The late 60s and early 70s saw many experiments in new ways of living and, in 1972, two parallel, unconventional "families" were set up in Leeds and London.
Part of the deal was that their 16 children would be "shared" among six different couples. Where The Wild Kids Are tracks them down to discover how they turned out. The families hoped that, liberated from what was seen as the undesirable narrowness and exclusivity of the nuclear family, their offspring would grow up "wild and free".
Both sets of children involved in these extended families were given a collective identity by adopting the surname "Wild". The programme finds out whether the Wilds have lived up to their tribal name, or whether they have settled for more conventional living than their elders, and talks to some of the founding parents.
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