PREVIEW

A kickboxer proved he had balls of steel after becoming the first person in the UK to pull a car - using just his testicles.
John Stephenson tugged the two-tonne Seat Leon a full 50m using just his raw manpower.
And, to add to the show, 50-year-old John munched on a bag of nuts while completing his challenge.
“When I’d finished my plums were bright purple but I’m still firing on all cylinders,” joked John, a world record holder whose task also carried a more serious message.
John - who has previously used his arms to pull a number of high profile vehicles such as the A-Team van, General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard and a patrol car and ambulance used in TV shows The Bill and Casualty - wanted to use his private parts to make a public statement, hoping any exposure from his challenge can help raise awareness of men’s mental health issues.
“I want to use this to encourage people to look after themselves. Don’t be afraid to pick up the phone and ask for help if you think you need it,” he said.
“A lot of men don’t, and they feel like they’ve got an ego to maintain. They don’t talk and let their problems get the better of them.
“I always say that men who talk can heal.”
John, who splits his time between family in Yorkshire and Spalding, completed his ballsy task on Friday, February 27 at Halifax’s West Bank, on a street where scenes from ITV drama Ackley Bridge was filmed.
A tow-rope was attached to a silk scarf which John had tied around his testicles before he began the pull, cheered on by family, friends and local residents.
And despite a scary moment for onlookers when John jolted after a slipknot in the tow rope fell out early on, he completed the task totally intact.
“When I first strapped up I thought ‘am I doing the right thing here? Can I actually do this’. But then I just started pulling,” said John, an author, and kickboxer who has previously been inducted into a number of Martial Arts Halls of Fame, as well as starring British movie The Guardian and holding a world record for reeling off 300 punches in 30 seconds.
“I did 50m but I think I could have done further. I just ran out of road.
“I’m the first and only man in the UK to ever achieve it. But if you never try things, how do you ever know if you can do it or not.”
While using your genitals to pull a vehicle isn’t a new concept - Chinese Qigong master Tu Jin-Sheng has earned himself the nickname Iron Crotch for his displays of penile power, while Kung Fu master Ye Hongwei went to even greater lengths to pull a five-tonne military helicopter - there is no record of it ever being done in the UK before.
Offering his support - as well as donating his car and the bag of peanuts for the occasion - was pal Mark Vallint who has carried out a number of the celebrity car pulls with John.
But on this occasion he was ‘having none of it’.
Peterlee-born John recently discovered he had seven siblings via his estranged father, also named John, after receiving a Facebook message out of the blue from his sister Colleen
Desperate for cash to allow him to meet his new family, he took on a bare knuckle fight and used his winner’s purse to fund his train fare.
In recent weeks he has been spending his time catching up with his relatives, with sister Sherrie among those who turned out to cheer on his latest feat.
“It was amazing,” she said.
“It was very bizarre to watch but we’re all really proud of him.”