Spa-Based Weight-Loss Series Gets Fourth Season Pickup

LONDON, March 13: Following
on the success of the third season of Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses, UKTV Style will air a fourth season of the
format, titled Spa of Weight Loss for Life, centered on losing weight by detoxing.

Produced by Tern TV,
Spa of Weight Loss for Life will
premiere on UKTV Style on May 6 at 10 p.m. The series
will be made up of five programs, following the emotional story of five people
who check into a five-star detox center in hopes of a weight-loss
transformation.

Tern TV’s creative
director, Harry Bell, said, "Spa of Weight Loss for Life is the most ambitious Spa yet. Eighty-five percent of Brits are on a diet
but research shows that most don’t work. In Spa of Weight Loss for Life
we test the detox approach. Can five overweight people lose staggering amounts
of weight in just five days? The results are miraculous."

UKTV’s executive producer
of lifestyle, Katherine Parsons, added, “This is a bold experiment from
nutritionist Amanda Hamilton and her team to see whether you can take a group
of individuals who've eaten badly their whole lives and, over the course of
just one week, get their bodies into shape, without starving them. Stripping
the shows over a week will give viewers an insight in real time into the
struggles of our five detoxers.”

—By
Kristin Brzoznowski