When One Born Every Minute first aired in 2010, viewers loved its fly-on-the-wall take on life in a maternity unit, from midwives idly chatting about unusual pregnancy cravings to parents squabbling over whether to call their child Zeus.

Almost two decades later, as the show is rebooted for a generation who spend their lives on social media, much has changed. Parents now share far more about their struggles with miscarriages, infertility and mental health; audiences have to be lured away from watching reels on their phones with more rigorous storytelling.

“Quite a bit is different about the way that people have children,” said Will Rowson, executive producer at Dragonfly, which makes the show for Channel 4 . “People are so used to sharing. They expect to share, there is a willingness to share, and that is a generational thing.”

Peace, who will be featured with her twin newborns, wants viewers to understand the importance of ‘not letting things out of your control get to you’.…