Joe Swash is stepping away from wife Stacey Solomon and their reality TV projects after landing a new documentary for BBC as he labels the focus ‘eye-opening’

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Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon(Image: Getty Images for BAFTA)

Joe Swash has revealed his brand new BBC role – and it doesn’t feature his wife Stacey Solomon. Instead, the former EastEnders man is going solo for his latest project.

Joe, 43, is making a one-hour long documentary for BBC three and BBC iPlayer. The show is set to feature on fatherhood and is titled Joe Swash : Britain’s Young Dads.

Joe is a father of three young children, Rex, Rose and Belle, as well as being a step-dad to wife Stacey’s sons Zachary and Leighton from previous relationships. He also has a son called Harry from a previous relationship too.

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Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon(Image: BBC)

The new documentary will see Joe, who became a father in his mid-twenties, follow others in his situation. It will see the former actor reflect on his own path into fatherhood, while sparking conversations regarding masculinity.

Speaking of the project, Joe told The Sun: “We don’t often hear from – or talk about – young dads in the UK. It’s been eye-opening to meet the young men behind the statistics.

“The ones working hard to create a good future for their kids. I feel lucky that we’ve been able to help tell their stories and hopefully we can get people thinking a bit differently about young dads.”

It comes months after Joe opened up on his Channel 4 series Batch from Scratch: Cooking for Less getting a second run. Joe, who works alongside batch-cooking expert Suzanne Mulholland, on the project, pulled in more than a million viewers for its first run earlier this year,.

And in July it was revealed the the success of the show meant it was worth ordered a second take. The duo will combine for another six episodes for next year.

Joe and Suzanne told the Mirror at the time: “We’re both excited to keep spreading the word about the power of batch cooking and look forward to teaming up again to transform the lives of families around the UK.”

Joe is the main cook for his family, and his skills are often seen in their reality TV seres. In their latest episode of their reality show on BBC, the duo admit to “arguing all the time”.

The couple were seen trying to get organised for a trip to Switzerland, where they were gearing up for a ski holiday. Stacey started to get impatient as she lamented that Joe had “a hundred pairs of socks” as well as a host of other unnecessary items. She said, “The less I know about Joe, the better!”

And then when she found out that Joe’s suitcase still had clothes in from the last holiday they went on, she fumed: “Babe, dirty washing from holiday.

“That must stink! That is actually disgusting. You’re going to put this in our wardrobe and it’s going to stink.”