One Born Every Minute
| One Born Every Minute | |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Narrated by | Steven Hartley (series 3-4) Paul Venables (series 5-8) Jonathan Kydd (series 9-11) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 112 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Magnus Temple and Nick Curwin (series 1) Peter Moore and Sanjay Singhal (series 2) |
| Producers | Series 1: Jonathan Smith (series producer) Series 2: Francesca Newby (director of production), Lucy Bowden (series producer) and Lorraine Charker-Phillips (series director) |
| Production company | Dragonfly |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 9 February 2010 – 9 May 2018 |
One Born Every Minute is a British observational documentary series which shows activities taking place in the labour ward. The programme ran for eleven series on Channel 4, premiering on 9 February 2010 and airing its final episode on 9 May 2018.
Channel 4 announced in August 2019 that One Born Every Minute had been cancelled.[1][2]
Production
[edit | edit source]One Born Every Minute has to date achieved the highest ratings of any "fixed rig" multicamera documentary series, with its most popular episodes attracting audiences in excess of five million. The "rig" technique for making factual television was pioneered by Dragonfly founders Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple, in partnership with Channel 4 commissioning editor Simon Dickson, in 2008.
Awards
[edit | edit source]The first series won a 2010 BAFTA for best factual series; the second series was nominated for a 2011 BAFTA for best factual series.[3] Airlock, who designed the interactive and multimedia material to accompany the series, were nominated for a 2010 BAFTA "New Media Award".[4]
International versions
[edit | edit source]In February 2011 an American version of One Born Every Minute premiered in the USA on Lifetime Television and in August 2011 a French adaptation named Baby Boom premiered on France's TF1. There have been two seasons of the American show and five of the French.[5][6] There have been eleven UK series.
| Country | Name | Network | Date premiered |
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| File:Flag of France.svg France | Baby Boom | TF1 | 23 August 2011 |
 USA
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One Born Every Minute | Lifetime Television | 1 February 2011 |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | En unge i minuten | TV4 | 7 March 2011 |
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | Baby Boom | Channel 10 | 2013 |
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | TBA | TBA | 2018 |
| File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | One Born Every Minute | Kanal 4 | 2018 |
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | One Born Every Minute Australia | Network 10 | 22 October 2019 |
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Spoof
[edit | edit source]The 2013 edition of the Comic Relief telethon featured a three-way spoof/mini-episode aired under the One Born Every Minute title and logo: a parody of the show's format with appearances by the cast of Call the Midwife along with Matt Smith as the Doctor from Doctor Who and closing narration by Vanessa Redgrave.[7]
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External links
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- One Born Every Minute, Channel 4, review a review from The Daily Telegraph
- New Channel 4 series focuses on Southampton's Princess Anne Hospital A news article from Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- One Born Every Minute: labours of love a The Guardian blog article on the second UK series
- Last Night's TV - One Born Every Minute, Channel 4 a review of the second UK series from The Independent
- Channel 4 - One Born Every Minute Episode Guide
