The Biggest Loser (British TV series)

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The Biggest Loser
Created byDave Broome
Presented by Vicki Butler-Henderson (2005–06)
Kate Garraway (2009)
Davina McCall (2011–12)
StarringMark Bailey (2005–06)
Angie Dowds (2005–11)
Richard Callender (2009–12)
Charlotte Ord (2012)
Rob Edmond(2012)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes80
Production
Production locations Stanford Hall (2005–12)
The London Studios (2011)
The Maidstone Studios (2012)
Running time60–90 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company Shine TV
Original release
Network LivingTV (2005–06)
ITV (2009–12)
Release6 October 2005 (2005-10-06) 
13 March 2012 (2012-03-13)
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The Biggest Loser

The Biggest Loser is a British reality television show that began airing on Sky Living from 2005 to 2006, before moving to ITV in 2009 and finished in 2012. Most recently hosted by Davina McCall, the show is a spin-off of the American reality television show of the same name.

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The show originally featured Angie Dowds and Mark Bailey as the personal trainers, with Richard Callender replacing Bailey from series 3. After Dowds died in 2011, [1] she was replaced by Charlotte Ord and Rob "The Killer" Edmond for the fifth series.[ citation needed ]

The first two series of the show were hosted by Vicki Butler-Henderson on Living TV. The show then moved to ITV, where the third series was hosted by Kate Garraway, and the fourth and fifth by Davina McCall.

In September 2012, it was announced that the show would be cancelled, with no further series planned. [2]

Format

The basic format of the show is that overweight contestants compete to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of their starting body weight.

In its first two series, it was an individual competition, although the contestants trained together in teams, and immunity from elimination was initially based on team competitions. The "red team" was trained by Angie Dowds, who adopted a hard no-nonsense approach. The "blue team" was trained by Mark Bailey, who trained with a more nurturing approach.

The third series switched to a new "couples" format, where eight pairs of friends, relatives or colleagues started together for the first 5 weeks, before splitting into a "black team", trained by Dowds, and a "blue team", trained by Richard Callender, [3] and started competing against each other, as in the first two series. [4]

In the first two series, the winner received £25,000 in cash. In the third series the prize was reduced to £10,000, but reverted to £25,000 for the fourth series. [5]

Series overview

SeriesStartFinishWinnerWeight loss at finalPresenterTrainers
1 6 October 200515 December 2005Aaron Howlett211 pounds (95 kg /15 st 1 lb) Vicki Butler-Henderson Mark Bailey
Angie Dowds
2 11 October 200627 December 2006 Jodie Prenger 119 pounds (54 kg/8 st 7 lb)
3 27 April 200919 June 2009Kevin Sage132 pounds (60 kg/9 st 6 lb) Kate Garraway Richard Callender
Angie Dowds
4 10 January 201128 February 2011Wil Graham119 pounds (54 kg/8 st 7 lb) Davina McCall
5 3 January 201213 March 2012Kevin McLernon [6] 180 pounds (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)Richard Callender
Charlotte Ord
Rob Edmond

Locations

The first few weeks of the competition were recorded at Stanford Hall, Leicestershire (known as "The Biggest Loser House"). For one week, all the contestants travelled to the USA. The final was pre-recorded at The London Studios in 2011 and The Maidstone Studios in 2012.

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