TWO six year olds whose family farms at Tosside are making their TV debut tonight when they appear on ITV's new series, Planet Child.

Keiran Robinson and his cousin, Rita Robinson, were five at the time of filming for the series which uses scientific experiments to explore what life is like for children today across the world.

The documentary series will observe children aged four to seven years from around the world, looking at the new generation of children from the UK, Japan, Africa and America to see how childhood development varies across different locations and landscapes.

Filmed over two years, the three-part series will explore the children’s attitudes and behaviour in response to different challenges affecting their development, including gender awareness, independence, morality and risk-taking.

The scientific experiment, led by twin doctors Chris and Xand Van Tulleken, will delve into different cultures and look at what can be learned from the different environmental factors affecting the children, as well as the influence technology and the children’s exposure to it in the modern day.

Each episode will show how young children from different parts of the UK interact without parental supervision as they are faced with everyday challenges and questions. One experiment sees how the youngsters cope finding their way from a London park to the London Eye by bus.

Planet Child airs tonight on ITV at 9pm.