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Holding Back the Years

Series 1

Episode 4: Arlene Phillips

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Five much-loved celebrities get to the bottom of the key ageing concerns that affect the public.

Arlene Phillips returns to her home city of Manchester to meet people who are determined to live life to the full whatever their age. For them, holding back the years means being heard, being seen and being fabulous. Arlene tries indoor skydiving with the 'Growing Old Disgracefully' ladies who say yes to almost anything. She goes into the operating theatre of one of Cheshire's leading cosmetic surgeons and meets a patient in her 60s considering going under the knife for the umpteenth time. Plus she talks to 71-year-old Jenny-Anne Bishop OBE, a transgender woman who left it late in life to make the full transition. Finally, Arlene retraces her steps to when she first moved to London and meets businesswoman Debbie Moore to hear how, even in her 70s, she defies ageism as she heads the iconic Pineapple Dance Studios. Show less

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