Plot
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
as Lauren Harris
Lisa Riley
as Rebecca Patterson
Alison Steadman
as Betty Simpson
Ruth Jones
as Kelly Chadwick
Janet Dibley
as Carol McGary
James Corden
as Jamie Rymer
Richard Ridings
as Alan
Lynda Baron
as Norma Patterson
Jonathan Ryland
as Kevin Chadwick
David Harewood
as Max Robertson