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Fat Friends

All Episodes 2000 - 2005

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  • 2000-10-11T23:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 1d 1h (25 episodes)
  • Kay Mellor
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
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.

25 episodes

Series Premiere

2000-10-11T23:00:00Z

1x01 Love Me Slender

Series Premiere

1x01 Love Me Slender

  • 2000-10-11T23:00:00Z1h

Kelly Simpson is determined to get in her two sizes two small wedding dress in time for her big day meanwhile at the slimming club her mum Betty has won through to the regional finals of Superslimmers 2000 even though her husband isn't that happy about her losing weight.

2000-10-18T23:00:00Z

1x02 Fat Chance

1x02 Fat Chance

  • 2000-10-18T23:00:00Z1h

Alan Ashburn is losing weight for his 20th wedding anniversary celebrations but a romantic meal out with his wife ends in their relationship falling apart.

2000-10-25T23:00:00Z

1x03 Fat Free

1x03 Fat Free

  • 2000-10-25T23:00:00Z1h

Actress Lauren Harris has won herself a part in a soap she is convinced that losing five pounds would make her a better actress, she is also having problems with her mum who is convinced she is anorexic and her boyfriend Gareth whose nickname for her is pudding.

2000-11-02T00:00:00Z

1x04 Growing Pains

1x04 Growing Pains

  • 2000-11-02T00:00:00Z1h

15 year old member of Superslimmers Jamie reveals the reasons for his depressed state - his mother is battling with depression and he is being teased at school, he eventually decides he can't cope with the pressure of it all and contemplates suicide.

2000-11-09T00:00:00Z

1x05 Face The Fat

1x05 Face The Fat

  • 2000-11-09T00:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

2000-11-16T00:00:00Z

1x06 When The Fat Lady Sings

Season Finale

1x06 When The Fat Lady Sings

  • 2000-11-16T00:00:00Z1h

Season Premiere

2002-09-04T23:00:00Z

2x01 Full Belly

Season Premiere

2x01 Full Belly

  • 2002-09-04T23:00:00Z1h

Carol faces her own problems this week when her husband leaves her leaving her alone with her son and things then turn a horrible twist when Carol decides to go on a diet.

2002-09-11T23:00:00Z

2x02 Peaches And Dreams

2x02 Peaches And Dreams

  • 2002-09-11T23:00:00Z1h

Birthday blues are the least of Val's problems. Mistrust, jealousy and insecurity turn her world upside down after she confronts her male escort lover about what he gets up to with his clients.

2002-09-18T23:00:00Z

2x03 Forty And In-Fat-uated

2x03 Forty And In-Fat-uated

  • 2002-09-18T23:00:00Z1h

The arrival of divorce papers send bus driver Alan's blood pressure rocketing, with the result that he fails a medical and loses his job.

2002-09-25T23:00:00Z

2x04 Sweet And Sour

2x04 Sweet And Sour

  • 2002-09-25T23:00:00Z1h

Lonely teenager Jamie thinks his fortunes have changed when he makes the acquaintance of second-hand car dealer Craig. He spends his 17th-birthday money on flash clothes and a mobile phone in a desperate bid to fit in with Craig's crowd, but soon realises his new friend is a shady operator with a criminal past - can his policeman father help him cut his ties with the villain?

2002-10-02T23:00:00Z

2x05 Sticky Fingers

2x05 Sticky Fingers

  • 2002-10-02T23:00:00Z1h

Despite being overweight, Rebecca Patterson is generally content with life - particularly as her job as the assistant manager at a garden centre allows her to work alongside the man she secretly adores. But the shy and retiring twentysomething's cosy world is shattered by the return of a figure from her past, who proceeds to subject her to cruel psychological tortures

2002-10-09T23:00:00Z

2x06 In Full Bloom

2x06 In Full Bloom

  • 2002-10-09T23:00:00Z1h

Betty Simpson's already stressful life takes another twist when her childhood sweetheart joins the slimming club, prompting the return of long-suppressed feelings and revelations about a dark secret from her past.

Season Finale

2002-10-16T23:00:00Z

2x07 Hunger Pangs

Season Finale

2x07 Hunger Pangs

  • 2002-10-16T23:00:00Z1h

In the final episode of the 2nd series Kelly is still longing for a baby and her and Kevin are still trying like mad but is there more to their baby making problems than meets the eye.

Season Premiere

2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

3x01 Eat Your Heart Out

Season Premiere

3x01 Eat Your Heart Out

  • 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z1h

It's Christmas Eve, and the Count with Carol gang are appearing live on Trisha to debate the pros and cons of dieting - but the talk turns to something altogether more interesting when Betty inadvertently blurts out to the entire viewing nation that she has a secret son. To add to her problems, she also discovers that husband Douglas hasn't been entirely honest about the family's income. Little does she know, however, that her TV appearance will bring her an unexpected gift - one she's been waiting for most of her life.

2004-01-07T00:00:00Z

3x02 Leggs Over Easy

3x02 Leggs Over Easy

  • 2004-01-07T00:00:00Z1h

Things go from bad to worse for Kelly. Still trying to deal with the news of her mum's past, problems start to occur in her marriage resulting in her sleeping with her husband, Kevin's gay brother and when all is revealed things get even worse for Kelly especially when Kelly finds out she's pregnant but the main question is who is the father?

2004-01-14T00:00:00Z

3x03 Food For Thought

3x03 Food For Thought

  • 2004-01-14T00:00:00Z1h

Carol faces problems this week when she realises she has fallen for fitness instructor Max which ends up causing problems with her teenage son.

Lauren has the chance to make all her acting dreams come true - but at the price of losing everything and everybody that matters. Can she get back her friends when she needs them most?

2004-01-28T00:00:00Z

3x05 Afters

3x05 Afters

  • 2004-01-28T00:00:00Z1h

Rebecca decides it is time to leave home. Her boyfriend Sean is keen to help with the move, but her break for independence is short-lived when tragedy strikes and Norma needs support.

Season Finale

2004-02-04T00:00:00Z

3x06 Food Of Love

Season Finale

3x06 Food Of Love

  • 2004-02-04T00:00:00Z1h

In the final episode of the 3rd series Jamie's love life picks up when he falls for a beautiful woman who falls for him too but when obstacles fall in their place like the fact she has a daughter and an ex-prisoner ex-boyfriend will things turn out for the best for the Jamie. The gang also head back to the Trisha show for their final weigh in while Jamie provides the food, Kelly gives birth to a baby boy.

Season Premiere

2005-02-17T00:00:00Z

4x01 Enough to go Round

Season Premiere

4x01 Enough to go Round

  • 2005-02-17T00:00:00Z1h

We meet the group as they struggle back from a Spanish hotel they won as a result of their appearance on Trisha. Betty can't wait to get home, so intent is she on seeing her son Simon.

2005-02-24T00:00:00Z

4x02 Second Helpings

4x02 Second Helpings

  • 2005-02-24T00:00:00Z1h

Kelly starts to moan about Betty's friendship with her long-lost son and she starts to mistreat Kev. She is then tempted by Max. As Kev gets a new assistant in the chip shop. Will Kelly be able to hold it together with her new fitness coach Max?

2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

4x03 Angel's Delight

4x03 Angel's Delight

  • 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z1h

Norma throws herself into pensioner speed dating and after two glasses of wine decides to advertise herself on the local radio lonely hearts phone-in. It's not long before a queue of eligible men has formed around the block but it's the dashing Eddie who captures her heart. Bowling, dancing and romancing ensue and soon a weekend in Filey is on the cards. But is Eddie all he seems?

2005-03-10T00:00:00Z

4x04 Get Out of The Kitchen

4x04 Get Out of The Kitchen

  • 2005-03-10T00:00:00Z1h

We focus on Jamie this week, Claire and her little girl have moved in with him. But are her feelings of sickness more then just a dodgy curry? The barmaid at Woody's seems to know the answer and so much more as she doesn't even know Claire by that name. Rebecca suspects the truth but keeps her mouth shut until it's to late.Claire is then hit by a car resulting in her death and Jamie decides to fight for custody of Claire's daughter.

2005-03-17T00:00:00Z

4x05 Healthy Options

4x05 Healthy Options

  • 2005-03-17T00:00:00Z1h

The friends head off for a free weekend at a health spa. Carol has done a dodgy deal as all of a sudden the friends are booked for a photo shoot, some parts are ok yet others are a little bit revealing. Max and Carol flirt with each other what ends up a little bit more then they both suspected, Carol then finds out about Max's past and decides not to go with him. They end up together at the end of the episode. While Lauren has decided that this is her perfect chance to get beautified before the wedding, and Norma seems more intent on eating the fruit then wearing it.

Season Finale

2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

4x06 Icing on the Cake

Season Finale

4x06 Icing on the Cake

  • 2005-03-24T00:00:00Z1h

Lauren's wedding day approaches. She's always being the skinniest of the bunch but not without problems. Having found her dream man in Vicar, Paul, she also gets a shot at fame as a weathergirl. Only Paul seems jealous of her success, while her parents refuse to come to the wedding. She's got a fabulous frock and a man willing to make a sacrifice for her, but will there be a happy ending?

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