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Season 1

  • S01E01 Life and Times

    • September 10, 2001
    • Channel 4

    Life and Times - see how children need an understanding of time before they can begin to grasp the concepts of life and death.

  • S01E02 The Lying Game

    • September 17, 2001
    • Channel 4

    The Lying Game - how children learn the vital social skill of not always telling the truth.

  • S01E03 The Engendered Species

    • September 24, 2001
    • Channel 4

    The Engendered Species - how children learn about gender - their own and other people's.

  • S01E04 The Thinker

    • October 1, 2001
    • Channel 4

    The Thinker - how children acquire the tools necessary for abstract thought, logic and reasoning.

  • S01E05 The Mind Reader

    • October 8, 2001
    • Channel 4

    The Mind Reader - how children acquire an understanding of what goes on in the minds of others.

  • S01E06 State of Independence

    • November 11, 2001
    • Channel 4

    State of Independence - we reveal the long struggle to break free from parents and gain autonomy.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Mind Games

    • Channel 4

    DVD release compilation episode of Series 1 episodes 1 and 2, run time 43:26. This episode covers the development of the ability to understand what others are thinking and learning empathy. Learning that other people think differently leads to the art of deception. Over time children learn how to lie in a way that is more difficult to discern.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 The Facts of Life

    • Channel 4

    DVD release, compilation episode of original episodes 3 and 4. Run time 45:05 This episode covers the development of understanding gender, time and the difference between living and not living.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 The Independent Thinker

    • Channel 4

    DVD compilation episode of original episodes 5 and 6, run time 46:17 The last episode focuses on how thinking develops from babies who can't think, through a stage of being stuck in the here and now to the development of logic, memory and reasoning. It covers why tantrums occur, the development of personality and emotions and through to independence.\