Synopsis
Robert Winston and Sophie Raworth find out how understanding your personality can help you make important decisions in life and boost your chance of happiness.
- Programme: Child of Our Time
- Series: The Big Personality Test
- Episode: 2
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Education & Childcare
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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