Ashley John-Baptiste is a BBC reporter who grew up in foster care and spent most of his life believing he was an only child. That is until his mid-20s, when he received a life-changing message. A man contacted him on social media telling him that he was his brother.
As it was with Ashley, some children in care grow up completely unaware of their siblings. More common, however, are cases where looked-after children do know about their siblings – but are split up once in care. The law says they should stay together if it's safe and appropriate to do so, but around half of sibling groups in care in the UK are separated.
To find out why this is happening, Ashley hears from young people and children whose lives have been changed forever by the impact of separation.
Carl, the territorial cardinal, gets his feathers ruffled when he meets Misty, a cheerful bluebird with three little chicks. Carl’s solitary life gets interrupted by his own reluctant act of kindness sparking an unexpected bond as Carl discovers the joy of caring for others, transforming his life forever.
Data Bank is a cultural competition program that was shown on Saudi television in the eighties, presented by the Jordanian media program Omar Al-Khatib. The idea of the program is to ask a question to six contestants on the stage in front of an audience, whoever knows the answer presses a button in front of him and answers, if his answer is correct, his balance increases, and if it is wrong, the balance decreases, which collects the largest balance is the winner,
Blizzard Island was a television show consisting of twelve episodes produced by CBC between 1987-1988. These episodes were later edited together to form the 1990 movie The Argon Quest.
This Punjabi web series chronicles the life of a married couple, Sara and Sapan, who have their ‘expected’ responsibilities swapped. The wife goes to work, while the husband is a homemaker. Sara and Sapan try to live life, not king size but differently. From dealing with a surprise guest who doesn’t know he is a house husband to fighting over butter chicken and paneer, are you ready to uncover this unusual love story?
Fuzzy Puppet shows you how to play with cool toys for kids and teaches life lessons. He even has his own fuzzy friends to have more fun with him, such as Frisbee, Snowflake, Gergu, and Clucks the Chicken. He and his friends have a lot of fun playing with each other. They will never stop having the fun that they already have!
A lonely widower decides to rent out her huge mansion. With the help of her cousin, they take care of a group of single half-Pinoys and half-Pinays, born and raised overseas.
Gather 'Round was an educational series syndicated on numerous PBS stations from September 1, 1978 until January 1, 1979. The series was a production of CTI/Glad and was shown mainly during weekday in-school telecasts. The programs generally ran for 15 minutes or less. They were hosted/narrated by Paul M Lally and featured the charcoal drawings of Rae Owings. As Lally told stories, Owings would draw pictures with a charcoal pencil, illustrating the story as it was being told. Lally and Owings were also responsible for behind the scenes production work on other shows such as Cover to Cover, and The Word Shop.
It tells the story of four sisters named Huda, Labiba, Sharbat, and Hala, who live together in the same house. Huda doesn't like to go anywhere without her best friend, Adila. Their interactions are both dramatic and comedic.