Channel 4 announces 'The Shut-Ins'

Obesity is now one of the greatest public health crises sweeping the UK, with 2.5% of over 16’s now morbidly obese. But for some people it’s an issue that hits very close to home, as an increasingly large group of Brits are now unable to leave their homes due to their extreme weight gain. Many of them depend solely on their partners, parents or offspring to look after them, unable to take care of themselves sufficiently their family carers become a vital life-line and link to outside world. With lives on the brink The Shut-Ins will follow two such people and their loved ones, both of whom who are held hostage by a life devoted to food. Fixed rig cameras will be set up in their homes and a life-changing crack team including a GP, dietician, psychologist and bariatric surgeon will be enlisted to monitor both their relationships and their diets in a bid to turn everyone’s lives around.

Commissioned by: Alex Menzies

Executive producer: Dan Chambers

Production Company: Blink Films