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Rob Lawrie follows the unlikely strippers as they prepare to do a full Monty in front of a huge live audience. They are nervous, but not half as nervous as their wives, who鈥檝e had to live with the preparations for weeks now. The event is being staged to raise money for a local disabled boy who has a better chance of life if his family can relocate to a warmer climate.

Hudson Binks is four years old and has brittle bone disease. His parents, Claire and Ben, fear that their new six-month-old baby, Benny-Ivar, might also have the same condition. Their doctor has told them that a warmed climate might help as Hudson prepares for school and they want the money to help them move from Wakefield. Their friends have rallied round in a fund raising effort and that's how the idea of performing a strip show was born.

Preparations for the full Monty have been going on for weeks, coordinated by Phil Hoban, who also heads a Leeds based online predator hunter group. Rob Lawrie met him a couple of years ago when he recorded an Untold on the group鈥檚 activities. With the strip act in go mode, Rob joins 鈥楤ig Phil鈥� and the others taking to the stage, 鈥楲ittle Phil,鈥� 鈥楰arl,鈥� 鈥楤arman Matty, and Hudson鈥檚 Dad, Ben.

Their act is being choregraphed by 53 year old Portia, who says the men are going to need a lot more practise if they鈥檝e any hope of succeeding: 鈥淭hey look like a bunch of street alley cats fighting when we first started and controlling their egos has been the hardest part of my job so far!鈥�

Presented by Rob Lawrie
Produced by Sue Mitchell