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Joe Swash: Forgotten Young Dads

Too often dismissed, young dads across the UK are quietly redefining fatherhood. Joe Swash meets four men breaking stigmas and showing what it truly means to show up.

Too often overlooked in research and marginalised in society, many young dads across the UK are quietly rewriting the rulebook on fatherhood.

In this revealing documentary, Joe Swash, who became a first-time father in his mid-twenties, meets four young men navigating the challenges of parenting.

From stigma and financial strain to isolation and emotional growth, this is the rarely seen lived experience of men in their teens and twenties entering into fatherhood.聽With his trademark warmth and honesty, Joe explores what it really means to be a young dad today, and why the conversation about positive male role models is needed now more than ever.

58 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Nov 2025 02:00

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Presenter Joe Swash
Director Eddie Hutton-Mills
Executive Producer Kat Lennox
Executive Producer Fatima Sesay

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