| Do You Want to Live Forever? | |
|---|---|
| Genre | factual television television documentary |
| Presented by |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Running time | 49-61 minutes |
| Production company | Lune Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 17 June (2024-06-17) – 8 July 2024 (2024-07-08) |
Do You Want to Live Forever? is an Australian medical documentary series on the Nine Network, which debuted on 17 June 2024.
Summary
Do You Want to Live Forever? was announced at Nine's upfronts in September 2023, and is hosted by journalist Tracy Grimshaw, who was announced to host in January 2024 and medical expert Dr Nick Coatsworth. The series follows four pairs of everyday Australians undergoing medically supervised trials alongside interventions for health to reduce their biological age and provides clues to help people to live longer.
The series is a four-part series and is produced by Lune Media, with Ashley Davies, David Galloway and Leonie Lowe as executive producers.
Participants
| Names | Notability/job | Ages | Beginning biological ages | Final biological ages | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza and Liberty Paschke | Former contestants from The Block. | 38 35 |
42 33 |
34 29 |
Victoria |
| Duncan Armstrong Tom Bruce |
Former Olympic swimmer Construction manager |
55 32 |
62 38 |
56 28 |
Queensland New South Wales |
| Luke Williamson Taylor Hague |
Construction worker Hair salon owner |
28 | 31 35 |
27 | Victoria |
| Enver Scott Eliana Scott |
Family man Regional manager for a makeup and skincare company |
51 57 |
61 68 |
51 56 |
New South Wales |
Release
Do You Want to Live Forever? debuted on the Nine Network on 17 June 2024, and the finale aired on 8 July 2024.
Ratings
| Ep no. | Air date | Timeslot | National reach viewers (millions) |
National total viewers (millions) |
Night rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 June 2024 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1.726 | 0.728 | 3 | |
| 2 | 24 June 2024 | 1.497 | 0.676 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 July 2024 | 1.553 | 0.637 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 8 July 2024 | 1.607 | 0.649 | 4 |
References
- "Nine Upfront 2024: Dr Nick Coatsworth hosts Do You Want to Live Forever?". Mediaweek. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ Knox, David (19 January 2024). "Tracy Grimshaw joins Do You Want to Live Forever? New 60 Minutes reporters on Nine". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
A second project for Grimshaw is expected to be revealed later. Walkley-winning Tracy Grimshaw joins medical expert Dr Nick Coatsworth in Do You Want to Live Forever?
- Knox, David (3 June 2024). "Do You Want to Live Forever?: promo". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- Douglas, Nicole (5 June 2024). "Meet the pairs exploring the quest for longer life on Do You Want To Live Forever?". nine.com.au. Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- McLaughlin, Chelsea (14 July 2024). "Before and after: All the Do You Want To Live Forever? participants' final 'biological age' results". nine.com.au. Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ McManus, Bridget (15 June 2024). "Can 12 weeks change your life? An Olympian and his son are put to the test". Culture. The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
Do You Want To Live Forever? premieres on Monday, June 17, at 7.30pm on Nine, which is the owner of this masterhead.
- Knox, David (8 July 2024). "Do You Want to Live Forever?: July 8". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- Knox, David (18 June 2024). "Monday 17 June 2024". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- Knox, David (25 June 2024). "Monday 24 June 2024". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- Knox, David (2 July 2024). "Monday 1 July 2024". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- Knox, David (9 July 2024). "Monday 8 July 2024". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 July 2024.