In the first episode of this 6-part series, Tom recruits 11 like-minded volunteers from Gloucester, the city he grew up in, to join him on his weight loss and fitness challenge. He believes that teamwork is one of the main ingredients for success. Like Tom, the volunteers have personal reasons why they want to get in shape and goals they want to work towards. But beyond that, they are in the dark, so Tom calls everyone together at the sports faculty of a local university to reveal what they’ve signed up to.