The Big Experiment - First Episode

Being male comes with a lot of expectations, and you don't believe or even think of those...

– Transgender male Lincoln talks to Adele about what he's noticed since living as a man

I enjoy a challenge. From an actor's point of view, this is probably going to be the hardest thing I'll ever be asked to do.

– Builder and part-time actor Danny is feeling positive at the very start of the process

This is probably the one thing in my life that I've ever done that I've wanted so much more than anything to just go 'nah, OK, time out, I'm done...'

– Danny is dreading his public outing presenting as a woman

I think the emotion was feeling guilty of being sort of rude or horrible, and being the sleazy car salesman and trying to pick a girl up was like "oh, this is horrible"..

– Adele digests her first roleplay as Adrian

My friend is in a wheelchair and one day when I was wheeling about,I really noticed people treated me a little differently and asked lots of personal questions. It grew from there really — then we went a little crazy and thought 'what about changing someone's skin?'

– Director Charlotte Purdy on the inspiration for The Big Experiment, The Evening Post (TV Week liftout), 23 August 2005

Some of them had a really tough time, but most found it quite profound. Our woman-to-man couldn't shake her new inner man and found it tough afterward. Our blind girl had an incredible experience and now works as a volunteer.

– Director Charlotte Purdy on what happened to participants after the documentary, The Evening Post (TV Week liftout), 23 August 2005