One Born Every Minute

The first episode of the fifth series introduces the straight-talking midwifery team in Bristol as an expectant father risks missing his daughter's birth and one of the team helps her next-door neighbour through an emotional labour.

This week on One Born Every Minute, wedding plans are hatched in the birthing pool, a couple face their fears in theatre and a Naval officer is all at sea with the arrival of his first baby.

This week on One Born Every Minute, boys battle in the birth room as a teenage mum asks both her Dad and her boyfriend to be present, a Vicar's wife seeks divine intervention, and a young couple hope for a simpler labour second time around.

This week on One Born Every Minute, a disabled mum-to-be shows incredible courage in getting through a dramatic delivery, there are premiership tussles in the birth room for opposing football fans, and a five year fertility journey is almost over for one first time mum.

This week on One Born Every Minute a farmer brings his lambing skills to Southmead Hospital, a former midwife must take a back-seat in the birth room and an image conscious dad races to get to the hospital in time.

This week on One Born Every Minute, it's fifth time lucky for parents with four sons already, after a tough start, plucky young Liverpudlians refuse to be downhearted and a reluctant mum finally takes the plunge.

On tonight's episode, two sets of very different first time parents walk through the doors of the maternity unit, whilst midwife Lara has double the fun delivering twin.

On tonight's episode - the mum who thought she could never have children checks into the labour ward to have her miracle baby, the woman who gave away her eggs only to have problems conceiving herself and the couple whose first date ended so well they moved in together after three days.

In the final episode of the current series there's an extreme case of 'like mother like daughter' that means one mother is about to become a Gran aged 40, a career woman finally takes the plunge into motherhood, and an over excited Dad tries his best to keep his bossy boots partner entertained.

One Born Every Minute returns for a brand new series at Bristol's Southmead Hospital - home to the busiest maternity unit in the West Country. It's a day to remember as fourth generation twins make an appearance on the delivery suite, a larger than life double act struggle to see the funny side of their extended labour and an expectant father holds his breath hoping for a boy.

In this episode a muscle-mad macho man struggles to keep his nerves in check, an expectant dad goes all out to make his wife feel comfortable in the birthing room and a same sex couple are rushed into hospital ten weeks early.

Southmead Hospital rolls out the red carpet for a celebrity 'baby'...Baby Spice is coming in to support the maternity unit's charity and her arrival is causing quite a stir.

The hospital corridors at Southmead turn blue as one young mum lets out all of her pent-up frustrations, on-off romancers finally take the plunge after 10 years of indecision, and pregnancy cravings make it into the delivery room.

This episode is all about making babies. As the midwives say, 'If it wasn't for sex, we wouldn't have a job.' It's a subject they talk about freely between themselves in the wee small hours of the morning.

It's a double first this week as we witness the very first home birth on One Born Every Minute as well as one baby making a surprise arrival in the hospital car-park. Also, a first-time father who used to be homeless dreams of settling down under one roof with his girlfriend.

This week in Bristol, a startling family secret turns the world of one parent-to-be upside down, another mum considers converting religions to create a much longed for family unit and one couple finally make it to the delivery suite after four years of trying.

All you need is love according to the midwives of Southmead Hospital. A couple who met at the tender age of 8 check in for their second baby twenty years later; a duo who knew it was love at first sight when they locked eyes at Blackpool nightclub are having their first child; and two broody youngsters who dream of starting a dynasty return to Southmead for the third time in three years.

The hospital corridors are filled with waiting women in a state of limbo as they await their new arrivals. A couple - both in the nursing profession - hope for a less complicated birth the second time around; an expectant mother who's baby's being stubborn talks of overcoming her eating disorder and a mum who is days past her due date.

It's all hands on deck. Perhaps it's the full moon causing all these women to go into labour but one thing's for sure Southmead Hospital is packed to maximum capacity. The women are coming in thick and fast including a Mormon couple expecting baby number three and nervous first time parents who don't even know how to change a nappy - will there be enough beds?