Fat Friends

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.

Cast

Gaynor Faye

Lauren Harris

Lisa Riley

Rebecca Patterson

Alison Steadman

Betty Simpson

Ruth Jones

Kelly Chadwick

Janet Dibley

Carol McGary

James Corden

Jamie Rymer

Richard Ridings

Alan

Lynda Baron

Norma Patterson

Jonathan Ryland

Kevin Chadwick

David Harewood

Max Robertson