Programmes 2012

If there is one day on which a boy turns into a man, it is the day on which he becomes a father himself. Film-maker Kira Phillips follows three men in the weeks before and after the births of their babies, and watches the struggle of parenthood from the dads' point of view.

British women do twice the amount of childcare than men and nearly half of all mothers feel that their partners don’t do their fair share. The nation’s mums have had enough. In this brand new three-part series, nine men are sent on a crash course in childcare by their long-suffering wives and partners. Sent to work in three busy London nurseries, they’ll tackle every aspect of childcare under the watchful eyes of the nursery staff. Can throwing them in the deep end teach these dysfunctional dads to be better fathers?

The Great British Bake Off is back in January for a special series, which will see twelve well known faces from across the BBC enter the Bake Off tent. Presented by Mel Giedroyc and judged as usual by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.

Four young ambitious unemployed people, Kirsty, Ben, Sasha and Chris, take part in a unique television experiment, where they are given the opportunity to experience a career in fast forward. The Career Crashers are given an apprenticeship of a lifetime as they find out what it is like to work at every step of he career ladder. In just a short amount of time they work their way from basic entry level jobs to being managing directors of Britain's biggest brands.
 

Over eight weeks twelve of the county's best amateur bakers face increasingly difficult challenges as their cake-baking, pastry, bread-making and patisserie skills are tested to the limit.