Holding Back the Years

Original version

BBC One West Midlands

Factual

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

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.

BBC Two

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

BBC One London

London

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

BBC One North West

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One Oxfordshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Wales

Wales

Simulcast of network BBC Two in high definition.

BBC Two HD

BBC Two England

England

Until 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales (analogue) was known simply as BBC Two Wales. BBC Two Wales (digital) was BBC 2W. From 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales schedules on both analogue and digital became identical

BBC Two Wales

Simulcast of BBC Two Wales in high definition

BBC Two Wales HD

Simulcast of BBC Two Northern Ireland in high definition

BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

BBC Two Northern Ireland

Fiona Phillips

Rangan Chatterjee

Paul Connolly

Austen Irwin

Rosaleen Kane

Holding Back the Years: Series 3: Episode 5

holding-back-the-years_e05_1118_annlaugh-mckelvey.jpg

Episode 5

Series 3

BBC One - Holding Back the Years, Series 3, Episode 5

What life expectancy lessons can be learned from Japan?

Exploring concerns about ageing. This edition comes from Coventry. What lessons can be learned from Japan, the country with the longest life expectancy in the world?

Fiona Phillips and Dr Rangan Chatterjee present a series designed to help people to live longer while increasing the quality of their lives.

This edition comes from Coventry, and asks - with the NHS moving towards rationing more surgery for chronic conditions, is having an operation a right? We meet the OAP hoarders who are being threatened with eviction, and what lessons can we learn from the country with the longest life expectancy in the world - Japan?

Holding Back the Years: Series 3

BBC One

Lifestyle magazine show looking at how to stay well, live longer and be healthy

Fiona Phillips and Dr Rangan Chatterjee present the around UK show designed to help save your time, your money and your health.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Holding Back the Years

Series 3

Episode 5

Contributors

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC One West Midlands

About BBC One