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Dying for a Six Pack

Reggie Yates' ExtremeUK
Episode 3 of 3

Reggie investigates the extreme ways in which male body culture is impacting on young British guys - from extreme exercise to invasive plastic surgery and even steroid abuse.

Being a British guy in 2015 is not easy, and in this series Reggie Yates travels to the extreme edge of modern British masculinity, to discover that 21st-century pressures are changing the way we live, the way we love and even the way we look.

Reggie investigates the extreme ways in which male body culture is impacting on young British guys - from extreme exercise to invasive plastic surgery and even steroid abuse. As Reggie embarks on his own challenge to get into shape, he asks what it's all for and follows the story from a private hospital in Istanbul to a lock-up in the Midlands and beyond.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 21 Aug 201900:20
BBC One Scotland & Scotland HD only

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Credits

PresenterReggie Yates
Production CompanySundog Pictures
DirectorIrshad Ashraf
Executive ProducerSam Anthony
ProducerHarriet Morter
Series ProducerRachael Barnes

Broadcasts

  • Mon 21 Dec 201521:00
    BBC Three
  • Tue 22 Dec 201500:30
    BBC Three
  • Tue 22 Dec 201503:00
    BBC Three
  • Wed 23 Dec 201502:00
    BBC Three
  • Tue 19 Jan 201622:45
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Tue 19 Jan 201623:45
    BBC One Scotland HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland & Scotland only
  • Tue 20 Aug 201923:20
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Tue 20 Aug 201923:50
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Wed 21 Aug 201900:20
    BBC One Scotland & Scotland HD only

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