Episode 1 | Britain’s Biggest Primary School

S03E01: Teacher | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

Rhod learns how to be a teacher at a school near Newport.

Episode 1 | Too Tough to Teach

Brand new two-part documentary series about a school for boys with severe behavioural problems. In this episode, an alienated 12-year-old is m...

Developing interests | Babies: Their Wonderful World

As babies reach 18 months, they become more independent and start to choose different activities.

S01E02: Mother | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

Rhod learns how to be a stay-at-home mother in a seven-child household in south Wales.

The Diversity of the contemporary family | The British Family

Jaqueline Wilson and Kirsty Young discuss how the classic nuclear family has changed in contemporary culture.

Teaching children to read | Growing Children

Laverne explains how children in the UK are taught to read using phonics.

Attitudes towards misbehaving children | The British Family

In the 1990s children and teenagers started to become feared, but if it was the fault of the children, the parent...

Babies and biased learning | Growing Babies

Babies rely on signalling from others and will often be shown where to look by adults.

Childcare and the affect on the child | Baby Monthly

Can regularly leaving your children with someone who isn't their parent have a profound effect on them mentally in later...

Communication, coordination, cooperation | Babies: Their Wonderful World

A simple test involving pulling two levers explores how without talking babies can communicate throu...

Episode 2 | Too Tough to Teach

In the final episode, we meet the newest addition to the Ian Mikardo High School and the school's longest-attending student.

Gay Couples Start a family | The British Family

A gay family speak about their journey and the highs and lows they have experienced.

Laughter and social interaction | Babies: Their Wonderful World

The researchers discuss laughter in children and the important part it plays in babies' development of social...

Managing tantrums | Babies: Their Wonderful World

With a full body suit linked to a computer, the researchers measure the body statistics of a baby while she has a tantrum, ...

Object permenance and numbers | Growing Babies

Experts believe that babies are born with a very basic idea of numbers in the form of "more" or "less" as well as an object ex...

State Policies and the family | The British Family

Children became the centre of the family dynamic, changing from the previous ideology of ''being seen and not heard''.

Stranger anxiety | Baby Monthly

Around 9 months, babies often find meeting strangers distressing which is said to be associated with the new learned ability to recall the im...

The importance of crawling | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Using a transparent floor that gives the illusion of a drop, babies are encouraged to crawl across this surface to...

02: Ice Babies | A Child Against All Odds

Freezing embryos offers hope to people faced with being unable to have children of their own.

Anger and frustration in autism | Growing Children

Laverne meets a young boy whose level of autism means he can function in ''neuro-typical'' situations but this isn't witho...