TV Review – Cherry Has a Baby on BBC 3

‘Cherry Has A Baby’ is part one of a three part documentary series by Cherry Healy. In this first part Cherry who is 8 months pregnant meets 7 other pregnant women who are different stages in their life, you have (their tittles not mine)

Teenage Mum Paige who is 15

Young Mum Sophia who is 22

Average Age Mum Stacey who is 28

Perfectly Planned Mum Leigh who is 30

Career Mum Tijen who is 35

40 Something Mum Laura who is 40

Last Hope Mum who Angela who is 46

I really did enjoy this documentary, it was interesting listen to the expectations this women had about motherhood. Topics covered included sex in pregnancy, homebirths, dog training, bikini waxes and IVF.

At times I cried with laughter, at times with joys and with sadness. I don’t want to give much away but my favourite part was the home water birth it was so beautiful. At the end we also get to share Cherry’s birth. I liked the honesty from all the mums including Cherry.

It’s worth watching and I’m looking forward to the other two parts ‘Cherry Gets Married’ and ‘Cherry Goes Dating’ in both episodes she meets 7 women going through the same journey.   

You can watch them on BBC 3 starting tomorrow

Cherry Has A Baby - Monday 13th September, 9pm

Cherry Gets Married - Monday 20th September, 9pm

Cherry Goes Dating - Monday 27th September, 9pm

Cherry Goes Dating - Monday 4th October, 9pm

I’d like to see a follow up on these to see how they a year on.

If you watch them let me know what you think.

NM X 

TV Review - Dappers on BBC Three

I was sent a copy of a Drama Pilot called Dappers which is to be shown this Thursday 10^th June on BBC Three.

The show is about two single mums on benefits and their determination to give their daughters a better life.  The two best friends Faye (Lenora Crichlow) and Ashley (Ty Glaser) live in same block of housing association flats in Bristol.

This one off Comedy/ Drama is written by Catherine Johnson, best known for Mamma Mia and is described as “Delivering a cheerful poke in the eye to all the "single mums/council-flats/failing Britain" headlines, welcome to the world of Dappers”

I really wanted to like this but it just wasn’t funny at all. Even though the aim was to not be stereotypical about young single mums, it was. All they needed to do was stick them in a council flat and be done with it. Both mums are on benefits, one is cheating the benefit system, there is petty theft and drug use not really what I call “a cheerful poke in the eye”. Every now and then they would stick in a scene where you see they love their children dearly and its all for them.

The two best friends try to start a doggy day care centre which on paper sounds hilarious but it just didn’t deliver.  I think they were trying to squeeze too much into one episode so everything felt rushed and didn’t have time to develop into a funny outcome.

Maybe I’m just too old to watch BBC three who appear to aim to the younger market, I keep waiting for BBC Three to come up with a really funny show but it hasn’t happened yet.

Sorry Dappers I give you 2/5.

NM X