Family and Parenting

Adopt Me - I'm a Teenager

1 Episode

An observational film looking at adoption stories in the USA. The programme features teenagers between the ages of 15-17 who are on an epic emotional journey in search of a permanent family.

Celebrity Wife Swap

4 Episodes

Celebrity couples with very different outlooks exchange families, lives and partners for ten days. Watch the sparks fly as these stars collide!

Child Genius

1 Episode

Documentary series following the lives of some of the UK's most gifted children as they grow up. How will these children develop, and what unique problems are faced by such talented prodigies?

Daddy Daycare

3 Episodes

Nearly half of all British mums feel their partners don't do their share of childcare. In this series nine dads are sent on a crash-course in parenting at busy nurseries.

The Family

3 Series, 23 Episodes

A unique observational series that documents the universal themes of family life, as British families open their doors to viewers

The Family: Teen Stories

15 Episodes

This series accompanied the landmark series The Family - which documented the ups and downs of life in the Hughes home for 100 days and nights. Teen Stories focuses on the three teenagers in the family.

Four Sons versus Four Daughters

1 Episode

Cutting Edge examines how much children shape their parents' lives as two families - one with four daughters, the other with four sons - swap kids for a long weekend to find out

The Homecoming

1 Episode

In this Cutting Edge film, journalist Rachel Roberts goes in search of the people with whom she once shared a children's home, with only a photo and childhood memories to help her

How the Other Half Live

2 Series, 10 Episodes

Documentary series that aims to show what it means to grow up in poverty in 21st-century Britain. In each episode, a wealthy family decides to assist one that is living below the poverty line.

How to Be a Good Mother with Sharon Horgan

1 Episode

Sharon Horgan is a writer, actress and mother. Like most mums she wonders if she's bringing up her kids in the best way. In this programme she meets six mums with unusual parenting methods that they believe are best.

Jess: Britain's Youngest Sleepwalker?

1 Episode

Cutting Edge reveals what life is like for a little girl whose insomnia has become more than a childhood habit. Three-year-old Jess has a condition that has baffled medical experts.

Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance

2 Series, 12 Episodes

Jo Frost gives mums and dads the honest, insightful, no-nonsense parenting advice they need

Kidnapped by the Kids

1 Episode

As parents everywhere struggle to balance the competing demands of work and home life, Kidnapped by the Kids finds out what would happen if, just for a while, the children were in charge

My Family's Crazy Gap Year

6 Episodes

Ordinary British families up sticks and travel the globe in search of life-changing experiences

My Weird & Wonderful Family

1 Episode

Cutting Edge goes behind the headlines to intimately portray how gay millionaires Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow's determination to have more children has affected them and their kids

One Born Every Minute

3 Series, 34 Episodes

A ground-breaking look at the drama and emotion of a maternity unit, from the perspective of the parents-to-be and the maternity ward staff

One Born at Christmas

6 Episodes

The Bafta Award-winning documentary series One Born Every Minute presents a festive special

One Born: What Happened Next?

1 Episode

This special programme revisits three One Born Every Minute couples as they come to terms with the reality of parenthood

Other People's Breast Milk

1 Episode

Kate Garraway investigates the pros and cons of cross-feeding, breast milk donation and wet-nursing by meeting some of the growing numbers of women who share each other's breast milk

Parents and Teens: Welcome to My World

10 Episodes

An intimate portrait of family life from two different perspectives - those of teenager and parent

Secret Life of the Classroom

1 Episode

The first year at school is viewed through the eyes of four and five year olds with particular emphasis on how friendships are formed and conflicts negotiated

The Smallest People in the World

1 Episode

Acclaimed documentary maker Jane Treays enters the world of children on the edge of society, examining how they cope when their lives are shaped by extreme circumstances

Supernanny

3 Series, 15 Episodes

Travelling the length and breadth of the country, Supernanny Jo Frost is on a mission to help desperate parents deal with their badly behaved children

Supersize vs Superskinny Kids

4 Episodes

Dr Christian Jessen and dietician Ursula Philpot tackle the nation's over and under weight kids, giving families nutritional advice as they confront the truth about their diets

Wife Swap

16 Episodes

What happens when the rule books change? In this BAFTA-winning show, couples from very different families exchange lives, and partners, for ten days.