About this season
Secret Eaters is a British documentary television series about overeating. It is shown on Channel 4 and presented by Anna Richardson. With their permission, people with eating habit problems are videoed in their home over a week. The subjects do not suspect that private investigators are also following and videoing them elsewhere. At the end of the week, the true amount of what the subjects have eaten is revealed. The subjects are given some days to change their habits, and are brought back, showing considerable weight loss. This drama is intercut with a separate short story where the presenter and food experts test some factor causing overeating.
Episodes (6)
1. Jill and Stuart
Aired 16 May 2012 • 47 min
Siblings Jill Hamill and Stuart Raphel from the Wirral are in the spotlight. Both are desperate to lose weight, but convinced they don't eat enough. What will the five-day around-the-clock surveillance reveal? Once Jill and Stuart learn the shocking truth of what they're really consuming, will they be able to stick to a ten-week healthy eating regime, designed by an expert dietician, and win their battle with the bulge for good?
2. The Castle Family
Aired 23 May 2012 • 44 min
The Castle family from Welwyn Garden City are mystified - how can they be putting on weight when they eat mostly healthy, home-cooked food? Using surveillance from cameras in their home, plus private investigators following them outside the house, the Castles are shown what they're really eating. Anna Richardson is on hand to guide them through their discovery, as well as put them on a ten-week healthy-eating regime. Plus, a group of office workers test the theory that by putting sweet treats out of sight, they can be kept out of mind and - more importantly - mouth.
3. Dawn and Mike
Aired 30 May 2012 • 43 min
This week, Dawn and Mike, a married couple from Hull and their best friend and lodger, Gareth, want to solve the riddle of why they're putting on weight.
4. Meakin Family
Aired 6 June 2012 • 44 min
The Meakin family are under the spotlight this week. Mum Sue, daughter Natalie, and son Dave are all needing help to solve the riddle of why they're putting on weight.
5. The White Olivers
Aired 13 June 2012 • 44 min
The White Oliver family are desperate to find out how to live a healthier, more balanced diet for the sake of daughter Ellie who is very over weight.
6. Ronnie and Stuart
Aired 20 June 2012 • 44 min
Engaged couple Ronnie Derrett and Stuart Ellaway from Farnborough want to solve the riddle of why they're putting on weight.