Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Joe Swash to Front BBC Three Documentary on Britain’s Young Dads

The one-hour film uses his perspective as a young father to spotlight men whose stories rarely reach prime-time.

Overview

  • The BBC has confirmed a one-off, hour-long documentary titled Joe Swash: Britain's Young Dads for BBC Three and iPlayer.
  • BBC commissioning editor Ceri Aston says the film aims to challenge stereotypes and reshape perceptions of young fatherhood.
  • Swash will meet young dads across the UK while reflecting on his own experience of becoming a father in his mid-twenties.
  • The commission expands his solo presenting work alongside his current appearances in BBC One’s Stacey & Joe with Stacey Solomon.
  • Separately, Channel 4 has ordered a second series of Swash’s Batch From Scratch with Suzanne Mulholland.