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Well, she made a pretty respectable job of becoming a Parisian showgirl.

And she emerged unscathed from last week’s task, training to be a Hollywood stuntwoman.

So this final challenge, in which Amanda sets out to become a country singer in Nashville, should be a relative doddle – shouldn’t it..?

It’s a simple enough idea for a fly-on-the-wall series.

Take the cameras to a busy maternity ward (this one’s at Southampton’s Princess Anne Hospital) and spend a month observing what happens.

But, as we’re soon reminded, no two births are ever the same, and the programme captures the drama, intensity and emotion of the experience for all concerned.

Best known to most of us viewers as Supernanny – yes, her of “naughty step” fame – parenting expert Jo Frost is broadening her approach in this new series.

Rather than spending the entire hour trying to discourage a specific
toddler from, say, setting fire to his mum’s curtains on a regular
basis, she’ll be applying her expertise to a whole range of related
topics, including eating disorders, body image, the value of sleep and
the way so many kids are getting hooked on computers.



One of the main topics on this opening programme is computer games,
with Jo conducting an experiment to measure the effect the more violent
examples can have on a child’s behaviour. Elsewhere, she meets a
four-year-old whose diet has never included anything but sweets.