GRAB A GRAN; EXCLUSIVE TV show will try to find surrogate grandparents for family.Byline: By CAMERON ROBERTSON A TV show is to give families surrogate grandparents. Channel 4 bosses are making a documentary called Find Me A Family. It will take elderly people who live alone and match them with a family with children. The surrogate grandparent will live with the family for two weeks and then promise to continue the new bond after the TV show has ended. A spokesman for Channel 4 said: "The aspiration of the films is that this experience will then lead to a long-lasting relationship after the new, surrogate grandparent has returned home. "The generation gap has never been wider, but it has never been more important that we close it. "Find Me A Family aims to take elderly people who live alone and yet have a lot to give, and to match each one of them with a family with children to help give all three generations a fresh start and a life-enhancing experience." Last year, the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. came under fire over plans to screen a reality game show which shows children picking partners for their single parents. Date my Mum... Date my Dad, produced by the makers of Wife Swap This article is about the television programme. For the subcultural sexual lifestyle, see Swinging. Wife Swap is a reality television programme, produced by UK independent TV production company RDF Media. , will see children whittle down Verb 1. whittle down - cut away in small pieces wear away, whittle away damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" a group of singles to two potential partners for their mother or father. The finalists then spend a weekend with the family, getting to know both parent and child. But John Beyer John Beyer (b. 1948) is the director of mediawatch-uk, a lobby group in the United Kingdom. He joined the group in 1976, when it was known as the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association, headed by Mary Whitehouse. , director of the watchdog Mediawatch, said that grab-a-gran show Find Me A Family was potentially a good idea. He said: "There are a lot of elderly, lonely people in society due to many circumstances. For example, because of the dispersal dis·per·sal n. The act or process of dispersing or the condition of being dispersed; distribution. Noun 1. dispersal of families living abroad, they don't see much of their grandchildren. "If an elderly person can be taken under the wing of a family without grandparents for whatever reason, it strikes me as being a good idea to involve them in family life that they are lacking. "And if children can learn from the older generation, I can't think of a down side. "Obviously the kids have to be told by the parents to involve the older person, but children love old people." The programme is expected to be shown early next year. CAPTION(S): BOND: Show will bridge generation gap |
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