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The Family (2008)

The Family poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United Kingdom
Length
3 seasons, 23 episodes
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A camera crew lives with a family for months to capture their ordinary daily routines and relationships. Each series focuses on a different set of parents and their children going about their regular lives at home.

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What happens

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". The series is a revival of the original series of the same name that first aired in 1974. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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