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Celebrity Operation Transformation RTE Player, until October 7, episode 1 Unlike the regular Operation Transformation, this is just a three-parter, so the celebrities involved need to get moving, fast, to shift the pounds and change — or perhaps save — their lives. Stepping up to the scales are Katherine Lynch, Gerald Kean, Elaine Crowley (left), Karl Spain and Brenda Donohue, who all have serious work to do to reverse long-standing bad habits. As usual, there is a compelling mix of humiliation — appearing in cropped leggings and bra-tops before a panel of experts while Kathryn Thomas reads out your weight for the nation to hear, is no one’s idea of fun — and heart-strings-tug- ging. Admissions of depression, loneliness and low self-esteem are as common in this series as not being able to cook and having ‘no time’ to shop. So can they do it? At stake is so much more than a few inches round the waist,

Cold Feet UTV Player, until Oct 5, episode 1 Back after 13 years, Cold Feet, the cult comedy-drama series of the 1990s, as much a signifier of its time as Cool Britannia and Blur v Oasis, is powering ahead on UTV, so begin now with the new-look episode 1. A whole lot has happened and Mike Bullen’s exploration of three young couples navigating the choppy seas of life, love and everything in between, in middle-class Manchester is now a look at growing older, dealing with teenage children, the long-term drain of married life and the slow attrition of work and financial responsibility. The original team are back together — episode 1 kicks off with Adam (James Nesbitt) returning after years working in Singapore, with a much younger bride-to-be — and standing by each other yet again. Adam’s meltdown at the altar is smoothly handled by Karen (Hermione Norris), and very quickly they all step back into the camaraderie of friendly slagging and smart one-liners. However, the serious side of life’s mid-section is in evidence too, with intriguing hints of depression and infidelity.