Station:
Channel 4 (GB)
Status:
To Be Determined
Start:
2019-05-02
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Could giving primary school children jobs that they'd never usually dream of change how they see their futures? In a dramatic social experiment, designed with leading experts in social mobility, three company bosses have taken an extraordinary leap of faith: to allow a group of seven- to nine-year-old children to join their business for a week, opening their eyes to careers that some of them never knew existed.
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S1E1 - Hello!
Six young children from different backgrounds work for a week at Hello! magazine, running a VIP event, staging a photoshoot with Myleene Klass, covering a royal engagement and writing feature articles
Air Date: 02 May 2019 14:00 (CDT)
S1E2 - Montezuma's
Can six young children work together as a team at artisan chocolate business Montezuma's? The children design a new box of truffles for Father's Day and try to sell them to a major retailer.
Air Date: 09 May 2019 14:00 (CDT)
S1E3 - Hunters
In this episode, six children work for a week at the head office of Hunters estate agents in York. The children's responsibilities include running the Harrogate branch for an afternoon, marketing two new properties, running an open house and negotiating a six-figure property deal. The children come from a range of backgrounds, including some of the most economically disadvantaged towns in Britain. Can this brief experience of an aspirational career change how they see themselves and their place in the social pecking order?
Air Date: 16 May 2019 14:00 (CDT)