America Undercover

America Undercover is a series of documentaries that aired on the cable television network HBO from 1983 through 2006. Within the series are several sub-series, such as Autopsy, Real Sex, and Taxicab Confessions.

History
The series began in 1983 and, after a brief time being broadcast weekly in 2001, was later broadcast once per month. In 2006, episodes began being rebroadcast on A&E Network.

Over the years, episodes have covered numerous subjects such as abortion, organized crime, and pedophilia. The show won several awards for the 1998 production of Strippers: The Naked Stages.

Episodes

 * Hooker (1983) - Directed by Robert Niemack
 * When Women Kill (1983) - Directed by Lee Grant
 * The Nightmare of Cocaine (1984) - Directed by Fleming B. Fuller
 * Toxic Time Bomb: The Fight Against Deadly Pollution (1984) - Directed by August Cinquegrana
 * Acts of Violence (1985) - Directed by Imre Horvath
 * Soldiers in Hiding (1985) - Directed by Malcolm Clarke
 * UFO's: What's Going On? (1985) - Directed by Robert Guenette
 * The Gift of Life (1986) - Directed by Bill Couturié
 * And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986) - Directed by Louis Malle
 * Kids in Crisis (1986) - Directed by Robert Niemack
 * Kids in Sports: The Price of Glory (1986) - Directed by Dennis Lofgren
 * Surveillance: No Place to Hide  (1986) - Directed by Joseph Angier
 * Drunk & Deadly: A Day on America's Highways (1987) - Directed by Robert Niemack
 * Murder or Mercy: Five American Families (1988) - Directed by Terry Dunn Meurer
 * Execution: Fourteen Days in May (1988) - Directed by Paul Hamann
 * Confessions of an Undercover Cop (1988) - Directed by Chris Jeans
 * Warning: Medicine May Be Hazardous to Your Health (1988) - Directed by Veronica L. Young
 * Why Did Johnny Kill? (1988) - Directed by Robert Niemack
 * Transplant (1988) - Directed by Vincent Stafford
 * Into Madness (1989) - Directed by Susan Raymond
 * Battered (1989) - Directed by Lee Grant
 * Crack USA: County Under Siege (1989) - Directed by Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag
 * One Year in a Life of Crime (1989) - Directed by Jon Alpert
 * Convicts on the Street: One Year on Parole (1990) - Directed by Robert Niemack
 * Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House (1991) - Directed by Alan Raymond
 * Rape: Cries from the Heartland (1991) - Directed by Maryann DeLeo
 * Attempted Murder: Confrontation (1991) - Directed by Tom Spain
 * Death on the Job (1991) - Directed by Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag
 * The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer (1992) - Directed by Arthur Ginsberg and Tom Spain
 * Suicide Notes (1992) - Directed by Robert Niemack
 * Asylum (1992) - Directed by Joan Churchill
 * Abortion: Desperate Choices (1992) - Directed by Deborah Dickson, Susan Froemke, and Albert Maysles
 * My Mother's Murder (1992) - Directed by Charles C. Stuart
 * Never Say Die: The Search for Eternal Youth (1992) - Directed by Antony Thomas
 * Women on Trial (1992) - Directed by Lee Grant
 * I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1993)
 * Gang War: Bangin' In Little Rock (1994)
 *  High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell  (1995) - Directed by Jon Alpert, Maryann DeLeo and Richard Farrell
 * The Celluloid Closet (1995)
 * Fetishes (1996) - Directed by Nick Broomfield
 * Dragtime (1997) - Directed by Patti Kaplan
 * Thug Life in DC (1999) - Directed by Marc Levin
 * Life Afterlife (2000) - Directed by Lisa F. Jackson
 * Bellevue: Inside Out (2001) - Directed by Maryann DeLeo
 * Blue Vinyl (2002)
 * My Flesh and Blood (2003)
 * Shelter Dogs (2003)
 * Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She (2005)
 * Dealing Dogs (2006)