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 (8)
1. Faye and Laura
Aired 12 March 2014 • 44 min
Faye and Laura are shocked by their weight gain as they've been working overtime in the gym in an effort to lose weight, but with little success. They are put under 24-hour-camera surveillance in the hope of finding out if their diets reveal any clues as to those puzzling extra pounds.
2. Helena and Murray
Aired 19 March 2014 • 44 min
Helena and Murray have been married for around 22 years, but their weight gain is concerning them. Helena believes that her weight gain is down to the menopause, but Murray is at a loss to explain why he's also gained weight. The surveillance cameras follow their every move to try and discover the truth.
3. Kelli and Tracey
Aired 26 March 2014 • 44 min
Kelli and Tracey are both due to get married soon but are baffled by how they've managed to put on four stone between them since they met. They agree to allow surveillance cameras being put inside their home to monitor what they eat.
4. Sharon and Tracey
Aired 2 April 2014 • 44 min
Sharon and Tracy are sisters from Birmingham and are unable to find a reason to explain their expanding midriff. Puzzled at. They agree to allow surveillance cameras being put inside their homes to monitor what they eat.
5. Lorraine and Cori
Aired 9 April 2014 • 44 min
Lorraine and Cori are dieting mother and daughter from south London, whose massive weight gain is a total mystery to them. They agree to let surveillance cameras being put inside their home to monitor what they eat.
6. Glyn, Louise and Sue
Aired 16 April 2014 • 43 min
Glyn, Louise and Sue are 3 people whose family fortunes have increased by more than just a few pounds and they’re desperate to understand why they can’t shed their weight.
7. Michael and Katie
Aired 23 April 2014 • 44 min
Lovebirds 22 year old Katie and 24 year old Michael from Kent are a young couple who can’t understand why they’ve piled on the pounds. Not only have they grown up together but they’ve also grown outwards and in the last 4 years they’ve put on a massive 8 stone between them. To find out why their weight is spiraling out of control Katie and Michael agree to surveillance cameras being rigged inside their home to monitor what they eat and in order to get the full picture they are also tracked outside the home by a crack PI team.
8. Allan and Emma
Aired 30 April 2014 • 44 min
Allan and Emma have been together for around four years but their weight gain has made them both determined to solve the mystery of the extra pounds once and for all.