Embarrassing Bodies

A one-hour TV programme broadcast in the UK that assesses patients getting treatment and advice for medical issues which they either found too embarrassing to see their GPs about, or were too unusual or obscure for their GPs to diagnose.

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Presented by Dr Dawn Harper, of Embarrassing Bodies fame, she examines whether the McConnons' weight issues are due to a family history of obesity.

The gene busters; We love BEST TV

Yep, Embarrassing Bodies is back for another embarrassing series.

Pull up a stool

Embarrassing Bodies (Channel 4, 9pm) YOU have to be a brave soul to watch Embarrassing Bodies.

Ready for a check-up? Real life

A GROUP of firefighters from Coventry got their kit off to appear on Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies.

Firefighters get kit off on TV show

Embarrassing Old Bodies (9.00pm) The doctors from the Embarrassing Bodies series examine the ailments that affect older people, and explore revolutionary new treatments.

Pick of the day

Maverick TV's Embarrassing Bodies and ITV Central weather presenter Lucy Kite have both made it to the shortlist for the Royal Television Society Midlands Centre's 2009 Awards.

Bodies and presenter in line for top television awards

Men and women had to bare all on Channel 4 show Embarrassing Bodies to reveal what bothered them most about themselves.

A PLASTIC EXPLOSION; TV show triggers surge of interest in nip and tucks

DOCTORS Christian Jessen, Dawn Harper and Pixie McKenna, plus the rest of the Embarrassing Illnesses team, get a new four-part special stripped across the week in Embarrassing Bodies (Channel 4, Monday to Thursday).

tv & soaps: Gruesome... but gripping

embarrassing bodies: live from the clinic c4 8pm Doctors Christian Jessen (left) and Dawn Harper open their out-of-hours clinic for business, and a group of men are in the studio for an, ahem, live testicle check.

3TO SEE

THE makers of Embarrassing Bodies and Bizarre Animal ER are opening an animal weight clinic in Warwickshire.

Pet slimmers

Embarrassing Bodies (Channel 4, 9pm) THE series is drawing to a close and in a few weeks' time, viewers up and down the country will be able to munch on their after-dinner snacks, safe in the knowledge that some ungodly ailment is not about to pop up on the screen and put them off their treat in an instant.

Dr Christian saves the best until last; Health

BirminghamTVcompanyMaverickhas pickedup the firstBAFTAfor Interactivity for their website Embarrassing Bodies Online.