Hey. I wasn’t having a go at you … I was agreeing with you.
I’ll keep me mouth shut.
I just watched it on iPlayer.
No need to keep yer mouth shut, Morti 
I didn’t think you were having a go at me - I was just replying to the points / questions in your post.
I watched the documentary whilst having lunch, so I know a bit more about the situation now but there’s still a few gaps and mysteries.
I got the feeling that the Aunt of the real Mohammed Farah knew more than she was letting on.
Poor Mo how awful.
I’m sure now Mo has children of his own …his thoughts on his own sad childhood have come to fore.
Well done Mo for getting it written down , his children when older can learn and and really appreciate their dad.
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Well he could have just told them about it; he didn’t have to make a documentary and tell the world.
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Children in these African countries are not really valued. They are handed over between families with no need for paperwork or any legal stuff. My friend is from Tanzania and when she came here which must be getting on for 20 years ago she had no children. We discussed this and she said “it just never happened but in Tanzania it’s no problem. Someone will just give you a baby if you ask.” I thought that most odd but she said everybody does it.
Some years ago there were several cases of African children brought here illegally and then either killed or very badly abused by their “aunties and uncles” who usually are no such thing. I particularly remember a case where such a child was found in the Thames and then of course the tragic case of Victoria Clambier .(sp?)
More recently I have been reading about the thousands of mainly Nigerian kids who were put into private foster care in this country as babies and they never saw their parents until they grew up. They got in the way of their parents careers and advertisements were placed seeking white British people to care for them in exchange for a small wage. There was a guy on TV last year who had lived so long with his foster parents that he thought they were his parents and he was shocked that his real parents lived in Africa.
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I see no problem with a video film or book.
What’s the say he didn’t tell them first but I understand they’re very young…
PS I think it’s lovely Mo’s children should know .
It might explain a lot to them their father’s character.
Also, about their grandparents.
I don’t see a problem with them, particularly as I won’t be watching or reading, I am only pointing out that it looks more like a publicity stunt than a noble act.
Most fathers manage to communicate with their children without having to resort to a national broadcast. And most children get a far better insight into their father’s character by spending time with him than they would by watching him on TV.
Mo went out to Somalia to meet his Mother and twin brother and visit his father’s grave and he took his children with him, so they could meet their grandmother.
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you use the word “most fathers” but obviously it turns out not all.
Most fathers are in a position to make a newsworthy documentary are there they
I repeat who’s to know Mo hasn’t already told his children who are just 5 & 10 years of age.
I Also repeat there’s nothing wrong in making a film a book or a video
I don’t actually know what his children have got to do with any of this. Has he said they are the reason he made the documentary?
Read back to my first post on this subject.
It’s very strange you’re so het up about Mo’s documentary.he’s a figure in the public eye what he says and does is of interest.
Maybe not to you though
It doesn’t really explain how his children are relevant to the topic.
I think enough words to pass between us on the subject with that I’m saying goodbye
You’re annoyed with me, I can tell. 
There’s a thread for that, you know. 
I’ve only just discovered you
Yes, I’m a hidden treasure.
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