Fat Friends
2000, Series, 48 min, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 71
A Drama To Diet For
Fat Friends is an ITV drama created by Kay Mellor, broadcast from 12 October 2000 to 24 March 2005. It follows a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. It examines 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 cast members—Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith, and Alison Steadman—went on to appear in Gavin & Stacey.
Directed by Audrey Cooke, Lance Kneeshaw, John Anderson, David Wheatley, Tania Díez, Dan Zeff, John Deery
Cast
- Ruth Jones as Kelly Simpson
- Janet Dibley as Carol McGary
- Alison Steadman as Betty Simpson
- Gaynor Faye as Lauren Harris
- James Corden as Jamie Rymer
- Lisa Riley as Rebecca Patterson
- Lynda Baron as Norma Patterson
- Jonathan Ryland as Kevin Chadwick
- Richard Ridings as Alan Ashburn
- Kathryn Hunt as Val Lorrimer
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