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Fat Friends
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 …
The story
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.
The seasons
Season 1
Season 1
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Season 2
Season 2
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Season 3
Season 3
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Season 4
Season 4
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Cast
Ruth JonesKelly Chadwick · Kelly Simpson
Janet DibleyCarol McGary
Alison SteadmanBetty Simpson
Gaynor FayeLauren Harris
James CordenJamie Rymer
Lisa RileyRebecca Patterson
Lynda BaronNorma Patterson
Jonathan RylandKevin Chadwick
Richard RidingsAlan Ashburn
Kathryn HuntVal Lorrimer
David HarewoodMax Robertson
Barrie RutterDouglas Simpson
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Paul WarrinerPaul Thompson
Bill RodgersSid the Landlord
Josie LawrenceJulia Fleshman
Oliver PickeringRussell Simpson
Julian KerridgeSean Hurst
Rita MayJoan Kirk
Ian KershawSimon de Vier
Jessica HarrisJoanne Simpson
James QuinnPC Robert Rymer
Janine MellorMercedes
Susan CooksonLynette Pickering
Caroline PeggPippa
Meera SyalAysha Kapoor
Eleanor BronMarilyn Harris
Allan CordunerLeonard Harris
Barbara MartenLiz Ashburn
Holly ScourfieldBeverley Ashburn
Jonathan BarlowRichard Morrison
Jason MerrellsCarl Watkinson · Carl Whittaker
Adam ZaneJose
Flo WilsonAnita
Ger RyanAisling Rymer
Sarah MillerRachel Harris · Rachel Kleinberg
Laurel GibbKaren de Vier
Andrew-Lee PottsJonathan Chadwick
Stephen HoyleAnton Bevans · Rick Ashburn
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