8.6 /10 2 Votes
Created by Jamie-Lee Ingram Country of origin United Kingdom No. of seasons 3 Network E4 Program creator Jamie-Lee Ingram | 7.3/10 Opening theme Chris Lewis Original language(s) English First episode date 23 June 2015 Genre Reality television | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Jay Hutton
Steven Porter
Louisa Hopper
Paisley Billings
Alice Perrin Nominations National Television Award for Most Popular Factual Entertainment Programme Similar Virtually Famous, Celebs Go Dating, Gogglebox, Naked Attraction, First Dates Profiles |
Tattoo Fixers is a British reality television series based in Hackney in London, broadcast on E4, from 23 June 2015. The series follows helping members of public cover up some of the rudest and crudest tattoos. The original cast included Jay Hutton, Steven Porter, Lou Hopper and Paisley Billings. For the second series, Hopper was replaced by Alice Perrin. As of January 2017, 31 episodes have been broadcast, airing three series.
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History
On 12 February 2015, Digital Spy announced that television channel, E4, would be commissioning a nine-part documentary series; The Tattoo Fixers. However, it was later shortened to Tattoo Fixers. The series follows the same format as the American show Tattoo Nightmares.
Broadcast
In Australia, the series premiered on GO! on 2 September 2015.
Spin-offs
In 2016, Channel 4 announced the commission of two Tattoo Fixers spin-offs. Tattoo Fixers On Holiday will be similar to the parent series but with a focus on tattoos picked up on holidays abroad, whilst Body Fixers will look at non-tattoo cosmetic alterations such as body piercing, hair dye and botox. Casting calls for Body Fixers began to appear after episodes of Tattoo Fixers from February 2016 and the series began on 13 September 2016.