Class of Mum and Dad
Primary school education has changed dramatically in recent years and in this series a class of parents are going to experience what it’s like for their kids as they go back to school in Class of Mum and Dad.
For one half term these parents will study the year 6 curriculum alongside their own children. They will have the same regime, don the school uniform, complete homework, eat school dinners, participate in PE, art, music and dance lessons as well as face the same discipline if they misbehave.
With greater pressure on primary school children to perform in SATs, the new education reforms and the rise of grammar school culture, there has never been more of a need for us to find out exactly what is expected of our children, and what sort of pressures they are under today.
As well as giving parents the opportunity to experience life as a Year 6 pupil, it gives them a chance to reflect and become nostalgic about their own time at primary school. There are disagreements among the parents on the merits of testing and homework, how much art and music should be part of the curriculum, and many of the parents push the boundaries on the school rules and regimes.
Class of Mum and Dad is a heart-warming and humorous series, which will give viewers a glimpse into the world of a modern primary school through the children and teachers, as well as the parents who are going back to school.
Firecracker Films
Firecracker is responsible for some of the highest rating and most talked about factual television programmes of the last decade.
From the BAFTA-nominated international smash hit Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, to the visually arresting Daredevils series, Firecracker has produced some of the most ground-breaking, popular factual programmes on television today.
Whatever the platform, Firecracker prides itself on telling authentic human stories and offering new and often never-before-seen perspectives, coupled with its trademark bold and stylish approach to film making, to create talked about content that is loved by audiences around the globe.
Firecracker’s unique story-telling has seen the company work with a wide range of broadcasters both in the UK and the US, including the BBC, Channel 4, W, ABC, Discovery, TLC and National Geographic.
Other credits include Born in the Wrong Body, Daredevils, Repo Man, Sex Testers, Baby Ballroom and Dr Christian Will See You Now and single documentaries such as Susan Boyle: Unlikely Superstar, Secrets of the Living Dolls, The Man With The Ten Stone Testicles, The Brit Who Tried To Kill Trump and Jamie: Drag Queen At Sixteen – the documentary which inspired the hit West End musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.