BBC orders new fly-on-the-wall reality docuseries following Stacey Solomon, Joe Swash blended family

Stacey & Joe was filmed by All3Media-owned Optomen

The BBC has commissioned a fly-on-the-wall reality series following the lives of TV personalities Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash.

Airing on BBC One and iPlayer, Stacey & Joe (6×60′) was filmed during the summer and autumn of 2024 by All3Media-owned Optomen.

The series follow the lives of the pair, their children, four ducks and two dogs, with viewers given “a refreshing, honest take on their modern blended family,” the BBC said.

Reality TV star Solomon broke onto the scene as a contestant on the sixth season of the ITV talent show The X Factor back in 2009, while Swash is best known for his role in BBC One soap EastEnders.

The series was commissioned by Clare Sillery, head of commissioning, documentaries at the BBC. Optomen’s creative directors are Tina Flintoff and Nick Hornby, while the executive Producers are Charlotte Brookes and Sara Evans. The series producer is Kit Simpson and series director is Tom Yeates. The BBC commissioning editor is Beejal-Maya Patel.

Sillery said: “In what promises to be an honest and heart-warming look into their world, full of joy, challenges and everything in between, this series offers a rare and intimate window as they navigate their way through the realities of raising a modern blended family.”