Movistar+ to set up Old People’s Home

CPL Productions’ Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds aired on Channel 4 in the UK

Spanish pay TV broadcaster Movistar+ has picked up a social experiment format from the UK that explores the relationship between young children and the elderly.

Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds originally aired on UK commercial pubcaster Channel 4, produced by CPL Productions. Red Arrow Studios International distributes the format worldwide.

Movistar+ channel #0 will adapt the format in Spain in collaboration with Banijay-owned DLO Magnolia.

The format sees a group of four-year-olds visit a nursing home over a six-week period to test whether their presence improves the health and happiness of the elderly residents.

The results are assessed by an evolutionary psychologist, an intergenerational sociologist and a geriatrician.