One Born Every Minute

The BAFTA award-winning One Born Every Minute settles into its new home at Liverpool Women's Hospital - the largest and busiest maternity unit in Europe. Danika, a health care assistant with big plans and even bigger brows, describes herself as a midwife side-kick but has ambitions to be a fully-fledged midwife herself one day. She’s a huge hit with the labouring mums and always greets them with a big smile and a perfect Scouse brow “It’s all about the arch. If you don’t get that right you’re finished” she says. Three sets of parents join Danika at the Liverpool Women’s hospital tonight – Becky and Colin wait anxiously for their first baby who after taking over six years to conceive and doesn’t seem to be in any rush to be born, Matt and Milly are preparing for the birth of their child with the same precision and dedication that they put into marathon running whilst Gary is in danger of missing the birth of his child altogether. Becky (30) and Colin (33) are childhood sweethearts and have been together for 13 years. Colin proposed after six months but although he’s bought Becky a ring, the wedding seems to be taking it’s time – as does their first child. According to Colin, Becky has always been ‘A mother without a child’ and as family and friends around them started getting pregnant second time around, the couple realised that something must be wrong. The doctor told Colin he had low mobility ‘In respect of football. You’ve got sperm like West Brom’ At times, Colin felt that the best thing to do would be to leave Becky so that she could have the baby she longed for. After three goes at IVF the couple finally conceived but the baby who took so long to get in doesn’t want to come out and after two days in labour Becky is rushed to theatre for an emergency section. Gill (35)and Gary (35) both felt like love had passed them by but when reformed alcoholic Gary fell in love with Gill’s bright red hair Gill decided to follow her heart and the couple got together. Although they both have other children, this baby feels like a second chance for Gary to be the best father he possibly can but as the moment of birth creeps closer, Gary’s nerves get the better of him and he pops out for a phone-call and a cigarette. Will he make it back into the room in time? Meanwhile fitness fanatics Milly (29) and Matt (28) rely on their marathon training to get them through the birth of their first child. The highly competitive couple are used to training for endurance races, but will Milly’s high levels of fitness mean that this is a sprint rather than a marathon?