A father-of-six fears his children may be taken into care after a TV documentary sparked dozens of complaints to social services.

Paul Craig, of Leach Road, Bicester, was contacted by social workers just hours after the programme was broadcast on Monday.

The Channel 4 documentary - Aged 12, and Looking After the Family - showed Mr Craig and his wife Amanda, who are both registered blind, smoking and drinking beer while their children did the housework.

But he said the programme was biased and unfair. He also said he had been yelled at in the street and criticised by other parents.

He said: "Social services said they had had about 30 calls from members of public and now they are taking it to child protection.

"I don't think we're doing anything wrong. They showed the kids doing more than they normally do to make it look better for the documentary. I felt it was an unfair portrayal of us.

"They didn't show the kids playing with their friends. I think it was quite biased."

Film crews spent seven days in the summer with the family, which includes Louise, 13, Jenny, 10, Daniel, seven, Matthew, four, Richard, two, and Nigel, one. Mrs Craig, 37, is expecting the couple's seventh child in August.

Mr Craig, 39, said: "We don't force the children to do anything they don't want to do. We're a loving family, a caring family.

"They did, in my view, portray us as bad parents. The worst possible outcome is we could lose the kids."

And he said he feared attacks towards his family - which have included the glueing-up of locks and paint bombs thrown at their house - could now increase. The documentary sparked more than 60 comments on the website of our sister paper the Bicester Advertiser, at bicesteradvertiser.net Natalie, in Leicester, said: "It makes me want to cry just thinking about what they have to go through everyday.

"Social services need to pull their finger out, now."

Emma, from the Wirral, said: "I watched this programme last night with tears streaming down my face."

Oxfordshire County Council's head of early years and family support, Andy Couldrick, said: "Social care services and other agencies are involved with the family and are currently reviewing the support they receive to ensure that the services meet the needs of all the children concerned, as well as addressing the parents' needs arising from their disability. This work predates the TV screening."