Stacey Dooley · Growing Up Gypsy
Stacey heads to Bedfordshire to the private site where 23-year-old Chantelle lives with her husband, Swaley. Chantelle prides herself in keeping with the ‘old’ Gypsy values her granny Rita taught her and sharing them on social media, where she has blown up with nearly 400,000 followers on TikTok and 15 million likes on her page. Her chalet is where she films all her Gypsy Cleaning videos for her loyal fan base. Chantelle shares her cleaning hacks with Stacey. Over two months, Stacey gets to know Chantelle and Swaley, hearing what courting looked like for this young couple, the reaction Chantelle has had to her viral videos and the vital role of family in their lives. Eighteen-year-old Serena and her family live in Lincolnshire and welcome Stacey into their bustling family life. Serena explains to Stacey that they have decided to invite her into their home to show people that they are normal. Serena is in the middle of planning her wedding to her fiance, Marco. He is from a Gypsy and Traveller community too, and Serena wouldn’t have it any other way. Spending time with Serena’s sister Ivana and mum Teresa as they help Serena get organised for the biggest step in a Gypsy...
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- Lifestyle family friends
- Lifestyle
- Factual
- News & Factual
- Subtitles
- Production year
- 2025
- Original language
- English
- Broadcast language
- English
- Subtitle language
- English
- Audio description language
- English
- Classification
- General · W
- Guidance
- Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
- Programme features
- HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9