The Secret World of Children: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In today's world, kids are given far less freedom and independence than in previous generations.

In this provocative, surprising and entertaining two-part series, we take a diverse range of nine and ten-year-olds, all from different walks of life, and give them their first taste of adult life.

Grouped in three, and with their parents watching apprehensively from a secret location, we see how the children react to their newly found independence in the big bad world. Across each episode, the children are placed in challenging scenarios that test their common sense, their ability to think for themselves, recognise danger and act independently, while their parents watch on, in both shock and delight.

Series details

• Title: The Secret World of Children
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2024-08-18
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: 5
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 78881
• TVDB ID: 453289

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-08-18; final listed air date 2024-08-25; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Secret World of Children on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.