SB
Channel 4 · Running
Shut-Ins: Britain's Fattest People
2015
Last aired: S3 E?, Where Are They Now? · 2021-03-01
Across the UK, thousands of super morbidly obese people too big to leave the home are shut away from the world. Can they turn their lives around?
Season 3
E1
AJ - Part One
2021-01-18 · 65 min
Twenty-three-year-old AJ is Airdrie and has been mostly shut in for the last six years and is now barely able to move, having to rely on mum Sharon for all aspects of care. They consult bariatric surgeon Professor Kerrigan, who declines to offer surgery until both AJ and Sharon make some major changes to their diet and lifestyle, including specialist psychological help so they can better understand their experiences.
E2
AJ - Part Two
2021-01-25 · 65 min
In Airdrie, 23-year-old AJ is on a mission to satisfy his bariatric surgeon Professor Kerrigan that he is changing his diet and lifestyle, while he and his mum Sharon unpick the past with a psychologist to try to discover why he has gained weight.
E3
Samantha
2021-02-01 · 65 min
This episode features mum-of-three Samantha, who feels that her issues with food and her weight have made her life intolerable. Samantha feels too ashamed to go out, leaving the responsibilities of family life to her husband Keith. She also experiences severe headaches caused by intercranial hypertension. But with a grandchild on the way, Samantha is determined to break old habits and change her life.
TV listings and show data from TVmaze.
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Narrator