Planet Child

Planet Child

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1 Season · 3 Episodes · Premiered May 1, 2019

This series presents a bold series of scientific experiments to delve deep into the way children experience life across Britain and the world today. Exploring key areas such as risk-taking, independence, morality and gender awareness in a range of scenarios, Planet Child seeks to further our understanding of children's development.Aged between four and seven years, the children's reactions to different challenges are tested to offer an eye-opening insight into their attitudes, behaviour and just what they are capable of when left unchecked by parental supervision.Planet Child also looks at radically different cultures across the world and asks what they can teach us about the experiences children are exposed to today, in our technologically driven 21st century environment.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

3 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Wed, May 1 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
In the first episode, twin doctors, Chris and Xand van Tulleken, are inspired by the freedom given to children in other countries. Like six-year-old Michi from Japan, who commutes alone across Tokyo to get to school, and seven-year-old Uuakhuike, from the Himba tribe in Namibia, who uses a machete to gather firewood for his family.
E02
Episode 2
Wed, May 8 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
In episode two twin doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken set out to explore how we develop a sense of right and wrong and what makes one child well behaved and another naughty. We meet seven-year-old Uuakhuihe, part of the Namibian Himba tribe, where children learn to toe the line from an early age.
E03
Episode 3
Wed, May 15 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
In episode three twin doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken set out to explore how children develop a sense of their own identity and whether girls are really different to boys.

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Dr. Xand van Tulleken
Dr. Xand van Tulleken as Dr. Xand van Tulleken
Dr. Chris van Tulleken
Dr. Chris van Tulleken as Dr. Chris van Tulleken

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