It will be a family affair for many mums across Northern Ireland this Sunday as their nearest and dearest go the extra mile to show their love this Mother's Day.
From best friend to role model, a mother’s love knows no bounds and a new feel good film for BBC Northern Ireland - aptly named Northern Irish Mums - will explore what makes our mammies so particularly special, whether that’s colour co-ordinating the washing, keeping their adult children well fed or just offering a much needed shoulder to cry on.
Mothers of all ages are set to feature in Sunday night’s programme alongside their grown up children and grandchildren to reveal what makes their relationship so unique.
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Among those featured are West Belfast granny Joanie McCoubrey, 85, and her grandson 31-year-old Conor Captain, who are best friends and budding social media stars.
In just two years Conor and Joanie have found fame by making hilarious videos together to entertain their 83.7K TikTok followers.
While the videos posted usually involve Conor playing pranks on his granny, it also gives them the opportunity to spend precious time together.
Conor has been taking videos of Joanie for years but when he decided to post one on TikTok, the craze had began.
The family duo have since received 1.5m likes on the platform after they began sharing videos of what they get up to at the start of the pandemic.
Conor sees Joanie, who has ten kids, 36 grandkids, 42 great grandkids and is expecting her first great-great grandkid soon, nearly every day with the pair's special bond loved by their huge fanbase.
Describing their relationship, Conor told Belfast Live : "I have been taking videos of my granny for years and had been uploading the odd one to different social media channels.
"When lockdown happened it just took off - I put up a TikTok video one Friday and by the Monday we had thousands of followers so it was crazy."
Joanie added: "I never know what's going on as there's that many pranks happening here all the time. He'll come in, put the phone up and I'll be asking: 'What are you doing now?'"
Joanie now gets stopped when out and about, with people telling her how much they love the videos.
"I had no idea about any of these social media things and now I can't go anywhere without someone asking for a photo. But sure it doesn't cost much to be nice and say hello and that's how I am anyway!" she said.
Recalling how much life has changed down the years, Joanie said: "Mother's Day wasn't a big thing when I was growing up and our mummies never got anything from us.
"In those days, they wouldn't have even got a birthday card and now we have things like baby showers going on and weddings costing thousands and thousands. I went to the chapel, got married, came home again and then went down to Saintfield on my honeymoon!"
Describing their special relationship Conor added: "She's the rock of our family and everybody loves her and looks up to her. She's the number one as my grandpa Joe passed away quite young - he was 54 and I was only three so most of the grandkids have only ever known granny Joanie.
"She's very loving and outgoing but she says it like it is."
"But I'm not cheeky," Joanie added firmly.
"I love Conor to bits and he's my godson as well so that's a very special bond we have too."
Also featured in the documentary are Chelsea and her mum Joanne, who recently welcomed baby Isla into their family.
It was a big surprise when Chelsea discovered she was four months pregnant, but Isla has been a blessing and is the newest member of the only five generation family in Northern Ireland.
Childbirth can be an emotional and exhausting time and from drugs to hugs, midwives Lindsay and Betty talk about the significance of their roles and have a good laugh reviewing footage from maternity wards down through the years.
The transition from angelic child to rebellious teenager can come as a surprise and mum Marie jokes about the time she caught son Paul trying to sneak out via his bedroom window while daughter Sorcha recalls fondly wanting to emulate her singer mum Anne - now the pair perform together as members of music group, the Sands Family.
Northern Irish Mums airs this Sunday 27 March at 7pm on BBC One NI and also on BBC iPlayer.
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