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The sinister life coaching company that takes over your life. Catrin Nye investigates.

The sinister life coaching company that takes over your life. Catrin Nye investigates. As the story hots up, they fight back, and there's a surreal final showdown.

The sinister life coaching company that takes over your life. Catrin Nye investigates. 

In early 2019 Jeffrey Leigh-Jones from Portsmouth got a life coach. Someone to mentor him in life and help him realise his business ambitions.  

Two years later, Jeff had sold his house, his relationship was in pieces, and he had handed over tens of thousands of pounds. And he wasn't the only one. In this eighteen-month investigation for the BBC, journalist Catrin Nye and her team expose control, intimidation and fear at a mysterious life coaching company taking over people's lives and ripping families apart.   

As the investigation hots up, the group fights back, and there's a surreal final showdown.

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Who exactly is the adored leader of Lighthouse, Paul Waugh?

Investigating founder Paul Waugh, the brilliant successful businessman, who controls everything at Lighthouse.

To understand Lighthouse, Catrin needs to try and understand Paul Waugh. She delves into his past to investigate his claims of incredible wealth, high profile business connections, and a difficult childhood.  

What happens when a life coach takes over your life? Catrin Nye and her team expose control, intimidation and fear at a sinister life coaching company. 

Reporter: Catrin Nye 
Written by: Jamie Bartlett and Catrin Nye 
Producers: Osman Iqbal, Natalie Truswell, Ed Main & Jo Adnitt 
Researcher: Aisha Doherty 
Executive Producer: Ravin Sampat 
Sound Mixing: James Bradshaw 
Original Music by: Phil Channell 
Commissioner: Rhian Roberts 

Archive clips: Unleashing the Power Within - An Owner's Manual for the Brain (Robbins Research Institute); Zig Ziglar - Changing the Picture (Zig Ziglar Corporation); Harvey Mackay: Best-Selling Author & Entrepreneur (Eagles Talent); The Oprah Winfrey Show 1993 (Harpo Productions); The Oprah Winfrey Show 1988 (Harpo Productions); The Oprah Winfrey Show 1996 (Harpo Productions).

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