The Family | |
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Genre | Reality Television |
Directed by | Jonathan Smith Olly Lambert |
Composer | Matthew Cracknell |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Production locations | Canterbury, Kent (series 1) West London (series 2) Hackney, East London (series 3) |
Release | |
Original network | Channel 4 |
Original release | 17 September 2008 – 22 December 2010 |
Related | |
The Family (1974) The Family (2011) |
The Family is a British fly-on-the-wall documentary series that aired from 17 September 2008 to 22 December 2010 on Channel 4. Each series follows a chosen family, consisting of parents and their children. The project aim was to gain a picture of everyday family life in the United Kingdom, as film-maker and director Jonathan Smith attempted to "condense four months of ordinary family life into eight films". [1] The series is a revival of the original series of the same name that first aired in 1974.
Series 1 followed the lives of the Hughes family consisting of parents Simon and Jane, and their four children - Jessica (22), Emily (19), Charlotte (17), and Tom (14) who live in Harbledown, Canterbury, Kent. They had more than 20 cameras placed in their semi-detached home, capturing their every move over a period of four months and were controlled from the house next door. [2] [3]
The Hughes also have a black cat called Ziggy, who is frequently seen in the series. During filming he went missing for a few days, but later returned safe and well.
Series 2 followed the lives of the Grewals, a British Indian family consisting of parents Arvinderjeet and Sarbjit, and their three children - Mandeep (33), Gurdip (32), and Tejind (23) along with Mandeep and Gurdip's spouses - Gursharonjit (24) and Jitender (36), respectively, who live in west London. The format differed slightly from the first series in that micro-interviews with family members were interspersed periodically throughout the programme, commenting about the issue in the episode.
The Grewals also have two dogs named Rusty and Dusty.
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