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Fat Friends - Series 1, 2 And 3

starring: Alison Steadman, Gaynor Faye, Ruth Jones, Lisa Riley
directed by: Audrey Cooke, David Wheatley

March 21, 2005
i hadn't seen Fat Friends when it came out on tv, but do remember friends raving about it, i finally watched a DVD and wow, i was totally hooked after the first episode, it really got to the nitty gritty, as we slowly got to know all the personalities, with one thing in common, a weight problem, i don't know what i was expecting, but this wasn't it, it was far better than i could have imagined, and now have the complete box set of all three series, it had me both laughing and almost crying in parts, but the better part was how they all supported each other come what may, a beautiful storyline. well worth every penny.

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Fanny And Elvis [1999]

starring: Kerry Fox, Ray Winstone, Ben Daniels, David Morrissey, Jennifer Saunders
directed by: Kay Mellor

December 03, 2001
I was told to watch this film ages ago...but I am an Elvis fan and somehow..have to confess the title just didn't grip me!!! However, I think Ray Winstone is a superb actor and based on that I watched the film. What a treasure it is too. The scene where Ray and Kerry get it together in the living room and Rays eagerness shows his head nodding faster and faster in agreement to her wishes and the Christmas fairy whirring around on top of the Christmas tree had us in hysterics!! The scene where he opens the bed clothes to welcome Kerry as she stood in the doorway had us girlies "melting" - this man shows such emotion in his eyes! We wanted it to be US!!! The car scene where Ray is upset had us filling up!! What a gem. Just get it and watch it, for every ... Read More:

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The Chase : Complete BBC Series 2

starring: Gaynor Faye, Nicola Stephenson, Nicholas Gleaves

October 29, 2007
The first series wasn't great but had the potential to be good. I bought the second series and after the first 5 episodes, I am watching only as I paid for it and I will see it through. There are too many disasters going on at once and none of them are realistic. I am so disappointed, I hoped this could be really good but it is a real stinker.

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Fat Friends - Series 2

starring: Alison Steadman, Gaynor Faye, Lisa Riley, Josie Lawrence
directed by: John Anderson

April 18, 2005
The first series wasn't great but had the potential to be good. I bought the second series and after the first 5 episodes, I am watching only as I paid for it and I will see it through. There are too many disasters going on at once and none of them are realistic. I am so disappointed, I hoped this could be really good but it is a real stinker.

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Fat Friends - Series 3

starring: Alison Steadman, Gaynor Faye, Lisa Riley, Josie Lawrence
directed by: John Deery, John Anderson

April 18, 2005
The first series wasn't great but had the potential to be good. I bought the second series and after the first 5 episodes, I am watching only as I paid for it and I will see it through. There are too many disasters going on at once and none of them are realistic. I am so disappointed, I hoped this could be really good but it is a real stinker.

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Fat Friends - Series 1

starring: Alison Steadman, Gaynor Faye, Lisa Riley, Josie Lawrence
directed by: David Wheatley

March 21, 2005
The first series wasn't great but had the potential to be good. I bought the second series and after the first 5 episodes, I am watching only as I paid for it and I will see it through. There are too many disasters going on at once and none of them are realistic. I am so disappointed, I hoped this could be really good but it is a real stinker.

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The Chase (BBC TV Series)

starring: Keith Barron, Gaynor Faye, Nicola Stephenson, Nicholas Gleaves, Heather Peace

September 04, 2006
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I rate this 3 star for quality of production etc but if you think of it as whether one wants to watch it or not, I'd give it 5 stars for being compelling viewing - if you like this sort of turgid idiocy. It's like Cutting It, Hotel Babylon, you just have to know what'll happen next! Cutting It & Hotel Babylon are streets ahead of Chase in respect of quality of writing but Chase is in something of the same style as Cutting It - an utter confusion of often changing relationships between a considerable number of characters, leading to general chaos.

Cutting It was high quality farce - some of the relationship twists were completely daft. Chase isn't farce nor high quality, but everyone acts it to the hilt ... Read More:

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Gaynor Faye's Fit Friends [2006]

starring: Gaynor Faye

December 25, 2006
When i bought this DVD, I didn't buy it to work out with, I just bought it because i love Daniel Whiston, but as a sat there watch it i thought "I can do this!" It was simple and straight forward. Thats how it looks, don't get me wrong there's no complicated moves and you can take it as hard or as easy as you want too. But the Skaters bum routine kills. I limped for about 4 days as i thought it was a good idea to go for it full power, but now its not bad at all i love it, Dan's a great host and he doesn't make you feel like you should be able to do everything, but he pushes you and Gaynor adds the down to earth comic value.

Great DVD I love it, I get hot a sweaty with Daniel most nights!!!

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Fanny And Elvis [1999]

starring: Kerry Fox, Ray Winstone, Ben Daniels, David Morrissey, Jennifer Saunders
directed by: Kay Mellor

February 04, 2002
I was told to watch this film ages ago...but I am an Elvis fan and somehow..have to confess the title just didn't grip me!!! However, I think Ray Winstone is a superb actor and based on that I watched the film. What a treasure it is too. The scene where Ray and Kerry get it together in the living room and Rays eagerness shows his head nodding faster and faster in agreement to her wishes and the Christmas fairy whirring around on top of the Christmas tree had us in hysterics!! The scene where he opens the bed clothes to welcome Kerry as she stood in the doorway had us girlies "melting" - this man shows such emotion in his eyes! We wanted it to be US!!! The car scene where Ray is upset had us filling up!! What a gem. Just get it and watch it, for every bad review ... Read More:

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Kay Mellor's Fat Friends: Season 1 [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Alison Steadman, Gaynor Faye, Ruth Jones, Lynda Baron, Lisa Riley
directed by: John Deery, Dan Zeff, Audrey Cooke, David Wheatley, Tania Díez

February 13, 2007
I was told to watch this film ages ago...but I am an Elvis fan and somehow..have to confess the title just didn't grip me!!! However, I think Ray Winstone is a superb actor and based on that I watched the film. What a treasure it is too. The scene where Ray and Kerry get it together in the living room and Rays eagerness shows his head nodding faster and faster in agreement to her wishes and the Christmas fairy whirring around on top of the Christmas tree had us in hysterics!! The scene where he opens the bed clothes to welcome Kerry as she stood in the doorway had us girlies "melting" - this man shows such emotion in his eyes! We wanted it to be US!!! The car scene where Ray is upset had us filling up!! What a gem. Just get it and watch it, for every bad review ... Read More: