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on BBC Two England

... of documentary
A series of films portraying issues, institutions and individuals. Health Farm
The wealthy Hendon housewife who has to lose weight so that she can have her eyes lifted; an ex-WRAF officer in a last-ditch bid to shed six pounds so that she can squeeze into her wedding dress; a professional gambler, too heavy for the scales, who has to be taken to the weighbridge of the local quarry for his weigh-in-these are three of the inmates of Henlow Grange with everything to lose and nothing to gain. After a week of hot wax baths, the high pressure hydro, and the infamous G5 (known in the trade as the 'Black and Decker') — the trio, along with 30 others booked in for the week, can assess whether the creation of a new slim svelte self was worth all that had to be endured down on the farm.
Film cameraman ALEX HANSEN Film recordist JOHN PRITCHARD Film editor JURIS EKSTS
Executive producer ROGER MILLS Director MARK CHAPMAN
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Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Hansen
Unknown:
John Pritchard
Editor:
Juris Eksts
Producer:
Roger Mills
Director:
Mark Chapman

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