Many people strive to be perfect parents. Dr. Mike Fitzpatrick (GP) argues that putting children first and adults last could be damaging to b...
The first holiday camps, hop picking, bonfire night, and trips to the countryside were ways families enjoyed themselves together in the earl...
Program looks at the heart-rending experience of substitute parents - nannies, foster mothers, step-parents and housemothers as well as ...
Reporter Greg McKenzie meets young people born or brought up in the UK who say Home Office immigration policy treats them as second-class citizens.
Laurie Taylor explores the sociology of housework and the lived experience of au pairing. With Ann Oakley and Rosie Cox.
This programme looks at the Lyons, a lower middle class family.
Journalist John Ware examines the broken bits of Britain and questions whether they can be put back together again. He hears about the damage ca...
Sohail Rahman reports on polygamy in Britain, a mainly Islamic practice which, according to American academic Philip Kilbride, could offer solutions to...
How are our homes changing? In a special series Laurie Taylor and sociologists visit listeners' homes to explore...
How are our homes changing? In a special series Laurie Taylor and sociologists visit listeners' homes to explore priv...
How are homes changing? In a special series Laurie Taylor and sociologists visit listeners' homes to explore private life. ...
Jemima Khan investigates the practice of polygamy in the UK today. Why are some Muslim women opting to become part-time wives, and is it a...
What are your financial rights if you're cohabiting?
Anne Robinson delves into different areas of contemporary British life. She tackles parenting, looking at some...
Why is privacy so important to us? Laurie Taylor discusses a sociological study of the role that privacy plays in e...
How much has 21st-century family life in Wales has changed? Does the nation still hold fast to traditional family values or is the family unit...
Darren examines how social class and where we live impacts our lives in ways that few realise, from our addiction...
Dr Aminul Hoque tells the story of the thousands of Bangladeshi families who settled in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s.
British-born Chinese vlogger Shu Lin explores the history of the Chinese community in the UK from the 1950s through to the...
Therapist Rachel Nguyen tells the story of the Vietnamese Boat People who came to Britain in the 70s and...
Documentary following friends Becki, Stacey and Vanessa, three 16-year-old girls from Rochdale. Three pregnancies chang...
Carolyn has four children and a loving husband, but she's abandoning it all to start a new life with her online lover.
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