Documentary

Holding Back the Years

Holding Back the Years is a series looking at the experiences of growing older in Britain today, and how they've changed over the decades. Each episode sees a different 60 plus year old celebrity explore a particular aspect of getting old that interests and affects them most – from relationships and family to health and wellbeing, pensions and money, to simply looking in the mirror and seeing a ‘new' old you. Through meeting inspirational characters, unearthing long lost archive clips and visiting places that do amazing work helping the elderly, the series seeks to take an uplifting, look at a subject often ignored, while offering fantastic takeout for viewers of all ages.

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Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Holding Back the Years

First Air Date

March 27, 2017

Last Air Date

March 27, 2017

Seasons

1

Episodes

1

Language

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Production Companies

Networks

BBC One

S01E01

Maureen Lipman

In this edition, Maureen Lipman returns to her home town of Hull to meet people who have found different ways to stay social and avoid loneliness in later years. She hears stories of triumph and tragedy from regulars at a local bingo hall and listens to the highly vocal opinions of customers and volunteers alike at the Royal Voluntary Service club. Maureen witnesses the dramatic difference made to peoples' lives by a kennels that specialises in offering dogs to older people and also meets men who have found companionship in their supersized shed. Finally, she encounters a group who have put the social into learning, and asks a couple their secret after a marriage lasting over 60 years.

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