Tell It to Me Straight

Series 1 Episode 1
First Broadcast: Mon 24 September 2001

Accounts clerk Debbie, 33, watches from behind a two-way mirror as best friends mock her navy blue blazers and obsessively routine lifestyle. The friends get £1,000 to transform Debbie into the spontaneous, sexy woman they'd like her to be. But will Debbie's fiancée recognise her?

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