Seven produces obesity doco for BBC3

Seven’s UK production arm 7 Wonder has landed a commission to produce Obesity:  The Post Mortem for BBC3.

With almost three quarters of British adults likely to be overweight or obese in less than 20 years, the one hour doco will see pathologist Dr. Mike Osborn and Assistant Pathology Technician Carla Valentine perform a televised autopsy on a female donor who weighed nearly 17 stone.

This specialist team will open up the body of the donor to discover exactly what excess fat can do to human organs.

Damian Kavanagh, Controller, BBC Three, says; “Obesity and body image are two issues we know resonate with young people, but the debate is often framed by what’s on the outside. Post Mortem dissects what’s happening to our bodies on the inside in unflinching detail.”