Fat Friends

Fat Friends (2000)

A Drama To Diet For

  • Genre: Drama
  • Creator: Kay Mellor
  • First Air Date: 2000-10-12
  • Last Air Date: 2005-03-24
  • Total Seasons: 4
  • Total Episodes: 25
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 60 min.
  • Network: ITV1
star 7.6/10
From 5 Ratings

Summary

Fat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships, or not living their lives to the full. Four of the cast, Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman, went on to appear in Gavin & Stacey.

  • Keywords: overweight, diet, northern england, yorkshire
  • Where to Watch Fat Friends Online

    You can now watch Fat Friends online on the following streaming providers in the United States.

  • Fat Friends Trailer

    Fat Friends Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2000-10-12
    6 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2002-09-05
    7 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2004-01-01
    6 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2005-02-17
    6 Episodes

    Fat Friends Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Love Me Slender60 min
    Season 1Episode 2Fat Chance60 min
    Season 1Episode 3Fat Free60 min
    Season 1Episode 4Growing Pains60 min
    Season 1Episode 5Face the Fat60 min
    Season 1Episode 6When the Fat Lady Sings60 min
    Season 2Episode 1Full Belly60 min
    Season 2Episode 2Peaches and Dreams60 min
    Season 2Episode 3Forty and In-Fat-uated60 min
    Season 2Episode 4Sweet and Sour60 min
    Season 2Episode 5Sticky Fingers60 min
    Season 2Episode 6In Full Bloom60 min
    Season 2Episode 7Hunger Pangs60 min
    Season 3Episode 1Eat Your Heart Out60 min
    Season 3Episode 2Leggs Over Easy60 min
    Season 3Episode 3Food for Thought60 min
    Season 3Episode 4Bacon, Bagels and the Bishop60 min
    Season 3Episode 5Afters60 min
    Season 3Episode 6Food of Love60 min
    Season 4Episode 1Enough to Go Round60 min
    Season 4Episode 2Second Helpings60 min
    Season 4Episode 3Angel's Delight60 min
    Season 4Episode 4Get Out of the Kitchen60 min
    Season 4Episode 5Healthy Options60 min
    Season 4Episode 6Icing on the Cake60 min
    • Gaynor Faye

      as Lauren Harris
    • Lisa Riley

      as Rebecca Patterson
    • Alison Steadman

      as Betty Simpson
    • Ruth Jones

      as Kelly Chadwick
    • Janet Dibley

      as Carol McGary
    • James Corden

      as Jamie Rymer
    • Richard Ridings

      as Alan
    • Lynda Baron

      as Norma Patterson
    • Jonathan Ryland

      as Kevin Chadwick
    • David Harewood

      as Max Robertson
    Writing Kay Mellor Writer
    Writing Gaynor Faye Writer
    Writing Debbie Oates Writer
    Writing David Sutherland Writer
    Production Greg Brenman Executive Producer
    Production Kay Mellor Executive Producer

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