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Children share what they really think of the world, with funny and moving results.

70 children aged between six and 11 across the UK tell us what they really think of the world, with insightful, funny and moving results.

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The World According to Kids: Series 1: Episode 5: Growing Up

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Growing Up

BBC Two - The World According to Kids, Series 1, Growing Up

Children from a school, a pony club and a debating club explore what it means to grow up.

Children from a school on the Isle of Mull, a pony club in Berkshire and a debating club in Bradford explore what it means to grow up.

Adults' views of the world dominate social media and column inches, but in this innovative and entertaining series, 70 children aged between six and 11 across the UK tell us what they really think of the world, with insightful, funny and moving results. Equipped with cameras at home, they film their own lives through major events, while their after-school clubs are rigged with cameras and a number of tasks devised by philosophers shake through the big issues of the day offering an intimate insight into how children think.

Children from a school on the Isle of Mull, a pony club in Berkshire and a debating club in Bradford explore what it means to grow up. Nine-year-old Sophie dreams of riding at the Olympics but is struggling to get back in the saddle after breaking her leg in a bad fall, Arwen looks beyond the isolation of Mull for her future, whilst Daniel is desperate to become a renowned scientist but has a back-up plan of being a magician.

For this series, Gordon Poad and a team of philosophers have developed a collection of real-life dilemmas and challenges to find out what children really think. There is a suitcase of cash in the street - should they walk away, keep the money or call the police? Who deserves to get on the lifeboat of a sinking ship if there aren't enough places for everyone? What new law would they bring in if they were mayor for the day? Each challenge is brought to life not just by the children's ideas, but more revealingly, by how they convince their friends to get on board with their choices.

The World According to Kids: Series 1

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Children across the UK tell us what they think of the world, with funny and moving results

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