Heartwarming family TV show returns after a decade off screens
THE Secret Life of 4, 5 And 6 Year Olds is returning in a new digital format – with an environmental theme.
The Channel 4 show ran from 2015 and followed children as they built friendships and played with peers at a specially designed daycare centre.
Now, the series returns in a digital format, part of the channel’s Fast Forward strategy in partnership with energy firm E.ON Next, on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
It will explore children’s awareness of climate concerns and eco-anxiety and energy saving.
A Channel 4 commissioner said: “We are thrilled to bring back such a well-loved, joyful and insightful series.
“By relaunching it on our social channels, we’re aiming to connect the next generation of five-year-olds with the next generation of social-first audiences.”
Holly heaven
HOLLYOAKS’ viewing figures hit the highest of 2024, up 21 per cent on last year.
The digital-first C4 series also saw its audience share rise 61 per cent in the first week of July.
Hollyoaks will jump forward a year when it moves to three episodes a week in September amid the schedule shake-up.
Nigel on stately stories
NIGEL HAVERS is heading on a “jolly romp” of Royal residence Sandringham.
And if nothing else, the new show, which airs Saturday on Channel 5 at 9pm, could help you win your pub quiz – thanks to all the fun facts about the the estate.
The host of Sandringham: A Royal Residence With Nigel Havers told The Sun TV Mag, free with the paper tomorrow: “I knew it as the place the royals went for Christmas, but that was about it, so it was a pleasure to learn the story. I found it fascinating that Sandringham had its own time zone, 30 minutes ahead of the rest of the country, to allow Prince Albert to make the most of daylight hours.
“And King Charles rents out some properties on the estate on Airbnb, although it will cost you about £2,000 a week.”
On the hunt for Fortune
CASTING is under way to find 20 new contestants for series two of The Fortune Hotel.
Set in the Caribbean, the ITV1 show, hosted by Stephen Mangan, sees ten teams of two compete to uncover a suitcase holding £250k.
A producer said: “We’re thrilled to open the doors of The Fortune Hotel again.”
Sky’s the limit for Mr Bates
IT has already won huge public support for victims of the Horizon IT scandal and landed a clutch of awards.
Now, Mr Bates Vs The Post Office is up for another gong – at the Sky Arts Awards.
The ITV1 drama, which told the story of subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office over an apparent IT fault, has already won trophies at the Broadcasting Press Guild, RTS and TRIC awards.
It will be up against two other shows in the TV category – BBC One drama The Sixth Commandment, which this year won a BAFTA TV Award, and BBC Two documentary Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland, which won a BAFTA Craft Award.
The awards will air on September 17 on Sky Arts and Freeview.