When talking to Billie Shepherd, it soon becomes clear that being a TV mum is pretty similar to being a normal mum. Whether it’s trying to get her three kids to eat more vegetables, or stay off their screens and sleep through the night, while grabbing time for herself to work and exercise, Billie’s experience of motherhood to Nelly, 10, Arthur, seven, and Margot, two, will sound familiar to other women in the parenting trenches. “We’re up early – we’re awake at 6am as soon as the baby’s up.