Operation Transformation: Tears flow freely as a new series begins
With our emotions in a swirl, these conversations from the heart feel devastating
Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 11:00
Ed Power
Everything else has changed but Operation Transformation (RTÉ One, Thursday) remains reassuringly familiar. Once more five members of the public with concerns about their weight sign up for an intense slimming programme. And yet again the series, an RTÉ staple since the late Gerry Ryan helmed the first season in 2008, proves its worth as it delves into the often painful backstories that have brought these strangers into our livings rooms.
Tears flow freely in the first episode. Hazel Hartigan from Limerick emotively recalls the deaths, several years apart, of her twin daughters. Sharon Gaffney from Drimnagh in Dublin speaks frankly about the end of her marriage and the esteem issues suffered by her 14 year-old daughter.