Fat Friends

Ruth Jones & James Corden star in this classic comedy-drama

Laugh-out-loud comedy-drama starring Ruth Jones and James Corden. Welcome to the local slimming club, run by the formidable Carol. But everyone supports each other, come what may.

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Betty competes in the finals of Superslimmer 2000 after losing more than five stone.

Love Me Slender

Betty competes in the regional finals of Superslimmer 2000 after losing more than five stone. The day starts badly when her daughter insists on buying a wedding dress that's too small, with just six weeks to diet before her marriage to Kevin.

Alan plans a romantic evening with his wife Liz to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

Fat Chance

Alan plans a romantic evening with his wife Liz to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The meal ends in disaster when Liz ends their marriage. Val, a Yorkshire Evening Post journalist, is interviewed by her ex-lover for the job of Features Editor.

Lauren can't wait to watch her appearance on TV.

Fat Free

Lauren can't wait to watch her appearance on TV. When her sister announces her engagement at dinner and her boyfriend Gareth lies about watching her TV debut, Lauren has to take a hard look at her life.

Jamie cracks under the strain of looking after his depressed mother Aisling.

Growing Pains

Jamie cracks under the strain of looking after his depressed mother Aisling - and the reasons why he has been ballooning in weight finally come out. On the way home from Superslimmers, he is attacked by boys from school, seeking revenge.

Val brings an escort to the launch of her weekend supplement.

Face the Fat

When Val hears Richard is bringing his wife to the launch of her new weekend supplement, she brings an escort. Carl is a great success and he offers to spend the night for no extra charge. Val isn'’t impressed by his theories about her weight gain.

Kelly spends the night at a club, but alcohol makes her lose all inhibitions.

When the Fat Lady Sings

Kelly spends the night at a club, but the slimming pills and alcohol make her lose all inhibitions. Kevin tries to find out why he was kept in the dark about the photo session. There’s shocking news for Betty when she tries to collect a prescription.

Series two begins at a Salsa class, which Lauren excels in.

Full Belly

Series two begins at a Salsa class, which Lauren excels in but Betty finds slightly more demanding to get to grips with. Carol, however, is back with her own programme, 'Count with Carol'.

Unemployed actress Lauren Harris is still looking for Mr Right.

Peaches and Dreams

Unemployed actress Lauren Harris is still looking for Mr Right after splitting up with her commitment phobic boyfriend Gareth. Her sister's happy marriage and pregnancy are making her all too aware of her single status.

Val is upset when she sees Carl with a client in the restaurant.

Forty and In-Fat-Uated

Feeling uncomfortable about her fortieth birthday, Val hasn’t told Carl and settles for a night in. She is surprised when Alan turns up and takes her out with her slimming friends. Val is upset when she sees Carl with a client in the restaurant.

Alan finds out that his wife is divorcing him and he's devastated.

Sweet and Sour

Alan finds out that his wife is divorcing him and he's devastated as he was hoping for reconciliation. When he thinks things can't get any worse, his daughter collapses. Alan returns to the slimming club after making a pact with his daughter.

After being bullied over his weight Jamie took an overdose.

Sticky Fingers

After being bullied over his weight Jamie took an overdose. His loneliness continues when he finds he has only his divorced parents and elderly relatives for company on his 17th birthday. Things improve when he is befriended by Craig, a car dealer.

Rebecca still lives at home with her overweight parents.

In Full Bloom

Rebecca still lives at home with her overweight parents. Her mother has decided they should join a slimming club and Rebecca agrees. When a face from her past returns, psychological bullying rears its ugly head and Rebecca's cosy world is threatened.

Since the birth of her son, Betty Simpson feels increasingly lonely and overweight.

Hunger Pangs

Since the birth of her son, Betty Simpson feels increasingly lonely and overweight. Having rejoined the slimming group to try and shift the pounds she is shocked when her childhood sweetheart Ian, joins her slimming group.

Eat Your Heart Out

It's Christmas Eve and Carol McGary has enlisted her 'Count with Carol' team to join her live on television for a special festive dieting edition of Trisha.

Kelly uses the annual Fish Fryers' Ball as the perfect opportunity to seduce her husband.

Leggs Over Easy

Kelly and Kevin are still trying to have a child and Kelly uses the annual Fish Fryers' Ball as the perfect opportunity to seduce her husband in the ladies loos.

Carol McGary has an emotional encounter with her estranged sister Mandy.

Food for Thought

Carol McGary has an emotional encounter with her estranged sister Mandy who is being treated for breast cancer, an illness that claimed the life of her mother.

Lauren wonders if Pauls marriage proposal may have an ulterior motive behind it.

Bacon, Bagels and the Bishop

Things couldn't be going better for aspiring actress, Lauren. She has a job at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and is deeply in love with Paul who has romantically asked her to marry him.

Rebecca and Norma have a family tragedy that tears their lives apart.

Afters

Rebecca Patterson and her boyfriend Sean are both happily in love but are finding the pressures of moving on to the next stage of their relationship, difficult.

Jamie Rymer finds himself looking for love.

Food of Love

Jamie has used his passion for food to forge a career and is enjoying great success as a junior chef at a top-notch restaurant. But there's something missing...love.

We meet the group sun blushed and relaxed on their way back from the Costa del Sol.

Enough To Go Around

We meet the group sun blushed and relaxed on their way back from the Costa del Sol, their prize for being hailed Slimmer’s of the Year on the Trisha show.

Kelly is determined not to let the fall-out with her mother get her down.

Second Helpings

Kelly is determined not to let the fall-out with her mother get her down. She's decided she's really going to bust a gut at Count with Carol and lose weight.

Norma meets Eddie who sweeps her off her feet.

Angels Delight

Rebecca's relationship with Sean is flourishing and Norma Patterson realises that she’s lonely and not getting any younger. She wants to be needed and much to Rebecca’s horror, she's looking for love.

Jamie's friends are unimpressed with his new girlfriend.

Get Out of the Kitchen

Life’s on the up for Jamie. Got the girl, got the job, but when your friends are being less than kind about the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, do you listen or turn a blind eye?

Carol's weekend away at the Health Spa turns into a nightmare.

Healthy Options

Max and Carol get all hot and sweaty in the steam room, so how come the weekend at the Health Spa that was so full of promise for Carol turns into a nightmare? Will the Fat Friends reveal all to help her out or will they never trust her again?

Lauren is finding arranging her wedding day tough.

Icing on the Cake

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family. Are friends enough when it's your family that's supposed to be there for you? Your wedding day is supposed to be the happiest day of your life, but Lauren’s finding it tough.

Fat Friends

Fat Friends

Series 1

1. Love Me Slender

2. Fat Chance

3. Fat Free

4. Growing Pains

5. Face the Fat

6. When the Fat Lady Sings