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Big Family Values: More Kids Than Cash

  • 2017 – 2018
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season

Documentary series about large families and how they manage on their incomes. Britain has the biggest families in Europe, and these cash-strapped families are feeling the pinch more than anyone. Meet the hardworking people who are bringing up their big families on a small budget.

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Latest: Season 1 · 2017

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  1. E1. Episode 1

    Nov 1, 2017 · 60m

    A single mum of seven works six days a week to make ends meet, a hard-up family of 12 would like a 13th if mum gets the go-ahead from the doctor, and a couple from Northern Ireland explain why they believe it's best to bring up their six children in the countryside.

  2. E2. Episode 2

    Nov 8, 2017 · 60m

    A family of twelve have moved to Cornwall for the sake of a better life for their children. An Essex couple with eight kids hope that their party shop will bring in some much-needed cash.

  3. E3. Episode 3

    Nov 15, 2017 · 60m

    This week's households include the family of ten from Essex who are getting by on one income when they receive some bad financial news, the home-schooling single mum of seven who is working two part-time jobs to make ends meet, and the childhood sweethearts uprooting their seven children for pastures new in a bid to save money.

  4. E4. Episode 4

    Jan 4, 2018 · 60m

    A Derbyshire family of twelve are deciding whether or not to have another baby. After dad was made redundant, a Southampton family with eight kids are struggling financially. And a family of nine from Cumbria hope to profit from staging a music festival.