Coming soon to ITV- Baby Hospital

A new documentary series that follows the stories of the babies being cared for on the Neonatal unit at Liverpool Women’s Hospital is to air on ITV.

The three part series-Baby Hospital, focuses on what happens when birth doesn’t go as planned and baby ends up in intensive care, teetering between life and death. The behind the scenes doc will show viewers what happens when a baby is born as early as sixteen weeks, and provide an insight into the intensely demanding work of the doctors and nurses tasked with doing all they can to save their tiny patients’ lives.

Programme one follows the lives of three families whose babies’ births have involved complications , being starved of oxygen during the birth process. This leaves the families with a heart wrenching wait to learn whether their baby has suffered from long-term brain damage.

Mum Amy, 18, knows from the outset that her baby son Charlie may not pull through, however she decides to make the most of every day she has with her child. Sadly Charlie lives for just 12 days having suffered a lack of oxygen, which caused un-repairable damage to his kidneys.

Parents Laura and Phil Pover’s baby daughter Olivia was stillborn two years ago, and they desperately need their new baby son Riley to be well. Riley thankfully survives, but it is at a price, as his family discovers he has suffered some brain damage.

Then there is baby William, who has to be brought back to life at birth. Doctors fear he has severe brain damage and try a pioneering new treatment on him where his body is cooled for three days after birth. Weeks after, William surprises everyone and his MRI brain scan comes back clear.

The naive teens who get into modelling-CH4's The Model Agency

What does it take to be a Premier model? Over five foot five tall, less than a C cup-over and you’re considered big boned, giving up a regular life and under the strict control of management, who ‘nurture’ girls from the age of 14.

Welcome to Premier modelling agency who are the subject of a new reality documentary on CH4- The Model Agency.

The first episode last night saw the agency’s bookers at their most stressed during the start of fashion week last September. The team, who have model looks and build including the office dogs, are all owner Carole’s friends, and the MD her brother and trainee her daughter, talk about a family business.

Under the spotlight was Head of Faces- Annie, who desperately struggled to convince 16-year-old model India to stay in NYC where she was booked for shows. Annie was even sent to the Big Apple to persuade India from pulling out, despite the teen feeling home sick, jet lagged and having been told she was fat. Not really a life for a confused teen who confessed she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do in life having joined with the agency at 12, so she quit, all the while tearful Annie telling her to not take her decision lightly as she may regret it. And just to find what Premier call a ‘top model’, a ‘rarity’ confesses owner Carole.

Then we were introduced to model scout Charlie, who throughout the one hour show is seen bringing in new potentials and meeting with young girls and their parents, who enter into the industry with their eyes wide shut.

‘It’s a game of poke where girls are the product’, says Carole of the business.