
The BBC’s popular cookery stars the Hairy Bikers are carrying their audience into the bookshops. Their latest book, a spin-off from their new series The Hairy Dieters, has become a bestseller.
The new series follows a change of lifestyle for the Bikers, Si King and Dave Myers, as they attempt to shed the excess weight accrued during their gourmet years. It seems to have struck a chord with their following. The book has sold 150,000 copies in the first two weeks since publication.
Amazon has been inundated with orders for the book. "The appeal of the Hairy Bikers seems to lie in their no-nonsense approach to weight loss," Darren Hardy,...