Lifestyle magazine series for all the family, featuring items on bullying and the terrible twos.

This is the unbroadcast pilot show for a new series which began broadcasting the following week. Presenter Helen Mark gives an overview of what is coming up on on this edition of the weekly family and lifestyle magazine show. Viewers' letters about the Pokémon collecting phenomenon are read out. Lesley Black, a consumer journalist, talks in studio about the cost to parents of collecting, as well as the benefits.

Piece on bullying at school following a suicide of a pupil linked to bullying. A pupil tells his story of being bullied to a reporter. Interview with child's mother about the effect on his schoolwork. A teacher from Limavady involved in pastoral care is interviewed. Vox pops with children in CastleCourt shopping centre in Belfast about bullying. A teacher gives advice for parents on signs their children might be experiencing bullying. Journalist Stephanie Bell from the Sunday Life speaks on the subject.

Michael Livingstone tells the story of his daughter's first tantrum as a piece focusses on the 'Terrible Twos. Sarah Meekin, a clinical psychologist, talks on the subject in studio. Interview with Angela Heaney who runs a day nursery. Stephen Gibson from Tesco talks about training staff on how to deal with child tantrums. Jacqui Berkley reports on the Savile family who have undertaken a Family Challenge to go abseiling in the Glens of Antrim. Footage of the family completing their task and interviews with all of them.

Family Life (later renamed The Family Show) was a weekly magazine style series presenting reports and in-studio features on family matters, from young children, education, mothers, fathers and issues for the elderly, as well as items on cooking, shopping and leisure.