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Holding Back the Years

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A look at how to stay well, live longer and be healthy - whatever age you are.

Hosted by Bill Turnbull, Fiona Phillips and Dr Rangan Chatterjee, Holding Back the Years looks at how to stay well, live longer and be healthy - whatever age you are.

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Holding Back the Years: Series 1

Arlene Phillips

Paul Connolly

Brian Stanley

Holding Back the Years: Series 1: Episode 4: Arlene Phillips

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Episode 4: Arlene Phillips

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Arlene Phillips meets those who are determined to live life to the full whatever their age

Well-known faces explore concerns about ageing. Arlene Phillips meets people who are determined to live life to the full whatever their age.

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.

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Five celebrities get to the bottom of key concerns related to ageing.

By meeting remarkable members of the public and using fascinating archive footage, five celebrities get to the bottom of key concerns related to ageing.

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