EAT YOURSELF HEALTHY: JAMIE OLIVER RETURNS TO CHANNEL 4 WITH NEW SERIES

Jamie Oliver is returning to Channel 4 later this year with brand new series Jamie: Eat Yourself Healthy.

The 5x60' series will see the celebrity chef offer viewers simple yet delicious meals to tackle health problems through food. Channel 4's Tim Hancock said: "Jamie is the best recipe-writer in the business, and now he’s turning his attention to one of the most important conversations of our time - how what we eat can transform our health."

Meanwhile, as one of the UK’s well-known dyslexics, Jamie Oliver will ask the Government whether more can be done to fix the education system in a powerful documentary for Channel 4.

In the hour-long show, Jamie will delve into some of the challenges and issues that are still faced by an estimated 870,000 children with dyslexia across Britain. These children, trapped by an archaic education system, need a level playing field to unlock their self-confidence and potential. 

Teachers, charities, parents and children want a Government intervention. They want an education system that stops children with dyslexia disengaging from education and the wider impact this can have. 

This is a documentary of hope. Despite struggling with dyslexia and leaving school with two GCSE’s, Jamie is an example of how we all learn and flourish differently. The programme will follow Jamie as he learns how our school system be reconfigured to celebrate diversity of thinking and what constitutes success, and he will campaign the government to make the changes needed.  

Jamie Oliver says, "It's no secret I struggled at school, but I was one of the lucky ones. I knew I wanted to be a chef, so I had somewhere to go, catering school, where I could thrive. The kitchen genuinely saved me. But not everyone is as lucky as me – what happens to those who don't know where to go? We can’t leave kids' futures up to luck. We need the education system to update, so everyone has the best possible chance in life.”

Tim Hancock, commissioning editor at Channel 4 says, “There’s surely no more powerful or effective campaigner in the UK than Jamie, and now he’s turning his expertise to a subject extremely close to his heart, and in dire need of his help. I’m thrilled that Channel 4 is following him back on the campaign trail, using his reputation to influence the social issues he thinks are most important in the country right now.”

More details on both titles will be announced in due course.