Fat Friends - Season 3 - Eps 1: Eat Your Heart Out
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.
About Fat Friends

Title: Fat Friends
First Air Date: 2000-10-12
Last Air Date: 2005-03-24
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 6 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 25
Network: ITV1
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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