Modern Manners

52×30'

Each place people congregate from weddings to raves, cocktail parties to bingo halls, offers viewers a guide to today’s rules of behavior. Using hidden cameras, Modern Manners explores the temper of the times. Just how tolerant are we of aggressive public phone use? Slow drivers? Public displays of affection? With regular columnists and a panel of quirky experts answering viewer questions, Modern Manners offers audiences useful and humorous information.

Producer: Telefactory

Request Screener

You Might Also Like...

duncan_3_res150_thumb

Planet Parent

98×30'

Planet Parent helps parents navigate the often murky and choppy waters of a child’s first twelve years. We explore parenting basics and the pros and cons of various theories, as parents share their wisdom and experience. The series covers topics as diverse as brain development, circumcision, breast-feeding and baby-proofing the home. Each episode contains a Feature Report which combines personal stories with expert analysis, a Reality Check that takes a humorous look at everyday family situations, a How to segment to help parents with difficult situations like fussy toddlers and a death in the family, and a Video Diary showcasing real life told by real families.

_xwf

X-Weighted Families

26×60'

Following the journeys of different families as they go from fat to fit. Parents take responsibility for their bad choices, shut off game consoles, step away from buffets and fast food restaurants and drag their kids – kicking and screaming if necessary – into a healthy, active lifestyle. With an alarming increase in childhood obesity worldwide, this series tackles this issue and gets to the bottom of the crisis, one family at a time.

Trailer

Photos