Fat Friends
- TV comedy drama
- ITV1
- 2000 - 2005
- 25 episodes (4 series)
Fat Friends follows a group of people who meet every week at a slimming club. Stars Ruth Jones, Janet Dibley, Alison Steadman, Gaynor Faye, James Corden and more.
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Press clippings
"There's no Gavin & Stacey without Fat Friends"
It's a drama about a fictional slimming club - and the set where Ruth Jones and James Corden first met. Fat Friends came to our screens seven years before the Welsh-English comedy classic Gavin And Stacey. The show, set in Leeds, is now winning new fans after dropping on Netflix.
Lucy Owen, BBC, 8th April 2024Fat Friends looks set to become a film
Fat Friends, the comedy drama on ITV in the 2000s, looks set to be made into a film, with producers hoping original stars James Corden and Ruth Jones will reprise their roles.
British Comedy Guide, 14th September 2023Kay Mellor: Actress and Fat Friends creator dies aged 71
Actress, screenwriter and director Kay Mellor has died aged 71, it has been announced.
BBC, 17th May 2022Further cast for Fat Friends musical announced
The musical version of Fat Friends, penned by the TV series' creator Kay Mellor and with original music by Nicholas Lloyd Webber, has unveiled further casting.
Joining the previously revealed Lee Mead will be Sherrie Hewson as Julia, Jessica Ellis as Kelly and Les Dennis as Fergus.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 8th October 2021Review: Fat Friends - The Musical
Despite its comedic charm, Fat Friends fails to weigh in on the conversation of dieting and weight loss.
Dominic Corr, The Wee Review, 21st April 2018