The Fattest Man in Britain

The Fattest Man in Britain is a comedydrama written by Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope, and directed by David Blair, which aired on ITV, STV amp UTV onDecember 2009. It starred Timothy Spall, Bobby Ball, Aisling Loftus and Barry Austin. The plot is loosely based on a real life event when Britains then selfstyled Fattest Man Jack Taylor was defeated in a weigh off by Barry Austin in the 2001 television documentary The Fattest Men in Britain.

As time goes on, Amy dislikes the way people disrespect Georgie and offers to cook him low fat meals, but Georgie tells her that Morris takes care of that. It comes to a head when, after coming back from seeing rival manager Morley Raisin Tim Woodward Morrissey tells Georgie that theres going to be a live weighoff between him and rival Big Brian Barry Austin. But Amy says they should be helping Georgie to lose weight, not gain it, and is told it has nothing to do with her by Morrissey.After being given fatty foods by his friends and neighbours to bulk him up ready for the weigh off, Georgie comes to believe he is the fattest man in Britain. But during the live weighoff, Georgie weighs 42 stone while Big Brian weighs 54 stone. After the weighoff, Georgie tells Amy that without the title of Britains fattest man hes just another fat man. ........

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