DOCUMENTARY
SUPERSIZE CABBIES
BBC1, 7.30pm CAMERAS have been following a firm of oversized taxi drivers from Plymouth who pledged to shed weight together.
They have embarked on a six-week community weight-loss programme, hoping to reverse the damage done by years of sitting in their cars all day, snacking on crisps, chocolate bars and fizzy drinks.
This film focuses on two drivers – Roger Laughton, 46, who weighs 31st, with doctors telling him he’s lucky to be alive, and Mike Davis, 30, who is also dangerously obese at 20st.
Both taxi drivers have an increased risk of stroke, diabetes and cancer.
Trainer Gavin Seymour guides them through a punishing regime of diet and exercise, including flipping tyres over, scaling walls and the dreaded burpees.
They will also have to ditch the usual pit stops at the burger van and learn to walk past a vending machine.
It’s easier said than done but there’s plenty of motivation as Mike is about to become a dad and Roger finds himself in hospital with heart problems.
Can the fat cabbies turn it around to become fit cabbies?