Series 1
Series Summary
Accompanying Channel 4's landmark series The Family - which documented the ups and downs of life in the Hughes home for 100 days and nights - this 15-part series focuses on the stories of the three teenagers in the family: 19-year old Emily, 17-year-old Charlotte and Tom, 14. From messy bedrooms to skipping school, fights over bedtime to learning to drive, the issues faced by the Hughes teenagers tap into the day to day lives of thousands of young people.
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Episodes (15)
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Family rebel, Emily is under fire from her parents, Simon and Jane, about the state of her messy bedroom. While Emily feels the room is her…
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Fourteen-year-old Tom asks his parents to reconsider his 9.30pm bedtime. He takes matters into his own hands, secretly playing computer…
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In the third episode, parents Jane and Simon go out for the evening, leaving big sister Emily to supervise Tom. A major row erupts when Tom…
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Charlotte struggles with the demands of her coursework and decides she wants to leave school. Her parents fail to take her feelings…
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Charlotte's father discovers that she has been skipping school and an almighty row blows up between the parents. Charlotte then talks about…
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Emily struggles to strike a balance between the demands of her busy social life and her part-time job, and decides to take a day off work…
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Tom is fed up with being told what to do by his dad and decides that he's going to assert himself. It's not long before the two lock horns.
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Emily, who only works a few hours a week in a clothes shop, is fed up with being broke. She hatches a new career plan, but her father is…
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Tom is unhappy at school and his opposition to authority is starting to get him into trouble with his teachers.
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Emily and her mum Jane are finding it hard to get along. Emily's hectic social life is leaving her less and less time with the family and…
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Emily is caught borrowing mum Jane's clothes without asking permission, leading to an emotional confrontation where some home truths are…
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Charlotte is about to turn 17 and sees driving as her route to independence, but before she can take her driving test both mum and dad must…
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Tom secretly gets his ear pierced without his parents' knowledge, but when dad Simon finds out he's not impressed and the two go head to…
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Emily's behaviour - ignoring house rules and skipping work - is pushing her parents to the limit and they're debating whether the time has…
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In the last episode of the series, Simon and Jane get annoyed with the constant battle to get their kids to help around the house and a…
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