- Title: Geldof On Marriage
- Date: 11th October 2004
- Summary: In the first episode of a new two-part series, Bob Geldof investigates the parlous state of marriage in Britain today. Drawing on personal experience, he invites debate with a range of opinion formers including Alan Milburn, Geoff Mulgan, Alain de Botton and Germaine Greer. Why, he asks, do we celebrate the union of a couple with such gusto in this country and yet have a near 50% divorce rate? To Geldof this is proof of a great failure. Do we fully appreciate the catastrophic effect on men, women and children when the notion of "happy ever after" falls apart? Is it the ease with which couples walk away from marriage that is at the root of so many problems facing society today?
- Description:Bob Geldof in a two-parter to put forward his views on what is wrong with the British family. Programme 1 focusses on fathers,and Programme 2 on mothers.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Ten Alps Broadcasting Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:11/10/2004
- Rights:UK and Eire
- Decade: 2000s