AN insight into what life has been like for parents of newborns in Bradford will go under the national spotlight tonight.
Stacey Dooley spent a week at Bradford Royal Infirmary last month to film ‘Panorama: Stacey Dooley and the Lockdown Babies’.
The half-an-hour long broadcast will be shown tonight on BBC One from 7.30pm.
— Stacey Dooley (@StaceyDooley) August 3, 2020
A total of 454 babies, including nine sets of twins, were born at BRI’s maternity unit during June - and some of these ‘lockdown’ babies will now feature in the documentary.
During the documentary, Stacey meets pregnant women terrified of coronavirus, women giving birth and new mothers.
She also speaks to the hospital’s midwives and doctors, who reveal how their lives have changed in order to protect mothers, babies and themselves from the risk of infection during the pandemic.
Filming for the programme took place over a week in early June at BRI’s Women’s and Newborn Unit, Neonatal Unit and Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR), all part of Bradford Teaching Hospital’s NHS Foundation Trust.
Sarah Hollis, head of midwifery at Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, was due to be live on national TV this morning talking about the programme. However, technical problems scuppered her appearacne. She tweeted:
There I was, ready and waiting but technical problems at the BBC meant I missed my slot! Catch @BTHFT @BTHFTMaternity with @StaceyDooley @CandourTV on Panorama tonight at 7.30pm. It’s well worth a watch. pic.twitter.com/o9wwH7oqR1
— sarahollins (@keogh_sara) August 3, 2020
Here are a few tweets and images leading up to, and taken from, the programme:
🎥 Don't miss Panorama: Stacey Dooley & the Lockdown Babies on @BBCOne (Aug 3 at 7:30pm)! @StaceyDooley & @CandourTV spent a week filming the programme at BRI with patients & staff from our amazing Women's & Newborn Unit, which welcomes around 6,000 newborns each year. #Bradford pic.twitter.com/fKzp1IhQH9
— Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT (@BTHFT) July 28, 2020
New mum Mania Mahmood and her baby Hanna who feature in the Stacey Dooley documentary
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