Coming soon to ITV-Sextuplets:the little lambs

On Tuesday 5 July (9pm) ITV will air a moving documentary that tells the story of the first sextuplets to be born in Britain for 17 years.

Layla, Ellen, Matthew, Rose, Pippa and Eric were born 14 weeks early in May 2010 at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Their parents, Vicky and Andy Lamb, talk about how it was the most dramatic time of their lives, what with Vicky's difficult pregnancy and the sextuplets' birth. The couple were given the option to reduce the number of babies, but they decided to let nature take its course. Sadly Matthew died, and Vicky and Andy barely had time to grieve for their son because their other five babies were so ill.

Then, after seven weeks, Pippa contracted a severe infection and was too weak to fight it. But little by little both mum and babies grew stronger.

The film follows the couple as Layla is reunited with her brother and sisters in the special care unit, and the events during the emotional days when the babies finally leave hospital and come home. Vicky and Andy learn how to cope with the demands of four newborns and prepare for their first Christmas with their little miracles.

Jamie's Dream School- The teachers fight back

Historian David Starky revealed his true colours on the first episode of Jamie’s Dream School last night (CH4 9PM).

The intellectual, who was accosted to teach an unruly bunch of kids history used insults to discipline the pupils, calling one boy fat after he failed to gain control of the class. The boy retaliated by referring to the historian’s height, or lack of.

Not  the best start for Jamie’s new project where professionals at the top of their field are invited to teach children who have no or few GCSE’s about their subject in a fun and engaging way.

In a normal world, Starky would have been fired, but Jamie and his acting head teacher said they were torn about what to do. So much for an improved school that encourages unruly children to go back to full-time education where the use of insults is promoted?

Fortunately the rest of the lessons went to plan, with Dr Robert Winston teaching science and scaring the teens with the corpse of a pig, Rolf Harris showing the kids how to paint in art, actor Simon Callow teaching them about Shakespeare for English and Dame Ellen McArthur taking a small group sailing, just a normal school day then?