Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: October 12, 2000
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 25
Networks: ITV1
Genres: Drama

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Fat Friends(2000)

A Drama To Diet For

TMDB Rating: 7.7 (6 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

6 episodes • 2000

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Love Me Slender	Oct 12, 2000
2	Fat Chance	Oct 19, 2000
3	Fat Free	Oct 26, 2000
4	Growing Pains	Nov 2, 2000
5	Face the Fat	Nov 9, 2000
6	When the Fat Lady Sings	Nov 16, 2000

Season 2

7 episodes • 2002

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Full Belly	Sep 5, 2002
2	Peaches and Dreams	Sep 12, 2002
3	Forty and In-Faturated	Sep 19, 2002
4	Sweet and Sour	Sep 26, 2002
5	Sticky Fingers	Oct 3, 2002
6	In Full Bloom	Oct 10, 2002
7	Hunger Pangs	Oct 17, 2002

Season 3

6 episodes • 2004

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Eat Your Heart Out	Jan 1, 2004
2	Leggs Over Easy	Jan 7, 2004
3	Food for Thought	Jan 14, 2004
4	Bacon, Bagels and the Bishop	Jan 21, 2004
5	Afters	Jan 28, 2004
6	Food of Love	Feb 4, 2004

Season 4

6 episodes • 2005

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Enough to Go Around	Feb 17, 2005
2	Second Helpings	Feb 24, 2005
3	Angel's Delight	Mar 3, 2005
4	Get Out of the Kitchen	Mar 10, 2005
5	Healthy Options	Mar 17, 2005
6	Icing on the Cake	Mar 24, 2005

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