TV Show Details
Air Date:January 1st, 1974
Last Air Date:March 19th, 1974
Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Genres:Documentary , Reality
Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC
The Family (1974)
BBC One
Reality
Plot
The Family was a 1974 BBC television series made by producer Paul Watson, and directed by Franc Roddam. It was a fly-on-the-wall documentary series, seen by many as the precursor to reality television. It was similar to an American documentary which had aired the previous year in 1973, called An American Family. It followed the working-class Wilkins family of six of Reading, through their daily lives, warts and all, and culminated in the marriage of one of the daughters, which was plagued by fans and paparazzi alike.