THE five-year-old Moss-Carbert quads will become television stars next week when they feature in a series about babies who have beaten the odds.

Simon, Johnpaul, Adam and Hannah, who were born three months prematurely, will appear in the half-hour programme Amazing Babies on Tuesday.

Parents Theresa and Paul Moss-Carbert, of Finchale Crescent, Darlington, County Durham, had almost given up hope of having children after trying for 11 years.

Finally, after Theresa received months of hormone treatment, the quads were born on November 25, 1996, at South Cleveland Hospital in Middlesbrough.

More than five years later, the quads are looking forward to seeing themselves on television.

Said Theresa: "They're getting very excited about seeing it.

"I'll be putting a video in to record it, so they can watch it when they're older."

A camera crew spent the day filming the family in September at home, eating breakfast and getting ready for their new school, Corporation Road Infant School in Darlington.

*Amazing Babies will be shown on Tyne Tees at 8pm on Tuesday