Never eat cold sweet potatoes when you are pregnant, keep your husband away from the baby, give thanks to your ancestors and be careful when you see a spider. These are just some of the precepts and superstitions that pregnant women talk about in The Family of Man.

This is the first programme to be repeated in a series of seven films about family life in five very different places: in Colne, Lancashire; Esher, Surrey; Buk in the Highlands of New Guinea; Andheri in the hills of India; and the fishing village of Taipo in the New Territories of Hong Kong.

"One of the most fascinating ideas to reach TV in a long time" (Daily Express)