Bafta-winning documentary about growing up in Afghanistan gets an update
ITV1 is airing an updated version of a Bafta-winning documentary following an Afghan boy who grew up to become a cameraman in Kabul, now extended with events since the Taliban's return to power.
A Bafta-winning documentary that has followed an Afghan boy for more than two decades returns to ITV1 on Sunday night in a newly updated form.
Filmmakers Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi first filmed Mir Hussein in 2002, when he was eight years old and US troops had just arrived in Afghanistan. They continued filming him over the following years, capturing his growth from a child into an adult who became a cameraman in Kabul himself. The resulting film, My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan, won a Bafta after its release in 2021.
The updated version airing this weekend extends that story with new material covering the half-decade since US and allied forces withdrew and the Taliban regained control of the country. It captures everyday life under the current regime, including lighter moments such as filming a football match, alongside the broader realities Afghans now face.
Elsewhere on ITV1 the same evening, the nature series Force of Nature continues with an episode focused on animals in cold climates adapting to the climate crisis, including a snow leopard in the Himalayas being pushed out of its territory by a rival male.
Other programming that night includes the women's and men's finals of cricket's the Hundred on BBC Two, broadcast from Lord's, and the Community Shield football match between Arsenal and Manchester City in Cardiff on TNT Sports 1, marking the curtain-raiser for the new season.
