Fat Friends

2000 | 4 seasons | 25 episodes | 7.6 ★ (5)

Fat Friends
  • Overview

    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.

  • Tagline

    A Drama To Diet For

  • First Air Date

    12 October 2000

  • Last Air Date

    24 March 2005

  • Creator

    Kay Mellor

  • Stars

    Gaynor Faye

    Lisa Riley

    Alison Steadman

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