Joe Wicks: A Life Through Food, through lockdown
The Food Programme
BBC
4.4 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
When Joe Wicks, the personal trainer, started making Instagram videos in his kitchen in 2014, he couldn't have imagined he'd become author of the second biggest selling UK cookbook of all time. He built a social media brand with millions of followers, nay disciples, on Instagram and YouTube who came for the quick healthy recipes and online fitness workouts.
And then, just as he was about to embark on a tour of UK primary schools, the Coronavirus pandemic swept the world and the UK. We were told to stay at home. Schools closed. Overnight, Joe came up with an idea. What if he could keep P.E lessons running from people's front rooms?
In this programme Sheila catches up with 'The Body Coach' to hear how the huge spotlight on him during lockdown has affected him and his family. And there's a chance to listen again to what happened when Sheila and Joe cooked together in 2019.
Presented by Sheila Dillon. Produced by Clare Salisbury.
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| 0:56.0 | Well, that was hard work. It's funny to think that in living rooms all around the country, all around the world, people are reaching for their water bottles and warming down, just like me. |
| 1:09.0 | And all because of this man. |
| 1:11.0 | Here we go. |
| 1:12.0 | In three, two, one. |
| 1:15.0 | Good morning everybody and welcome back to PE with Joe. |
| 1:19.0 | I'm joined by my wife Mrs. Witt and my little daughter, |
| 1:24.2 | indeed. |
| 1:25.2 | Wren, what are you doing? |
| 1:27.8 | I'm doing Power, but me do. |
| 1:30.0 | Got us again. |
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