Watch The Agony Of Life

It's a subject few people want to face up to, but our Aunts and Uncles are made of sterner stuff. Here they negotiate the final frontier and, on behalf of us all, answer the big questions of life: what are they most proud of; what's their biggest disappointment; is death to be feared or embraced; what happens to them after they die; and, in a perfect world, what would they like their last words to be?

So you're thinking of winding down on the work front, and have achieved everything you wanted in your career. What will be your legacy, and do you have regrets? Or is it important to regret nothing? The Aunts and Uncles lead you through this change of pace and, with sensitivity and humour, map out what an idyllic retirement might look like. What have you been putting off until now to do; what do you want to see; and where would you like to travel? Or is there no such thing as retirement, and would they like things to stay exactly the same?

Career and career-legacy is something that dominates our thinking and our Aunts and Uncles are successful enough to tell you how to have a fulfilling career, remain calm under pressure, and maintain a sensible work-life balance. But what about the more difficult questions of how to maintain dignity when sacked, reach the top without screwing other people over, and surviving a workplace or public scandal with as much grace as possible? We know the Aunts and Uncles have a handle on most things, but would they be able to run a country? And do they have any desire to?

Not all of our Aunts and Uncles have children, but each of them has opinions on how children should be raised. This episode starts with our pundits musing on whether people should require a license to breed, and what annoys them most about the way some parents raise their kids. They then move on to the stuff nobody tells you before you become a parent: hospitals, nappies, parties you have to organise, public schools versus private, phones, Facebook, and the type of friends you never want your children to bring home.

Welcome to the time where you're at your best-looking, most popular, and your whole life is ahead of you. Indeed, when they tell stories at your wedding, they will mostly be about this time. The Agony Aunts and Uncles read the riot act on good and bad flatmates, eating, drinking, drugs, friends, romances, gap years and first cars. They are then asked whether they took this time in their life for granted, or worse, mistook being young for being immortal.

The teen years define us in so many ways and in this instalment, the Aunts and Uncles talk about what it was like to try and fit in at school, the bullying and being bullied, the excruciating sex lessons from their parents, and the experimentation with hair, clothes and body ink. And what lengths did they go to make someone they fancied notice them? Who were the best teachers? And did their parents run a tight ship or were they allowed to stay out all hours with their fake IDs, drinking, taking drugs and falling in love.

The Aunts and Uncles discuss the key moments from their childhood - first memories, games, friends and things they saw that they wished they hadn't. Were they ever on the wrong end of the strap or wooden spoon? How did they handle their parents fighting, and do they remember the day they heard Santa Clause didn't exist? Also, who were the Aunts and Uncles' heroes and heroines, and what was it like to learn that humans and animals don't live forever?