Fat Friends: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Fat Friends is an ITV drama (made by Tiger Aspect and Yorkshire Television), 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. A later sitcom, Gavin and Stacey used a very similar cast. The premise of the programme is set around a slimming club in the Headingley district of Leeds. The club is run by the formidable Carol, who fruitlessly tries to get her attendees to follow the 'Super Slimmers' diet. The characters who attend the club are from varied backgrounds and of varied weight. Whilst there is plots ongoing throughout all four series', each episode focus' on one particular character.

Series details

• Title: Fat Friends
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2000-10-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-03-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 31848
• IMDb ID: tt0264246
• TVDB ID: 141521

Cast and credited roles

• Ruth Jones — Kelly Chadwick
• Janet Dibley — Carol McGary
• Alison Steadman — Betty Simpson
• Gaynor Faye — Lauren Harris
• James Corden — Jamie Rymer
• Lisa Riley — Rebecca Patterson
• Lynda Baron — Norma Patterson
• Jonathan Ryland — Kevin Chadwick
• Richard Ridings — Alan Ashburn
• Kathryn Hunt — Val Lorrimer
• Barrie Rutter — Douglas Simpson
• David Harewood — Max Robertson

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-10-12; final listed air date 2000-11-16; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-09-05; final listed air date 2002-10-17; episode order: 7.
• Season 3: premiered 2004-01-01; final listed air date 2004-02-04; episode order: 6.
• Season 4: premiered 2005-02-17; final listed air date 2005-03-24; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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