Growing Up (2022–present)

TV ShowOn airDocumentary, Reality1 season, 10 episodes
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Plot

An innovative hybrid docu-series that explores the challenges, joys and complexities of adolescence through ten compelling coming-of-age stories. Growing Up draws on storytelling, experimentation and documentary to let 18- to 21-year-olds tell their stories.

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  1. 01Growing Up S01E02Clare & IsabelS01E02 · 1.0Clare and Isabel's story is about their friendship and passion for giving back to their community.
  2. 02Growing Up S01E03AmiriS01E03 · 1.0Amiri's episode follows a Black man's journey to finding the courage to be loved for who he is.
  3. 03Growing Up S01E05SageS01E05 · 1.0Sage is a 20-year-old Afro-Latina artist and organizer finding her identity as a trans woman.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2022Aired 1.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Growing Up S01E01VanessaSeptember 8, 2022—Vanessa finds community amongst other confident Black women, and is inspired to study psychology.
  2. S01E02Growing Up S01E02Season's bestClare & IsabelSeptember 8, 2022 1.0Clare and Isabel's story is about their friendship and passion for giving back to their community.
  3. S01E03Growing Up S01E03AmiriSeptember 8, 2022 1.0Amiri's episode follows a Black man's journey to finding the courage to be loved for who he is.
  4. S01E04Growing Up S01E04EmilySeptember 8, 2022—Emily's story looks at her experience building a platform for creatives in the disability community.
  5. S01E05Growing Up S01E05SageSeptember 8, 2022 1.0Sage is a 20-year-old Afro-Latina artist and organizer finding her identity as a trans woman.
  6. S01E06Growing Up S01E06DavidSeptember 8, 2022—David is a young man from California who stepped out of his comfort zone by discovering poetry.
  7. S01E07Growing Up S01E07SofiaSeptember 8, 2022—Sofia's story outlines her barrier breaking journey in STEM as a Black woman coder.
  8. S01E08Growing Up S01E08AlexSeptember 8, 2022—Alex's story dives into her experience dealing with depression in her middle and high school years.
  9. S01E09Growing Up S01E09AthenaSeptember 8, 2022—Athena's episode is about a young South Asian woman's journey with her body image.
  10. S01E10Growing Up S01E10GavinSeptember 8, 2022 1.0Gavin overcomes the hardships of homelessness to earn a full scholarship to study nursing.

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