Beattie, a producer with North One Television which made the film on behalf of Channel 4 said; "I have worked in specialist educational environments before, but I had almost no experience of people with a visual impairment or blindness.
It is interesting to see what is different for them and what is the same; their experiences of daily life can be fundamentally altered by their visual impairment yet that doesn't stop them from having the same hopes and fears as a sighted person.
[5] The film examines their individual journeys towards greater independence as they encounter the unique challenges that being visually impaired presents.
[4] The programme also looks at how they deal with the everyday issues that affect all teenagers, such as sex, relationships, partying and their future plans after graduation.
[1] Reviewing the documentary for BBC Radio 4's In Touch, the opera singer Denise Leigh, who is herself visually impaired was generally positive about it.