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The Life Stuff website is supported by the TV series of the same name.
Subscribers to Life Stuff have full access to programme notes that
support the TV programmes.
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Hardeep Singh Kohli is a Sikh Scottish Londoner writing his first
sitcom and he's trying to find out what's funny about today's multicultural
UK. The programme highlights social and cultural identity issues faced
by young people in Britain today. Programme
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Based on the largest survey of teen attitudes ever undertaken in Britain,
This Teen Life looks at attitudes to sex and sexuality, alcohol and
drugs, parents and divorce, body images and mental health, race, politics
and more.
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Documentary series examining the human and environmental impact of
our choices as consumers, focussing on three consumer products: chocolate,
mobile phones and T-shirts.
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Three stories of young people who have decided that they want to engage
with life in their communities. In driving forward their schemes,
the young people come into contact with community action, politics,
policing, democracy and finance. Programme
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Follow the progress of three groups of young people who each won our
World of Difference competition to identify an overseas development
project that would benefit from the investment of the £10,000
prize money.
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A contemporary, upbeat and humorous drama about four young people
growing up in Belfast facing issues of peer group pressure, cultural
difference and local politics as they prepare to enter adulthood.
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Three films following the everyday lives of people coping with the
effects of alcohol and illicit drugs. The series provides a realistic
insight into the nature of drug use, the associated risks, and the
impact on individuals, families and communities. Programme
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Using personal testimonies, students are introduced to the impact
of smoking on people’s health and lifestyle as smokers and non-smokers
alike discuss how addiction to cigarettes has influenced their lives
or those of their families. Programme
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A fast-moving, stylish, no-nonsense guide to drugs and drug use in
society. Clear facts with strong messages delivered without dogmatism
or simplification will empower young people to make informed choices
for themselves. Programme
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 A documentary exploring the experiences of young people whose lives have been affected by bereavement, tracing the individual ways they have come to terms with grief and loss and learned the strength to face the future. Programme
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Three dramas based on workshops with teenagers. Based in a north London
college, they tell the stories of sex, love and friendship experiences
by three couples over a two-week period. The stories are, in turn,
funny, sad, happy, poignant and intense.
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Three powerful, documentary-style dramas, using tough, contemporary
music and language, each story centres on a young person facing a
huge dilemma that has the potential to change the rest of their lives.
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A series which takes a lively, accessible and sensitive approach to
a difficult subject without preaching, using a mixture of strong,
humorous drama and five energetic personal films made by young people
who live ordinary lives but happen to be gay. |
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Handling money requires understanding, competence, responsibility
and enterprise. This series develops these in interesting, entertaining
and practical ways, designed to encourage pupils to feel that personal
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One in five young people experience mental health problems, and one
in ten have problems serious enough to need professional help. Losing
It takes its audience on the first steps of a journey towards understanding
stress and anxiety, depression and disorder, self-harm, suicide and
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The A–Z of Love and Sex is a fast-moving, unashamedly direct
series that answers all those burning questions about love and sex
which are often far too embarrassing to articulate. |
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Mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety are increasingly prevalent
among young people in the UK. This programme challenges the stigma
of owning up to mental health problems, profiling three attractive,
successful young people who have suffered and conquered mental illness.
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Six different people between the ages of 22 and 30 let us into their
busy lives to get a real flavour of their working weeks. What are
the day-to-day demands? How do they manage their money, their social
lives, their relationships and the stresses of their jobs?
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This series opens the eyes of teenagers aged between 16 and 19 to
the world of work. It will look at some careers that young people
may not have considered, or in some cases may think of as beyond their
reach.
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* These programmes
were first broadcast as part of 4Learning’s Off Limits strand. To
access the online programme notes for the Off Limits programmes please
go to 4Learning's Secondary
PSHE & Citizenship page. |
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