The World's Best Diet: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This two-part series sends an assortment of weight-challenged celebrities on a global journey of discovery, visiting countries whose populations are significantly slimmer and healthier than many of us Brits – and trying their diets for themselves.

Darren Gough heads to Italy, Cheryl Baker to India, Carole Malone to California and Linda Robson to Japan – while Jonathan Maitland, warned that he has 50 per cent more body fat than he should, gets the short straw by staying at home and sampling the snack-free, three-square-meals-a-day regime of Britain's immediate post-war years.

Series details

• Title: The World's Best Diet
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2009-06-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-06-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 35473

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2009-06-23; final listed air date 2009-06-30; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

Adapted from The World's Best Diet on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.