One Born Every Minute

{{distinguish|There's One Born Every Minute}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Use British English|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox television | image = One Born Every Minutes.jpeg | caption = | alt_name = | genre = [[Reality television]] | creator = | developer = | writer = | director = | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = | judges = | voices = | narrator = [[Steven Hartley]] (series 3-4)<br />[[Paul Venables]] (series 5-8)<br />[[Jonathan Kydd (actor)|Jonathan Kydd]] (series 9-11) | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 11 | num_episodes = 112 | list_episodes = List of One Born Every Minute episodes | executive_producer = Magnus Temple and Nick Curwin (series 1)<br />Peter Moore and Sanjay Singhal (series 2) | producer = Series 1: Jonathan Smith (series producer)<br />Series 2: Francesca Newby (director of production), Lucy Bowden (series producer) and Lorraine Charker-Phillips (series director) | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = [[Dragonfly (production company)|Dragonfly]] | channel = [[Channel 4]] | first_aired = {{start date|2010|2|9|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2018|5|9|df=y}} | related = }} '''''One Born Every Minute''''' is a British observational documentary series which shows activities taking place in the labour ward. The programme ran for eleven series on [[Channel 4]], premiering on 9 February 2010 and airing its final episode on 9 May 2018.

Channel 4 announced in August 2019 that ''One Born Every Minute'' had been cancelled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/channel-4-confirms-one-born-every-minute-has-been-cancelled/|title=Channel 4 confirms One Born Every Minute has been cancelled|last=Edwards|first=Chris|date=1 August 2019|website=Radio Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a28582137/channel-4-one-born-every-minute-axed/|title=One Born Every Minute axed by Channel 4 after nearly a decade|last=Bond|first=Kimberley|date=1 August 2019|website=Digital Spy}}</ref>

==Production==

''One Born Every Minute'' has to date achieved the highest ratings of any "fixed rig" multicamera documentary series, with its most popular episodes attracting audiences in excess of five million. The "rig" technique for making factual television was pioneered by Dragonfly founders Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple, in partnership with Channel 4 commissioning editor Simon Dickson, in 2008.

==Awards== The first series won a 2010 [[BAFTA]] for best factual series; the second series was nominated for a 2011 BAFTA for best factual series.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/26/bafta-tv-awards-2011-nominations|title=Bafta TV awards 2011: nominations in full|date=26 April 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref> [[Airlock (agency)|Airlock]], who designed the interactive and multimedia material to accompany the series, were nominated for a 2010 BAFTA "New Media Award".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://airlock.com/awards/ |title=Awards & Nominations |publisher=Airlock.com |access-date=2011-10-09 |archive-date=9 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909111701/http://www.airlock.com/awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==International versions==

In February 2011 an American version of ''One Born Every Minute'' premiered in the USA on [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime Television]] and in August 2011 a French adaptation named ''Baby Boom'' premiered on France's [[TF1]]. There have been two seasons of the American show and five of the French.<ref name="One Born Every Minute (US) on imdb">{{cite web|title=One Born Every Minute (US)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1863965/?ref_=ttco_co_tt|website=imdb|date = February 2011}}</ref><ref name="Baby Boom on Wikipédia (French)">[[:fr:Baby Boom (émission de télévision)#Notes et r|Baby Boom]]{{Circular reference|date=August 2015}}</ref> There have been eleven UK series.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%" |- ! Country !! Name !! Network !! Date premiered |- | '''{{Flag|France}}''' | ''Baby Boom'' | [[TF1]] | 23 August 2011 |- | '''{{Flag|USA}}''' | ''One Born Every Minute'' | [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime Television]] | 1 February 2011 |- | '''{{Flag|Sweden}}''' | ''En unge i minuten'' | [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]] | 7 March 2011 |- | '''{{Flag|Israel}}''' | ''[[Baby Boom (Israeli TV series)|Baby Boom]]'' | [[Channel 10 (Israel)|Channel 10]] | 2013 |- | '''{{Flag|Spain}}''' | TBA | TBA | TBA |- | '''{{Flag|Slovakia}}''' | Malé lásky | [[TV Markíza]] | 2020 |- | '''{{Flag|Czech Republic}}''' | Malé lásky | [[TV Nova (Czech Republic)|TV Nova]] | 2017 |- | '''{{Flag|Denmark}}''' | ''One Born Every Minute'' | [[Kanal 4]] | 2018 |- | '''{{Flag|Australia}}''' | ''[[One Born Every Minute (Australia)|One Born Every Minute Australia]]'' | [[Network Ten|Network 10]] | 22 October 2019 |}

==Spoof== The 2013 edition of the [[Comic Relief]] telethon featured a three-way spoof/mini-episode aired under the ''One Born Every Minute'' title and logo: a parody of the show's format with appearances by the cast of ''[[Call the Midwife]]'' along with [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]] as [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and closing narration by [[Vanessa Redgrave]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a466151/comic-relief-doctor-who-meets-call-the-midwife-one-born-every-minute/|title=Comic Relief: Doctor Who meets Call the Midwife, One Born Every Minute|author=Greg Laing|date=15 March 2013|work=Digital Spy}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|1623135}} * [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7198234/One-Born-Every-Minute-Channel-4-review.html One Born Every Minute, Channel 4, review] a review from ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' * [http://www.suht.nhs.uk/AboutTheTrust/Newsandpublications/Latestnews/2010/NewChannel4seriesfocusesonSouthamptonsPrincessAnneHospital.aspx New Channel 4 series focuses on Southampton's Princess Anne Hospital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109072424/http://www.suht.nhs.uk/AboutTheTrust/Newsandpublications/Latestnews/2010/NewChannel4seriesfocusesonSouthamptonsPrincessAnneHospital.aspx |date=9 November 2011 }} A news article from Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust * [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/10/one-born-every-minute One Born Every Minute: labours of love] a ''[[The Guardian]]'' blog article on the second UK series * [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-tv--one-born-every-minute-channel-4-baking-made-easy-bbc2-episodes-bbc2-2200102.html Last Night's TV - One Born Every Minute, Channel 4] a review of the second UK series from ''[[The Independent]]'' * [https://www.channel4.com/programmes/one-born-every-minute/episode-guide Channel 4 - One Born Every Minute Episode Guide]

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