Being Ten

gordon brown meets the ten-year-olds
19.30–20.00

Continuing the celebrations for Five’s tenth anniversary, this programme sees Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown cross-examined by a group of ten-year-olds.

Hosted by Kirsty Young, the programme features an audience of children from across the country putting the Chancellor on the spot as they quiz him about issues close to their hearts and to the hearts of ten-year-olds throughout Britain.

the ten demandments
20.00–21.00

What can being ten today tell us about tomorrow? What do our ten-year-olds really care about, and what are they worrying about –their weight, their exams or even growing up? As consumers of everything from high-street products to the weekly food shop, they have more power than ever before –but it’s ultimately the adults who make the decisions. In this programme, one noisy, confident, assertive and tenacious ten-year-old gets to turn the tables on her mum, dad and siblings. What follows are ten days of revealing, sometimes riotous and occasionally controversial role-reversal.