[citation needed] Using animation and rotoscoping techniques by the company White Balance,[2] the series has been described by the Whittington Hospital, which features in the film, as a watershed moment in children’s documentaries in the UK.

[4][5] The film attempted to show the real lives of homelessness children through a week of observational documentaries aimed at an audience of 6–12 years old.

Its approach was enabling the young and vulnerable contributors to speak candidly about their situation, and employed current animation techniques to bring those stories alive.

Each episode featured testimony from children, as young as six, and showed their resilience, black humour and mature understanding of the incredibly difficult circumstances they were in.

It went on to say "this heart-breaking five-part BBC documentary series Sofa Surfers...explores child homelessness for other youngsters.” [13] The Daily Post described it as a “touching tale of a homeless child who finds refuge at a Flintshire safe-haven.” Tim McLachlan, Save the Family chief executive, said: “We saw Sofa Surfers as an excellent opportunity to enlighten young people about homelessness and how it can touch anybody of any age.” [14] The series was covered by The Guardian’s Louise Carpenter, who wrote “for every statistic, or non-statistic, there is a real child who is trying to cope.