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Gareth Corke
Fat Chance

Fat Chance

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 1999
  • 5 episodes (1 series)

A wannabe Blue Peter presenter joins a weight-loss class. Stars Gareth Corke, Janine Duvitski, Michael Troughton, Anne Reid, Julia Deakin and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1999
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
5 (1 series)
Stars
Gareth Corke, Janine Duvitski, Michael Troughton, Anne Reid, Julia Deakin, Tilly Gaunt, Harry Myers and Frances Jeater
Writer
Jenny McDade
Director
Sally Avens
Producer
Sally Avens
Company

Graham Pitscottie dreams of becoming a presenter on Blue Peter. However, he is stuck replenishing the pick 'n' mix at Woolworths.

By his own admission he is, "a bit of a fatso", and because there are no fat Blue Peter presenters, he joins - on the assistance of his mother Soo - a slimming class run by Wendy Bottomley. However, Wendy has not admitted to her husband Clive that she is running a class.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Soundtrack
Theme tune is "Barnacle Bill" (aka the Blue Peter theme) by Herbert Ashworth-Hope.

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 11th February 1999 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
  • Saturday 17th April 2021 at 4:30am on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 5
  • Friday 16th April 2021 at 4:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 5
  • Friday 16th April 2021 at 9:30am on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 5

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