ITV Documentaries

A look at how five individuals have shed over 100 stone between them through drastic measures - but is there a price to pay for their success? Colin was nearly 60 stone, but following an operation has dramatically lost weight. Nevertheless, some gruelling surgery was necessary to remove the excess skin left behind. Michelle has gone from 25 to 10 stone and dreams of a Barbie body but like Colin has taken the surgery route. Charlie lost 35 stone the hard way, through diet and exercise, but keeping it off is a huge struggle.

At the end of 2007, former TV newsreader Ed Mitchell was discovered sleeping rough on a bench on the south coast - his life ruined by alcoholism and crippling personal debt. The resulting media coverage led his friend and former colleague Carol Barnes to seek out Ed on his bench and learn what had led him to such a spectacular fall from grace - a journey which was covered in the January 2008 ITV documentary: Saving Ed Mitchell. One year on, Ed Mitchell: What Happened Next? follows Ed's struggle back from the brink as he faces up to the reality of what his drinking has done to his family and comes to terms with Carol's death. The programme returns to Ed's story in Janaury 2008, following a month of free rehab at the priory - offered after revelations about his addiction appeared in the press.

Celebrities mark 25 years since the release of This is Spinal Tap.

‘INSIDE MI5: The Real Spooks’ is a brand new programme for ITV1 on the real story of MI5. MI5 was an organisation so secret that for decades, it didn’t officially exist. Television fiction has highlighted and glamorised the work of the organisation for years, but this documentary reveals the story of the real life drama of Britain’s Security Service.

This nostalgic special reminds us of some of the big stars who’ve graced the cobbles of Coronation Street over the past 49 years. They range from established names – such as Sir Ian McKellen, Maureen Lipman, Status Quo and Peter Kay – to those, such as Kevin Whately, Zoe Lucker, Sir Ben Kingsley and Spice Girl Mel B – whose big break was yet to come.