Fat Friends - Season 1 - Eps 4: Growing Pains
15 year old member of Superslimmers Jamie reveals the reasons for his depressed state - his mother is battling with depression and he is being teased at school, he eventually decides he can't cope with the pressure of it all and contemplates suicide.
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
