Embarrassing Fat Bodies

Embarrassing Fat Bodies

2011•48m

Reality

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Production

Maverick Television

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

June 6, 2011

Last Aired

October 28, 2013

Networks

Channel 4

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 2011-06-06

In the first of the series, the doctors see some jaw-dropping sights, including Glenn, whose stomach oedema literally touches the floor, and successful slimmer Julia, whose new slim frame is draped in excess skin.

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2011-06-13

The second programme meets a husband and wife couple with a combined weight of 52 stone, and a 21-year-old Mum whose life is maligned by her enormous J cup breasts.

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 2011-06-20

Dr Pixie comes face to face with three huge hernias, and Dr Christian meets Malissa Jones, who made headlines in 2008, for being the world's first teenager to undergo a gastric band operation.

E4

Episode 4

Air date: 2011-06-27

The doctors deal with the impact obesity has on fertility, the largest man boobs Dr Pixie has ever seen, and excess hair caused by polycystic ovaries.

E5

Episode 5

Air date: 2011-08-11

Cast

Christian Jessen

Christian Jessen

Self - Presenter

Dawn Harper

Dawn Harper

Self - Presenter

Pixie McKenna

Pixie McKenna

Self - Presenter

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