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Holding Back the Years Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

5 Episodes 2017 - 2017

Episode 1

Maureen Lipman

44 mins

Maureen Lipman visits her home town of Hull to meet people who've found ways of avoiding loneliness in later life. From a men's group who meet in a super-sized shed to kennels that offer dogs to older people.

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Episode 2

Angela Rippon

44 mins

Angela Rippon visits Devon, where she grew up, to examine different retirement options - from those who don't want to retire from work to those enjoying a new luxury retirement lifestyle.

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Episode 3

Ainsley Harriott

44 mins

Ainsley Harriott takes a ride around the area he grew up in, aboard a classic Routemaster bus driven by one of London's oldest bus drivers, to discover things to celebrate about getting old.

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Episode 4

Arlene Phillips

44 mins

Arlene Phillips returns to Manchester to meet people who are determined to live life to the full - whatever their age. From daredevil old ladies to a transgender woman who left it late in life to make the transition.

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Episode 5

Bill Turnbull

44 mins

Bill returns to Edinburgh, where he was a student, to explore health in later life. He meets the older people taking part in an unique experiment that could lead to the scientific advances of tomorrow.

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