Here's a list of our favourite twin TV shows and documentaries for parents.
Insight SBS: Two of a Kind (Australia, 2008)
What's it like to grow up with another you? To share, not only your face – but maybe also your thoughts, your dreams and even your pain?
That's a question only identical twins can answer. On SBS's Insight, a group of twins, 22 identical pairs, get together to let us in on the secret. Some twins say they are like two halves of one self; others that they have quite different personalities.
- See the overview here.
- Download episode here.
Jon and Kate plus 8 (USA, 2007 and ongoing)
A reality television show produced in the United States about the Gosselin family, consisting of parents Jon and Kate and their eight children: fraternal twins and sextuplets. The show follows the family through their daily lives, focusing on the challenges of raising multiple children. Although Jon and Kate are now seperated, filming is likely to continue. Episode 1 of Season 5 had 10 million viewers in the US, breaking viewing records. The series aired on Foxtel in Australia and was premiered on free to air TV in Australia on 13th August 2009.
- Discovery Health Channel and TLC first aired in 2007.
- Kate's book, Multiple Blessings, can be purchased from Think Twins here.
- Find out more about Jon and Kate plus 8 on Wikipedia here.
- Available from Amazon.com here (international format).
In the Womb - Multiples (USA, 2007)
This incredible documentary looks at multiples as they develop and interact inside the womb. The producers utilize groundbreaking technology to take viewers into the extraordinary world of twins, triplets and quadruplets as they develop in utero.
- Originally aired on the National Geographic channel and available on DVD (international format only).
- See the official page on National Geographic here.
- Buy it from Think Twins here.
Your Babies' Journey - Twins, Triplets and Quads (USA, 2006)
This extraordinary film was made by one of the world's leading science documentary makers, Pioneer Productions, for National Geographic Channel. It explores all the aspects of the intriguing subject of multiple births. Using cutting edge technology, revolutionary 3D and 4D ultrasound imagery, as well as state-of-the-art model making techniques, the film follows, in step-by-step detail, the first beginnings right through to birth and beyond. The DVD can be navigated through a series of menus that provide a detailed and in-depth pregnancy companion that unfolds week by week. By using the calendar for easy week selection you can find answers to many of your questions and explore each stage of both your and your babies' journey in remarkable detail.
- Available from Amazon.com here (international format)
Unexplained: The Twin Connection (USA, 1996)
Produced by A&E, this documentary explores the twin bond, including the sometimes psychic connection between twins. This captivating program examines three extroardinary stories of "friendship" in an effort to answer the qeustions surrounding the mystery of "the Twin Connection."
The Twin Connection contains some amazing stories, including an astonishing case of two separated-at-birth twins who grew up in prewar Germany, with one raised as a Jew and the other in a family of Nazi sympathisers.
- Buy it from Think Twins here (international format).
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