One Life

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Show Guide

An inspiring 5 part series of high quality and compelling films which reflect life in contemporary Britain. An unflinching view of the realities of everyday life with the series also showing the incredible warmth, honesty and hope that often surfaces in the way in which we live our lives. Some of the films are observational, others are characterised by the director's personal take on a subject, whilst another is narrated by the film's principal character. The series is moving, thought-provoking, revelatory and ambitious in the range of subjects it covers. As social documentaries, they are distinctively upbeat.

Episodes

Episode 1

A Baby to Save Our Son

Follow the journey to save Charlie's life, exploring the contentious and emotive subject of designer babies.
Episode 2

Adoption Hell

Dr Andrew Hale and his wife Helen love their two adopted sons. So why do they want to go to court to argue that their children should never have been given to them in the fi rst place?
Episode 3

Positive and Pregnant

When 34-year-old Rebecca was diagnosed HIV positive six years ago, she never dreamed anyone would fall in love with her again and the idea of having a baby was inconceivable.
Episode 4

Beating the Bullies

Shot entirely from the children's perspective, this film explores one primary school's radical approach to solve the problem of bullying.
Episode 5

I’m the Daddy

Ian Mucklejohn is the first single man in the UK to have a biological family without a partner.
Episode 6

Billboard Love

This heart-warming film follows Nicky and her mother Judith, as they go to extraordinary lengths to find the men of their dreams.