Tuesday, October 29 at 9.30pm on LifeStyle YOU.
Foxtel’s Lifestyle Channel has had a lot of
success by recreating british formats in Australia and is hoping for more of
the same when Embarrassing Bodies Down Under
premieres later this month on Lifestyle YOU.
The 8 part series features Dr Christian
Jessen from the UK Version plus Australian GPs Dr Ginni Mansberg, Dr Sam Hay
and Dr Brad McKay.
Press Release
From inverted nipples
and ‘bingo wings’ to testicular cysts and anal warts, these are just some of
the issues faced by the everyday Australians featured on Embarrassing Bodies
Down Under, a new local production premiering Tuesday October 29 at 9.30pm AEDT
on LifeStyle YOU.
Following the same core
principal “there’s no shame, we’re all the same”, the local incarnation of this
daring and provocative health series will feature the charismatic Dr Christian
Jessen from the UK version, alongside three straight-talking Aussie GPs – Dr
Ginni Mansberg, Dr Sam Hay and Dr Brad McKay.
Together, these doctors
will tackle the obscure medical conditions of the Australian public in an
attempt to dispel myths surrounding these sensitive issues, while also
spreading important health messages.
Embarrassing Bodies Down
Under will showcase an array of highly embarrassed patients, young and old, who
suffer from visually shocking and personally mortifying conditions, and are all
desperate for some much needed medical attention.
In episode one, on
Tuesday October 29 at 9.30pm AEDT, viewers will meet a man suffering from
pilonidal sinus or “two bum holes”; a young woman with an abnormally
high-pitched voice; an older woman with excessive skin flaking; and a man whose
quest to be hair free has left him with multiple sebaceous cysts on his
scrotum.
The series will give an
intimate insight into not only the patient’s treatment, but also their attempts
to cope with the emotional and psychological impact of their illnesses.
