Child of Our Time

Child of Our Time
Format Documentary
Created by Tessa Livingstone
Starring Professor Robert Winston,
The children and their parents
Production
Producer(s) BBC
Open University
Running time 1hr
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run 2000 – present

Child of Our Time is a documentary commissioned by the BBC co-produced with The Open University and presented by Professor The Lord Winston which follows up on the lives of 25 babies who were born around the turn of the year 2000 as they grow from infancy, through childhood and on to becoming young adults. The aim of the series is to build up a coherent and scientifically accurate picture of how the genes and the environments of growing children interact to make a fully formed adult. The series will follow the people each year from birth to the age of 20. It sets out to answer many unanswered questions, and a large portion of Child of Our Time is made up of experiments on the 25 people to answer some of these questions. One of the most important questions that the series is seeking to answer is "Are we born or are we made?" The series has since been put on hold till 2013 [1]

Contents

The children

The 25 children born to 22 families chosen to appear on the Child Of Our Time documentary represent the widest possible range of genetic, social, geographical and ethnic backgrounds. They are:

Episode guide

Series One (2000)

  1. Babies

Series Two (2001)

  1. The Personality Test
  2. Tomboy or Sissy?
  3. Brain Magic

Series Three (2002)

  1. Thanks for the Memories
  2. Power Struggles
  3. Active or Idle

Series Four (2004)

  1. Zero to Hero
  2. Read My Lips
  3. The Making of Me

Series Five (2005)

  1. Identity Crisis
  2. State of Play
  3. What are Dads for?
  4. Tried and Tested

Series Six (2006)

  1. Happiness
  2. Flesh and Blood
  3. Right and Wrong
  4. Your Recipe for Success

Series Seven (2007)

  1. The Will to Win
  2. Fitting In or Standing Out
  3. Killing Creativity

Series Eight (2008)

  1. The Divide of the Sexes
  2. The Age of Stress
  3. 24 Hours
  4. A Revolution in Childhood (BBC4)

Series Nine (2010)

  1. The Big Personality Test (broadcast on 30 May)
  2. The Big Personality Test (broadcast on 31 May)

Child of Our Time - The Children's Stories

In 2006, Child of Our Time had a spin-off series showing a 30-minute programme each week on one child and their story so far from birth to their current age of 6. The programmes did not add anything significant to that which had already been covered in the six years of the programme so far; they are essentially clip shows.

See also

The Up Series is a series of documentary films that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964.

References

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