BODYSHOCK: HALF TON SON

January 12th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Bodyshock

This Bodyshock Special follows 19-year-old Billy Robbins from Houston, Texas. Weighing 60 stone, and reported to be the world’s heaviest teenager, Billy has spent the past three years living in a chair as his mother cooks for, cleans and feeds him. But Billy has now made the decision to turn his life around in the hope that one day he may be able to move out of his mother’s home. And after being fed up to 8,000 calories a day, Billy has to change his diet not only in order to gain his independence from his mother, but if he is to live into his twenties…

Monday 12 January 2009
10:00pm, Channel 4

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3 Responses to “BODYSHOCK: HALF TON SON”

1. gina hatcher says:

   January 12, 2009 at 11:19 am

   hi im gina im 15 years old and live in bexhill i think that you are not alone with your weight their are many people who weigh alot but you are brave in having to cope with it. althogh this documentury will show people the effects of over eating and will change life styles all over the world.
2. David Doran says:

   January 13, 2009 at 5:51 pm

   I watched it last night. He’s fat alright
3. Louise says:

   January 13, 2009 at 7:59 pm

   Gemma – don’t be so vindictive and childish, he has made a lot of mistakes and is paying the price. His mother has caused a lot of his problem and she needs to change more than anyone. I’m not overweight but I understand that a lot of people struggle with it. While we shouldn’t encourage obesity we should be mature enough not to swear and be nasty to people with problems.