A contributor on the Channel 5 series Trading Places was rushed to hospital during the most recent episode, which aired on Sunday, May 24. The programme follows young people as they are removed from their familiar surroundings and immersed in radically different lifestyles.
In the episode, three 23-year-olds, Max and Luke, and 24-year-old Alan, spent a week with Carmelite friars at a secluded priory in Oxfordshire. They were tasked with a routine of silence, prayer, and physical labour, and later visited a soup kitchen run by Gary, where they helped prepare meals for the homeless.
When the trio returned the next day, they were met by Gary's wife, Yvonne, who informed them that Gary had been taken to hospital with chest pains. 'Today Gary's been rushed into hospital. He's been having some chest pains, we had to get the ambulance out to him,' she said.
The boys offered their support and helped Yvonne run the soup kitchen. Later, the programme's narrator provided an encouraging update: 'There's good news from the hospital. Gary's on the mend.' Max commented, 'Fingers crossed that Gary makes a recovery, but hopefully, yeah, we made him proud in the kitchen today.'
