• StatusEnded
  • Rating7.7
  • Created by:Kay Mellor
  • Production
    CompaniesNot Available
  • GenreDrama
  • Episode
    Runtime60mins
  • First Air
    Date2000-10-12
  • NetworksITV1

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.

Casts

Gaynor Faye

Lisa Riley

Alison Steadman

Ruth Jones

Janet Dibley

James Corden

Richard Ridings

Lynda Baron

Jonathan Ryland

David Harewood