Porn has hit the mainstream, with uncensored hard-core graphic material easily accessed by children and teenagers via their devices across the country, to the great concern of many parents.

Channel 4 today announces Mums Make Porn (w/t), a new ground-breaking three part series produced by Firecracker Films, in which a group of ordinary mums of teenage children will research and explore the world of modern pornography and then produce their own film. Working with industry experts, the mums will be given all the tools they need, but they will be completely in control – from writing and casting, to directing and editing their fully mum-approved pornographic film.               

Their mission is to create a film which not only works as pornography but promotes healthy attitudes towards sex and relationships for the next generation. They will have the power to show exactly how they want to handle the issues that matter to them most as parents, whether body image, consent, or ethnic diversity.

Sarah Lazenby, Head of Formats and Features, Channel 4 comments: “Porn is both prolific and here to stay. We’re proud to be the channel that opens up the debate, puts parents in the director’s chair, and in your living room.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Clemency Green, Commissioning Editor, Features, Channel 4 added:  “It is a disturbing fact that more and more young people are learning about sex for the first time via easily accessible hard core pornography; it’s a subject of incredible importance to this, and future generations. This series is a bold and ballsy way to shine a light on a number of issues relating to the attitude toward sex of kids today, through the families that are raising them.” 

Emma Morgan, Creative Director of Factual, Firecracker said: “Getting a group of mums to make their own porn film that addresses their concerns about the impact of easy access porn on their kids felt like a uniquely Channel 4 idea. We are so glad that they are backing us to do it and look forward to seeing what our mums come up with!”

Jes Wilkins, Chief Creative Officer comments: “Firecracker have a long and proud history of combining purposeful journalism with a warm and mischievous factual entertainment sensibility and this series ticks all those boxes in a big, noisy way.”

Mums Make Porn (w/t) is a production of Firecracker Films, part of the Tinopolis Group, and has been commissioned by Channel 4’s Clemency Green, Commissioning Editor, Features. The Executive Producers for Firecracker are Emma Morgan, Creative Director of Factual, and Jes Wilkins, Chief Creative Officer, and Series Producer is Kate Farnaby.

For more information, please contact:

Edward Brody, Publicity Manager, Tinopolis Group

Edward.Brody@Tinopolis.tv