CH 4 ~~~ KIDNAPPED BY THE KIDS ~~~

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Kidnapped by the Kids

Thursday 10 December
9:00pm - 10:00pm
Channel 4
Like a lot of parents, Lester Adams works long hours to secure a better life for his children than he had when he was young. He works very, very long hours in fact - about 80 a week. He doesn't even switch off when he is home. And he often sleeps in the office at the children's indoor play centre he owns - just in case there's a break-in, he explains. But you do wonder. In this film, his two children, Ross, aged eight, and Maddie, 12, "kidnap" him in the hope they can force him to be a proper dad again. It's a risky strategy: being a workaholic, Lester might angrily refuse to take time off; plus, it's possible that having got his undivided attention, the family might not like it. But instead Lester listens to their heartfelt pleas, wells up and agrees to spend more time with them. There are lots of tearful, emotional moments as he attempts to reconnect with his family but, even so, it's remarkable how little he struggles with his ten days of cold turkey.

Radio Times reviewer - Jane Rackham
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Oh dear I am crying already

It was really good, wasn't it!

Big Space is a fantastic soft play area - I never knew the poor bloke SLEPT there!!

I hope he is continuing to take time out for himself, the kids and his wife...

Lester is a friend of mine and he had been broken into a few times and had an awful lot taken.

His wife and children are lovely and he is a great dad and although the editing was awful, he works hard but he does know more about his family than the editing showed.

editing never shows people on doco shows in a good light - it doesnt make good tv

Thought it strange he thought youngest was 6 and not 8?

Worried about his health too hope he gets looked at properly?

Great family though

curiousmama.... that's the type of editing I was talking about!

Of course he knows how old his children are

If the showed the entire sentence it would have been clear that he was saying something about his child when he was 6 not now he is 6

For the record, his son is actually 9.... this was filmed over several months a while ago

Sue and I were pregnant with our sons at the same time.... Lester only knows how old my son is because he knows that my son is a few weeks younger than his son.

Yes I wondered that madusa, that's outrageous Someone who organises children's parties is bound to know how old his son is?