaining unseen themselves.

Peter meets forensic scientists and talks to them about their work. A 'questioned documents' specialist examines Peter's signature and reveals some of its secrets, and Peter also learns about some of the methods used to match crime scene marks with suspected shoes and tools.

Plus Peter Dean, a police doctor and television consultant, discusses real crime compared to what we see on TV programmes.

Peter White goes meets those who monitor our daily lives but remain unseen themselves