Dave Chapman to host 'Undercover Dads'

23rd June 2009

The BBC is to launch a new series that mirrors the movie Mrs Doubtfire, with fathers dressing up as nannies to find out what their children really get up to.Each contestant will be sent to "nanny boot camp" to learn to walk, talk and act like a lady for the 13-part Undercover Dads.Fathers will spend five hours in makeup and use prosthetics to appear as a fictional eccentric TV expert called Mega Nanny in their own homes for two days. The show claims this will allow fathers to bond with their children and find out more about them without giving their identities away.The programme's host, Dave Chapman, will set each father a series of challenges, through which they can secretly win their children a range of family prizes. If the dad gets found out, the game will be over and he will lose all the prizes he has won.