Didn't ITV have a very similar project which was started (I think) by Granada back in the 60s ?
In 1999, the BBC and the Open University embarked on a ground-breaking project called Child of our Time. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes.
It was a really good programme and if you watched it from the start then you get interested in the children and their families and then the Beeb decide to get rid of it. With Robert Winston, Alex Cutting. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The children's families come various areas of the UK and from all walks of life. The Child of Our Time special focuses on three of the kids - including Rhianna, pictured - now they have turned 20 Credit: BBC What is Child of Our Time? As the thread title say, I wonder what's happened to the programme "Child Of Our Time" It was hosted by Robert Winston and was on every year looking at a group of children from when they were first born. Granada first produced the programmed in 1963 showing children at the age of 7 in an episode of World In Action. Here's all you need to know...The Child Of Our Time: Turning 20 special will air TONIGHT (March 11) on BBC Two.The episode, airing at 9pm, will be available to watch on BBC iplayer after the show has finished.The special will focus on Eve, Jamie and Rhianna as they reflect on what it has been like to grow up in this millennium.And then a number of other children will share their own reflections and experiences on some of the issues that have touched their generation, including mental health, sexual identity, and the pressure to achieve.First airing in 2000, Child Of Our Time has followed a group of 25 children from birth and checks in on their development with each series.Key topics that the show looks at in its study of the children include behaviour, personality, the differences between males and females, and the battle between nature and nurture.Lord Winston, 76, believes the programmes are "a genuine public service" because they offer reassurance to parents and kids alike.Twenty years on, these children are fully grown and can reflect in their own words on growing up during a time of extraordinary social change.Drawing on thousands of hours of archive footage, this special focuses on three of the children exploring childhood as the first generation of 21st-century UK.Eve, Jamie and Rhianna share their feelings on starting school, finding friends and their turbulent teenage years.Alongside the fun of childhood, all have faced challenges - they can now reflect on how rebellion, family tension and bereavement have played a part in making them the adults they are today.Child Of Our Time has been missing from our screens since 2017, so there's a lot to catch up on. Since then, they have gone back every 7 years to follow the original children. It was meant to follow them every year up to the age of 20. Now, 20 years on, that experiment is still continuing but not quite to the same scale. Children not turning out as BBC wanted in line with their liberal agenda. Child of Our Time returned with two episodes in 2013, but it has been four years since we last found out what had happened to little Megan, Matthew, Jamie, Rebecca or … Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. All Rights Reserved. If you’d like to join in, please sign in or register. Holly Willoughby 'forced to cut short 7-week Portugal holiday' to self-isolate EastEnders' Ian Beale has been 'written out' as Adam Woodyatt takes 'break' Man dies trying to break up fight outside Wetherspoon pub Michelle Keegan stuns in 50s style dress as she takes mum out for dinner Woman arrested for 'murder' after disabled boy, 10, found dead in London©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No.