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''Trinny & Susannah Undress the Nation'' is a British reality fashion-themed television documentary series on ITV featuring fashion advisors Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine. The newly formatted series, stemming from ''Trinny & Susannah Undress...'', began to air on ITV on 7 November 2007, and explores some of the major fashion problems in Britain.〔"(Trinny and Susannah: The interview )" — myparkmag.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2007.〕 Numerous eye-catching stunts were filmed for the first series of the show in order to emphasise the points raised by Trinny and Susannah. One stunt included Susannah Constantine being transformed into a 70-year-old to look at how people dress for their age. Breasts, bras and uniforms were also some of the themes investigated during the first series. ==History== The first series of ''Trinny and Susannah Undress the Nation'', which consisted of five episodes, started to air on 7 November 2007.〔"(The shape of things to come )" — belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2007.〕〔"(ITV1 Undress the Nation )" — merrymedia.com. Retrieved 5 August 2007.〕 The first episode gained high viewing figures of 5.35 million,〔"(Barb weekly Viewing Summary. (Click on w.e 11/11/07) )" — barb.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2007.〕 becoming the most-watched programme in its timeslot.〔"(Trinny and Susannah top off ratings )" — guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2007.〕 The first episode, which featured breasts and bras, prompted numerous complaints to ITV when scenes of topless women were broadcast before the 9pm watershed.〔"(What not to bare: backlash over toplessness on Trinny and Susannah show )" — dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2008.〕 An ITV spokesman commented "The context of this programme fully justified the use of footage of women topless and in bras. The presenters were pursuing a serious subject in an engaging and entertaining way."〔 The new show aims to tackle some of the main fashion problems in Britain, where ITV filmed numerous stunts to be broadcast on the programme to promote Trinny and Susannah's points. Some of the stunts included Susannah being transformed into a 70-year-old to look at how people dress according to their age,〔"(Susannah undressed: TV host ages 25 years and strips to reveal the startling results )" — dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2007.〕 and Trinny and Susannah accomplishing a redesign of the supermarket Somerfield's uniform in just two weeks. Somerfield's bosses later decided not to use the newly styled uniform after it had been deemed too impractical.〔"(Trinny and Susannah's 'too fussy' uniform is ditched by supermarket Somerfield )" — dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2008.〕 The themes covered during the first series included breasts and bras, men, shape, age and uniforms.〔"(''Trinny & Susannah Undress'' )" — itv.com. Retrieved 5 August 2007.〕〔"(God's gift to women )" — guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2007.〕 Constantine stated "it is putting a microscope on certain areas that affect us all."〔 The scene filmed for ''Undress The Nation'' on 2 July 2007 generated some controversy. The culmination of the programme involved Trinny, Susannah and 100 women giving the East Sussex chalk figure, the Long Man of Wilmington, a temporary female form by adding pigtails, breasts and hips. The women created the effect by lying down in white boiler suits to make different shapes.〔"(Dance tutor defends role in Long Man Sex change )" — sussexexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2007.〕 The hillside chalk carving was not permanently changed or affected. However the scene prompted twenty-two Neo-Pagans to protest at the historical site during filming. The Long Man is claimed as "sacred" by the Council of British Druid Orders, who said the "stunt" would "dishonour an ancient Pagan site of worship".〔"(Pagans object to Long Man filming )" — news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2007.〕 A statement made by ITV stated that they were given permission for the event by Sussex Archaeological Society and that they took "the utmost care ... to protect this historical site".〔"('We won't wear it' - Pagans Furious with Trinny and Susannah )" — independent.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2007.〕 The owners, Sussex Archaeological Society, later apologised for any offence caused to any "individuals or groups" by the filming.〔"(Apology to Pagans over Long Man stunt )" — sussexexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2007.〕 An e-petition demanding that the broadcast be stopped attracted 782 signatures. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trinny & Susannah Undress the Nation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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