The Duchess in Hull

Monday 19 May 2008 9:00pm - 10:00pm on ITV1.

The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, spends time with a family on one of the poorest council estates in the country for new ITV1 two part series, The Duchess in Hull.

Having been a spokesperson for Weight Watchers for ten years, The Duchess returns to the UK to tackle what she sees as an impending obesity problem in this country. The cameras follow The Duchess as she leaves her New York base and moves into a Bed and Breakfast next to a Hull council estate, becomes acquainted with life there and gets to know the Sargerson family to whom she offers an insight to her experiences and motivations.

Having been a spokesperson for Weight Watchers for 10 years, the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, spends returns to the UK to tackle what she sees as an impending obesity crisis in this country. The cameras follow the Duchess as she leaves her New York base, moves into a B & B next to a Hull council estate, becomes acquainted with life there, gets to know the family and offers an insight to her experiences and motivations.

Used to her busy diary of business and charity commitments, her lifestyle is clearly poles apart from her Hull hosts, but the Duchess has gone through – and recovered from – issues that affect many families.

She now plans to use her experiences of eating disorders, low self-esteem, family conflict, financial crisis, divorce and bereavement, to help one family improve their lifestyle on a long-term basis.