Britain’s Fat Fight with Hugh Fearnleywhittingstall
BBC ONE, 9.00PM; SCOTLAND, 10.45PM
He tried to get Newcastle exercising together and demonstrated just how much sugar there is in a smoothie in Bristol. Now, in this final episode, Hugh Fearnley-whittingstall faces his toughest test of all – speaking about obesity at the Tory Party Conference and trying to get an audience with Health Minister Jeremy Hunt. But can he convince the ministers – and the hard-to-pin-down Hunt – that they need to do more to combat both national awareness of what we eat and the country’s fitness levels?
First, he checks in with some of those who have signed up for the Newcastle Can scheme; heads out for a surfing lesson with Janet, a willing but struggling participant; trials a weight-loss experiment at the GP’S surgery and looks at the way in which marketing affects our understanding of food. Whether or not he manages to replicate the impact that Jamie Oliver had on the government with his school dinners campaign remains to be seen, but this impassioned series will surely have convinced the UK’S couch potatoes that it’s time to embrace the sunnier weather and start walking. Sarah Hughes