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Addiction Week programmes were first shown on Channel 4
20–24 February 2006
Going Cold Turkey
Going Cold Turkey follows a group of heroin addicts as they attempt to kick their habit at a detox clinic. A week of live programmes charts the tough physical and psychological challenges faced by the patients on their first steps towards getting their lives back on track.
Going Cold Turkey follows a group of heroin addicts as they attempt to kick their habit at a detox clinic. A week of live programmes charts the tough physical and psychological challenges faced by the patients on their first steps towards getting their lives back on track.
A follow-up episode goes back to visit the recovering addicts.
Presented by Krishnan Guru-Murthy and addiction specialist Dr John Marsden the series will highlight the realities of heroin addiction in terms of the effects on the lives of addicts, their families and friends, as well as the wider community.
Hardeep Does Drinking
Have you ever been so drunk that you have exposed yourself? Fought in the street? Been arrested? These are just some of the questions that our man on the street, Hardeep Singh Kohli poses to the people of Britain in his latest addition to the successful Hardeep Does... series.
Have you ever been so drunk that you have exposed yourself? Fought in the street? Been arrested? These are just some of the questions that our man on the street, Hardeep Singh Kohli poses to the people of Britain in his latest addition to the successful Hardeep Does... series.
As part of Channel 4's Addiction Week, Hardeep Does Drinking provides a frank and revealing exploration of Britain's growing culture of binge drinking.
Giving Up The Weed
Actor and rapper J Rock of Big Brovas fame has been smoking marijuana for 14 years and is desperate to give up. This one-hour observational documentary charts J Rock's struggle to give up one of the constants in his life and witnesses how he copes.
Actor and rapper J Rock of Big Brovas fame has been smoking marijuana for 14 years and is desperate to give up. This one-hour observational documentary charts J Rock's struggle to give up one of the constants in his life and witnesses how he copes.
Giving Up The Weed reveals how misconceptions about the drug's safety and effect have lead to it becoming ubiquitous throughout society, and how young people are fooled into believing that weed is legal and not seriously addictive. J Rock's quest to give up cannabis highlights the perils of drug addiction and dispels the myth that cannabis is an easy drug to quit using.
The Big Drugs Debate
To round off Channel 4's Addiction Week comic talent Russell Brand (host of Big Brother's Big Mouth and Kings of Comedy on E4) will be hosting a live studio debate looking at issues around drugs and addiction.
To round off Channel 4's Addiction Week comic talent Russell Brand (host of Big Brother's Big Mouth and Kings of Comedy on E4) will be hosting a live studio debate looking at issues around drugs and addiction.
