Category: 91Èȱ¬
THREE; TV
Factual
Date: 07.06.2005
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Following the hugely successful pilot earlier this year,
a series of the ground-breaking new programme Honey
We're Killing The Kids! has been commissioned by 91Èȱ¬
THREE.
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Honey We're Killing the Kids! provides a unique opportunity
for parents to fast forward into their children's future and actually
come face to face with them in middle age.
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For many, the rosy future they had pictured for them
doesn't match the image before their eyes. Many of the children are
found to be unhealthy, unhappy underachievers and it's all their parents'
fault!
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Presented by child psychology expert Kris Murrin,
Honey We're Killing the Kids! will take six families and fast-forward
their children's lives to the age of 40.
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Using data compiled from a series of scientific and
medical tests overseen by the Institute of Child Health, Kris will work
with state-of-the-art graphics technology to create a detailed profile
of how each child will look - and reveal the predictions for their future
health and wellbeing.
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So far so compelling - and the drama continues as the
parents set about attempting to transform the entire family's lifestyle
in order to change the face of their children's future.
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Kris, a Government health adviser, will be laying down
new guidelines for them to follow on everything from diet, exercise,
literacy, sleep and leisure activities, with additional challenges tailored
to particular families.
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Honey We're Killing the Kids! has been commissioned
through 91Èȱ¬ Learning and will be produced by 91Èȱ¬ Manchester's Format
Entertainment department.
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The series producer will be Robin Ashbrook, who devised
the format, and the executive producer will be Helen Bullough.
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The six by one-hour series will be screened on 91Èȱ¬
THREE later this year and continues 91Èȱ¬ THREE's innovative range of
parenting programmes.
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Notes to Editors
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91Èȱ¬ THREE recently won a clutch of awards at the prestigious
Rose D'Or Television Festival in Lucerne.
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Little Britain's
Matt Lucas and David Walliams were awarded Golden Roses for Best Comedy
and Best Male Comedy Performance, hard on the heels of two Bafta Awards
last month.
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Dark comedy drama Nighty
Night, written by and starring Julia Davis and made
by Baby Cow, won a Golden Rose for Best Sitcom.
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Flashmob - The Opera
won the Golden Rose in the Music Category.
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91Èȱ¬ THREE - which aspires to be the most innovative
multi-genre digital channel in the UK - reaches nearly nine million
viewers a week.
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Forthcoming programme highlights this summer include
The Week The Women Went,
new series of The Smoking Room
and The Mighty Boosh
(which was nominated for a Comedy Award), as well as The
Office - An American Workplace.
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The Best of THREE Multiscreen, a ground-breaking complementary
application for satellite viewers, is currently being trialled on Sunday
nights at 9.00pm via the red button.
