One Born Every Minute

• Original producer: Dragonfly Film and Television
• Original broadcaster: Channel 4 - UK

This hugely popular BAFTA award-winning documentary features the extraordinary highs and lows of day-to-day life in a maternity hospital – where every minute of every hour a baby is born in Britain, but no birth story is ever the same.

With genre-defining production values, filming for 24 hours a day, over 6 weeks with 40 remotely operated cameras, the UK’s returning series is even bigger in scale and ambition and trail-blazes an evolution in the field of specialist factual. As ever, the human stories rise above everything else, the relationship between mothers and their birth partners, and the enduring emotional power of the moment when new life begins is captured in intimate detail. From the reception desk to the labour ward, from the operating theatre to the birthing pool, One Born Every Minute observes the dramatic, emotional and often funny moments that go hand in hand with bringing a baby into the world, from the perspective of the soon-to-be parents and family, as well as the hospital staff.

Launching in February 2010, One Born Every Minute was Channel 4’s highest-rated new series of the year, doubling the average primetime share across all key demographics.

One Born Every Minute is licensed in: Greece, France, Spain, Sweden, and USA.

The UK version has sold in over 140 territories: Africa, Australia, Belgium, CEE, Denmark, Finland, Hungry, Italy, Latin America, Middle East, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and Thailand.

The US version has sold in over 80 territories: Asia, Australia, Benelux, CEE, Italy, Latin America, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, and UK.