I Hate Mum BBC1, 10.35pm

TEN-YEAR-OLD Adam has been violent and abusive to his mother Sharon and eight-year-old brother Jake for the last five years. At school Adam is able to control his outbursts but home is a constant battleground. "He's actually threatened me with a knife," says Sharon.

In the last three years, meanwhile, 16-year-old Ryan has been caught stealing from home, been excluded from school and smashed up the house, but the worst of his behaviour is targeted at his mum Cathy.

Family therapists try to bring mums and sons closer together.