One Born Every Minute to film in Liverpool hospital
The next series of One Born Every Minute will be filmed at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
The next series of a popular documentary which gives viewers an insight into giving birth will be filmed at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
Producers behind Channel 4’s BAFTA-award winning One Born Every Minute are on the look-out for mums-to-be to feature in the hit television programme.The next series of One Born Every Minute will be filmed at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
Kathryn Thomson, chief executive at Liverpool Women’s, said: “This is the biggest programme about child birth that there is and we have some of the best midwives and clinicians in the country, so it feels like a perfect partnership.
“We can’t wait to show off our staff, facilities and of course, our wonderful mums.” Filming will get underway this October and anyone due to give birth during October, November or December who would like to be featured on the programme is urged to contact production company Dragonfly.
One Born Every Minute celebrates what it feels like to become a parent, by taking a maternity hospital and filling it with 40 remotely-operated cameras, filming 24 hours a day over a seven week period.
Previous series of One Born Every Minute have been filmed in Bristol, Southampton and Leeds and over 150 babies have been born on camera since One Born Every Minute first aired in 2010. Filming from the reception desk to the neo-natal ward; from the operating theatre to the birthing pool, the series observes the dramatic, emotional and often funny moments that go hand in hand with bringing a new life into the world, from the perspective of the soon-to-be parents and family, as well as the hospital staff.
Ms Thomson said: “We would like to reassure our women that they are, of course, under no obligation to be filmed.
“The Trust and Dragonfly both fully appreciate that the birth of a child is an extremely special time in a family’s life and will be working together to accurately reflect what it is like to work and give birth in one of the country’s leading maternity hospitals. We’d like to reassure our mums-to-be that, whether they choose to be filmed or not, it will not affect the excellent level of care they each receives at Liverpool Women’s.”
Over the next few weeks, representatives from Dragonfly will be visiting clinics, antenatal classes and parent classes to meet women and families who expect to give birth at Liverpool Women’s during the filming period.
Sarah Swingler, head of Dragonfly West, said: “We are really looking forward to filming our next series of One Born Every Minute at the Liverpool Women’s with its great mix of professionalism, warmth and humour”.
For more information about taking part in the programme call Dragonfly on 020 7033 2311 or email oneborn@dragonfly.tv