Surrogacy: A Family Frontier

Surrogacy: A Family Frontier

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Surrogacy: A Family Frontier episodes

  • Episode 6: Gay Dads

    Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and activist, explores attitudes towards gay parents and surrogacy. He shares his own journey to have a child, with husband Tom Daley.

    He explores attitudes towards same sex parenting in the UK and questions whether prejudice is part of the reason why some people are uncomfortable with surrogacy?

    Producer: Jane Andrews

    Mixed by: Rob Green

    Editor: Tracy Williams

    32 min
  • Episode 5: The Children

    Oscar winning screenwriter and activist Dustin Lance Black explores whether children born through surrogacy should have the right to know their surrogate mum and egg donor.

    He shares his own journey to have a child with husband, Tom Daley.

    Mixed by Rob Green

    Producer: Jane Andrews
    Editor: Tracy Williams

    33 min
  • Episode 4: The Law And The Legal Parent

    Dustin Lance Black raises concerns about the current surrogacy laws in the UK.

    He questions whether the existing UK surrogacy laws are fit for purpose and asks what needs to change to keep intended parents and surrogates safe.

    He shares his own journey to become the legal parent of his son, with husband Tom Daley.

    Producer: Jane Andrews

    Mixed by: Rob Green

    Editor: Tracy Williams

    30 min
  • Episode 3: The Surrogates

    Dustin Lance Black talks to surrogates about why they decided to carry and give birth to a baby for someone else.

    He also speaks to one of the world’s leading voices against surrogacy and shares his own journey to have a child, with his husband Tom Daley, through surrogacy.

    Producer: Jane Andrews

    Mixed by: Rob Green

    Editor: Tracy Williams

    39 min

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