About this season
How to Look Good Naked is a television program, first aired on British Channel 4 in 2006, in which fashion stylist Gok Wan encourages women and men who are insecure with their bodies to strip nude for the camera. The programme is unique among other similar makeover shows in that it never encourages participants to undergo cosmetic surgery or lose weight. The US format premiered on Lifetime Television in 2008 with Carson Kressley hosting, it was the #1 Unscripted Show on the network at the time.
Episodes (9)
1. Margaret and Maria
Aired 29 September 2009 • 49 min
Gok transforms mum and daughter Margaret and Maria from Derbyshire. Can Gok help both women with their negative body issues, which they worry about passing down to Maria's two young daughters?
2. Claire
Aired 6 October 2009 • 49 min
Gok meets bride-to-be Claire from East Sussex. Claire's an air hostess, but she doesn't feel at all glamorous. Can Gok help this natural redhead feel ready to march down the aisle with confidence?
3. Sharon
Aired 13 October 2009 • 49 min
Gok meets Sharon from Derbyshire, a 52-year-old grandmother who runs a livery yard, and only feels comfortable with her body when out with her horses, dressed in her scruffy, baggy clothing.
4. Karen
Aired 20 October 2009 • 49 min
Gok meets 37-year-old Karen, who might be super confident in her job as a paramedic, but is very insecure when it comes to her body. And her hang-ups are affecting her love life.
5. Jane
Aired 27 October 2009 • 48 min
Gok meets Jane from Birkenhead who lost her curvy hourglass figure after having kids, and isn't happy about it. And Gok shows the lads of Bromsgrove Rugby Club how to improve their pants.
6. Kelly (Revisited)
Aired 3 November 2009 • 49 min
Gok revisits Kelly whose breast cancer had previously shattered her self-esteem. Now Kelly is an ambassador for a leading breast cancer charity. And a married woman too.
7. Rachel (Revisited)
Aired 10 November 2009 • 48 min
Gok revisits Rachel in Doncaster, and discovers that the nurse who once hated her figure is now a changed woman, and has not only taken control of her own wardrobe, but her friends' too!
8. Claire (Revisited)
Aired 17 November 2009 • 49 min
Gok revisits Claire Osgood to see if the former beauty queen is still in love with her big boobs. As a test, Gok sends Claire to get trained up for her very own burlesque show.
9. Sexy Over 60
Aired 23 November 2009 • 48 min
In a bid to make the women of the world over 60 see that they can still love their bodies, Gok meets 72-year-old Sue, who lost confidence when her husband died three years ago.