Category: TV Ent
Date: 05.07.2005
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In a unique new series for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ THREE, Davina McCall presents He's Having a Baby - following eight young men on their very different journeys to becoming first time dads, all struggling to cope with the dramatic, funny and difficult changes parenthood brings.
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But they do have one other thing in common - the due dates of their children are staggered throughout the run of the show.
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Over ten weeks from late August, He's Having a Baby captures the lives of these men, chosen from all over the UK, into the delivery room and beyond, as they prepare to take on perhaps the greatest challenge that life presents - the birth of their first child, providing a unique insight into the pressures faced by modern British fathers.
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To help them prepare for fatherhood, the dads-to-be will be put through a series of 'Dad Assignments' which will give them first hand experience of just what lies ahead.
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Grabbing them by the scruff of the neck and throwing them into a variety of situations with children of all ages, they'll get 18 years of parenting crammed into just ten hectic, hilarious, non-stop weeks.
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How will they cope as they are tormented by tiny-tots and teenage tearaways?
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Each Saturday evening on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE, Davina McCall will catch up with our eight men live in studio to bring us their unique and compelling stories from the last week.
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Will there be tears before bedtime as the fathers struggle to change a nappy and try to juggle work and family, or will a Super-Dad be uncovered?
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Davina says about the prospect of looking after the eight dads-to-be: "I really can't wait to do this programme, it's a well known fact I'm evangelical about birth and I'm really looking forward to helping prepare these dads for the best journey of their lives.
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"Men largely get ignored when it comes to pregnancy, birth and becoming a parent so it's time to give them a much needed helping hand."
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Leon Wilde, Hat Trick's Head of Entertainment and himself a new dad, comments: "This isn't a 'how to parent' show. We're not trying to tell people how to be a dad, but are saying that it's cool to be a dad."
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Throughout the week a nightly Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ THREE programme will capture their daily lives in a real life soap opera.
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We'll see how they are coping with the ever-changing emotions and demands of becoming a parent for the first time.
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There'll also be a chance to see how the dads are getting on in the eyes of close friends and family - and the mums-to-be.
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Are their partners going into fatherhood with their eyes wide open - or are they better suited to sitting in the pub talking about football than talking about their feelings?
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He's Having a Baby is a Hat Trick production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ THREE.
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The Executive Producers are Barbara Lee and Leon Wilde for Hat Trick Productions and Fenia Vardanis for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
