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. On April 2026, Channel 4 announced that the series will return on E4 later in the year and filmed on the Saint Mary's Hospital in Manchester.
Production
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 The first series won a 2010 BAFTA for best factual series; the second series was nominated for a 2011 BAFTA for best factual series. Airlock, who designed the interactive and multimedia material to accompany the series, were nominated for a 2010 BAFTA "New Media Award".
International versions
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.Baby Boom There have been eleven UK series.
Country Name Network Date premiered Baby Boom TF1 23 August 2011 One Born Every Minute Lifetime Television 1 February 2011 En unge i minuten TV4 7 March 2011 Baby Boom Channel 10 2013 TBA TBA TBA Malé lásky TV Markíza 2020 Malé lásky TV Nova 2017 One Born Every Minute Kanal 4 2018 One Born Every Minute Australia Network 10 22 October 2019
Spoof 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.
References
External links
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