| Runtime: | 60 mins |
| Creator: | betty tv |
| Presenter: | Natalie Savona Benjamin Fry Pixie McKenna Stephen Briers |
| Narrated: | Jill Halfpenny (series 1) Sharon Horgan (series 2) |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Network: | BBC Three |
| Num Episodes: | 24 |
Freaky Eaters is a British factual television programme produced by independent television production company betty for BBC Three. Broadcast dates were February–March 2007 (Series 1),[1] February–April 2008 (Series 2),[2] and February–April 2009 (Series 3).[3] Series 1 was narrated by the actress Jill Halfpenny and Series 2 by Sharon Horgan.
Each episode focuses on an individual with some form of eating disorder, often a selective eating disorder (an extremely restricted diet, often to the point of avoiding entire food groups), or food neophobia.
With the help of a team of specialist experts, techniques are employed to help the person overcome their eating problems and develop more healthy diets.
In Series 1, the specialist experts were nutritionist Natalie Savona and psychological coach Benjamin Fry. In Series 2 psychologist Dr. Stephen Briers took over from Benjamin Fry. In Series 3, Charlotte Watts took over as nutritionist and Felix Economakis as the psychological coach. Dr. Pixie McKenna adopted the role of programme doctor across all three series.
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The show was cancelled by the BBC in April 2010. On the Richard Bacon BBC Radio 5 Live show in December 2010, Harry Hill, who had regularly lampooned Freaky Eaters on Harry Hill's TV Burp, stated he had been told by a producer of Freaky Eaters that his coverage of the show was the reason it had been commissioned for a second and third series.[5]
Freaky Eaters spawned an American version that aired on TLC[6] from September 2010 to June 2011.