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ITV brought out The Truth About Size Zero earlier this year, so what does Channel 4 do? Thats right, try to top it by making a more extreme version. They make it two people instead of one, both of whom start at size 12, not 8, and try to get down to a UK 2, not a 4. Thats 5 whole dress sizes in total, and 3 more than ITV. Then of course there is the obvious parody-title of a much more famous documentary. Leaching off other shows success when it really isn't in the same league at all.
The two "journalists" used weren't exactly good choices. One managed to do a good job of demonstrating the damage that could be done to general health and relationships by extreme dieting, but the other just seemed too involved in losing weight and looked a tad crazy at times, not exactly proffessional.
Though they started out by saying they did not want to give people ideas on losing weight, this really does seem like a how-to guide for crash dieters. It really isn't that worth watching if you've already seen the ITV show. Lets just hope the BBC and Five stay away from making something exactly the same..
5/10
