--- title: BBC Dad and Family Return to Live TV to talk Social Distance description: The father who went viral for his family hilariously interrupting his interview with the BBC returns to the news to talk social distancing. canonical: https://time.com/5810687/bbc-dad-social-distancing/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-26T15:34:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:24.696Z og:title: The BBC Dad Family Unit Is Back and More Endearing Than Ever og:description: Because we could all use something to smile about og:url: https://time.com/5810687/bbc-dad-social-distancing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc9fc0b8f2fb2d10/698a0c12011682c48497f2ac/BBC-Dad-family-talk-social-distancing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5485 og:image:height: 3085 og:image:alt: BBC dad and family talk social distancing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The BBC Dad Family Unit Is Back and More Endearing Than Ever twitter:description: Because we could all use something to smile about twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc9fc0b8f2fb2d10/698a0c12011682c48497f2ac/BBC-Dad-family-talk-social-distancing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The BBC Dad Family Unit Is Back and More Endearing Than Ever > Sponsored content. 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Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 26, 2020 3:34 PM UTC While there’s plenty of [uncertainty](https://time.com/5805368/will-coronavirus-go-away-world-health-organization/) in the world right now, a corner of the Internet has found something to smile about with the return of the BBC [dad](https://time.com/5807737/self-quarantine-meals-dad-coronavirus/) and his delightful family, who captured our hearts in 2017 with a hilarious working from home interrupted interview moment that went viral. Now, the adorable family unit is back on BBC, this time for both political scientist Robert Kelly and his partner Kim Jung-A and their two children, Marion and James, to talk about the social distancing practices that they’re doing from their home in Busan, South Korea. While the measures suggested by health experts to curtail the further spread of [coronavirus](https://time.com/5800901/coronavirus-map/) have caused some to being working from home, as many may remember, this has been par for the course for Kelly for some time, something he addresses. He and Kim Jung-A also discussed the challenges of parenting with the kids in the house all day. 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