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  • Channel 4

How to Look Good Naked

  • 2008 – 2010
  • Ended
  • Reality · Documentary
  • ~1h / ep
  • 7 seasons
  • 7.0/10

How to Look Good Naked is a television program, first aired on British Channel 4 in 2006, in which fashion stylist Gok Wan encourages women and men who are insecure with their bodies to strip nude for the camera. The programme is unique among other similar makeover shows in that it never encourages participants to undergo cosmetic surgery or lose weight. The US format premiered on Lifetime Television in 2008 with Carson Kressley hosting, it was the #1 Unscripted Show on the network at the time.

Latest: Season 7 · 2010

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  1. E1. Simon

    Jul 14, 2010 · 60m

    Fashion guru Gok Wan is back, continuing his mission to bring body confidence and top style to the people of Britain. The new run kicks off with a series first, as Gok gets his hands on social recluse Simon Wainwright and undertakes his first ever male makeover. Thirty-five-year-old Simon was diagnosed with Sheuermann's Disorder, a curvature of the spine when he was 14, and in March 2008 he underwent life changing surgery to correct the 96 degree curve. But what should have been the start of a new confident life actually made his self-esteem crash to zero when Simon became repulsed by his new body.

  2. E2. Adele

    Jul 21, 2010 · 60m

    Most middle-aged women want to look the way they did when they were in their 20s. But the gospel according to St Gok is that our bodies change and we need to change our hearts and minds along with it. "Face up to the fact you have a real woman's body and learn to love it," Gok tells weepy Adele, who at 40 thinks she's gone to pot since she gave up figure skating. Clever styling, some serious underwear and a lot more tears later, there's been a monumental transformation. Adele's gone from someone stuck in the 80s (and not in a good way) into someone modern, glamorous and confident.

  3. E3. Charlotte

    Jul 28, 2010 · 60m

    A 34-year-old mother of one who gained six stone in weight after undergoing major spinal surgery, and was unable to walk for nine months following the operation, receives a confidence boost from Gok Wan. Plus, midwives from Manchester strip down for a girls' night out naked photo-shoot.

  4. E4. Elanda

    Aug 4, 2010 · 60m

    Elanda's self esteem hit the wall when the 52-year-old fitness fanatic saw an unflattering picture of herself. Now she lacks the confidence to apply for jobs and her wedding to fiancé Paul is approaching. Could she be Gok Wan's greatest naked catwalk challenge? Plus Nikki and Tash try to raise backing for an advertising campaign featuring a disabled model.

  5. E5. April

    Aug 11, 2010 · 60m

    A mother and part-time ballet dancer, 38-year-old April Jewes is convinced her slim, toned dancer's body is anything but womanly, and the recent death of her mother has brought her insecurities to a head. Gok sets out to liberate April from her layers of woollies, but will she be brave enough to hit the catwalk in the role of a major Hollywood icon?

  6. E6. Ruth

    Aug 18, 2010 · 60m

    A 44-year-old mother of four who thinks she looks like a man because of her shape and height, receives help from Gok Wan. At 5ft 10, and already a grandmother, she has lost all confidence and hides her body under maternity-style clothes. Plus, Gok and Shona visit a school in Guildford, Surrey, as they continue campaigning to get body confidence taught on the national curriculum.

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