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Changing Minds

Child of Our TimeSeries 11
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Professor Robert Winston and professor Tanya Byron discover how teenagers' changing brains means that what they choose to do at 16 can shape their lives forever.

In this episode Professor Robert Winston and Professor Tanya Byron discover how our teenagers' changing brains means that what they choose to do at 16 can shape their lives forever. With surprising new research in human biology and neuroscience, we reveal how the most baffling aspects of teenage life can be explained and illuminated by the latest understanding of the changing teenage brain.

The brains of our 16-year-olds are wired to feel more self-conscious, to be more mentally creative and to feel more intense pleasure than at any other time in their lives. Through intimate stories, compelling archive and experiments, Child of Our Time brings you the inside story of today's 16-year-olds.

59 minutes

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Thu 15 Jun 201701:10
BBC Two except Wales

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Taylor Swift

    22

  • 00:01

    Taylor Swift

    The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody)

  • 00:03

    Diana Ross

    I'm Coming Out (Joey Negro 7" Mix)

  • 00:20

    Raleigh Ritchie

    You're A Man Now, Boy

  • 00:28

    James Morrison

    One Life

  • 00:29

    Shuggie Otis

    Strawberry Letter 23

  • 00:36

    Emeli Sandé

    Maybe

  • 00:40

    Sigma

    Changing (feat. Paloma Faith)

  • 00:49

    Roots Manuva

    Too Cold

Credits

PresenterRobert Winston
PresenterTanya Byron
ProducerHelen Sage
DirectorHelen Sage
Executive ProducerZoe Heron
WriterHelen Sage
WriterZoe Heron
Production ManagerRaewyn Dickson
Production CoordinatorKassi Jones
Production CoordinatorLaety Ducom

Broadcasts

  • Mon 3 Apr 201721:00
    BBC One
  • Wed 12 Apr 201723:45
    BBC One except Wales & Wales HD
  • Thu 13 Apr 201700:40
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Thu 15 Jun 201701:10
    BBC Two except Wales

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