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The Ugly Face of Beauty
4 Episodes
Favourite ShowWith the increasing popularity of cosmetic surgery in the UK, Dr Christian Jessen shines a spotlight on the industry and comes to the aid of women who have fallen victim to botched operations
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She's Gotta Have It
10 Episodes
Favourite ShowFashion show designed to demonstrate to women of all shapes, sizes and level of income how to grab the world of fashion and make style work for them
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Bums, Boobs and Botox
1 Episode
Favourite ShowBehind the scenes at Britain's biggest provider of cosmetic surgery, exploring a world where staff and patients undergo treatments to become glossier, perkier and thicker-haired versions of themselves
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Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth
1 Episode
Favourite ShowTwo documentaries from the Race: Science's Last Taboo season examine the growing trend for deracialisation surgery
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Girls on the Pull
1 Episode
Favourite ShowFirst Cut follows three women living with trichotillomania, an impulse control disorder that causes them to pull out their own hair
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Beauty & The Beast: Ugly Face of Prejudice
6 Episodes
Favourite ShowThis series investigates the extremes of discrimination. Each episode brings together two people often defined by the way they look: one has a facial disfigurement, the other an intense preoccupation with their appearance.
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Hairy Women
1 Episode
Favourite ShowA frank examination of some of the embarrassing - and often very distressing - problems around female body hair
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Octomom: Me and My 14 Kids
1 Episode
Favourite ShowThis exclusive Cutting Edge tells the inside story of what it's like to be Nadya Suleman - a single unemployed mother with 14 kids
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Embarrassing Bodies
2 Series, 19 Episodes
Favourite ShowThe Embarrassing Illnesses doctors set off on a UK roadshow in an innovative attempt to raise health awareness and de-stigmatise 'embarrassing' body parts and medical conditions
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Supersize vs Superskinny
2 Series, 16 Episodes
Favourite ShowDocumentary series in which two extreme eaters - one very overweight and the other severely underweight - swap diets in an attempt to change the way they view food and eating
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Gok's Teens: The Naked Truth
3 Episodes
Favourite ShowGok Wan gives troubled teens the advice, confidence and self-belief they need to tackle their issues and anxieties. Got advice for surviving your teens? Use #nakedtruth on Twitter
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Help Me Help My Child
2 Episodes
Favourite ShowThis moving series follows children with illnesses ranging from obsessive compulsive disorder to anorexia, as they receive intensive, and often emotionally-draining, treatment at Maudsley Hospital in London
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The Atkins Diet: Fat or Fiction
1 Episode
Favourite ShowThis documentary explores all sides of the popular - and so-called 'miracle' - diet. From the people who are following it, to the science for and against it.
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Embarrassing Fat Bodies
4 Episodes
Favourite ShowAs the nation's waist size spirals out of control, the Embarrassing Bodies doctors help the seriously overweight cope with illnesses caused by obesity
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Booze: A Young Person's Guide
1 Episode
Favourite ShowA candid view of the highs and lows of alcohol that explores the drinking habits of young people by looking at six different stories from Saturday nights out
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Giving Up the Weed
1 Episode
Favourite ShowActor and rapper J Rock of Big Brovas has been smoking marijuana for 14 years and is desperate to give up. This observational documentary charts his struggle to give up and witnesses how he copes.
