Life and Birth
TV Show · Reality

The miracle of birth meets cutting edge medicine at three of the busiest maternity hospitals in Birmingham, England, as parents and staff welcome the arrival of Britain's next generation.

2020 · 58m
Starring Suranne Jones
Director Daniel Dewsbury

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Channelle wants an intervention-free birth, Jodie's baby arrives eight weeks early and there's joy for Ashleigh after a dramatic delivery.
    58m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Kirsten's high-risk pregnancy is being closely monitored. Jordan must step up as his partner Sam has their first baby, while Sarah has come in to deliver her fifth child.
    58m
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Nineteen-year-old Billie-Joe has surgery to save her baby while she's still in the womb. Kui is rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section, and Connor prepares for fatherhood.
    57m
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    Yoga teacher Roo has her heart set on a water birth for her first child, but things don't go to plan. Lewis is determined to be the dad he never had as his girlfriend gives birth.
    57m
  • EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    Dani and John prepare for their home birth. Born eight weeks premature, baby Elsie has never left the hospital, and she needs heart surgery before she can go home.
    57m
  • EPISODE 6
    Episode 6
    Melissa eagerly prepares for the arrival of Bertie who has Down syndrome. First time mom Jen worries about her maternal instincts, and there's joy at last for Laura and James.
    57m

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Cast & Crew

  • Suranne Jones
    Narrator
  • D‌D
    Daniel Dewsbury
    Director
  • V‌M
    Vicky Mitchell
    Producer
  • B‌C
    Becky Casey-Ahmed
    Producer
  • M‌J
    Meghan Just-Truelove
    Producer
  • S‌K
    Simon Kerfoot
    Producer
  • T‌C
    Tom Currie
    Producer
  • S‌F
    Simon Ford
    Producer
  • R‌B
    Richard Bond
    Producer

About

Life and Birth

Reality

The miracle of birth meets cutting edge medicine at three of the busiest maternity hospitals in Birmingham, England, as parents and staff welcome the arrival of Britain's next generation.

Information

Studio
discovery plus Real Stories
Released
2020
Rated
TV-14

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Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
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