The Fattest Man in Britain (2009)

Recommended

UK

Television Film

Director: David Blair

Writers: Caroline Aherne, Jeff Pope

Cinematographer: David Odd

Composer: Damon Gough

Cast: Timothy Spall, Aisling Loftus, Bobby Ball, Frances Barber

Georgie Godwin, marketed as Britain’s fattest man by his agent (a foul-mouthedly brilliant Bobby Ball), spends his days watching Jeremy Kyle and chomping down Viennetta, happily eating his way towards an early grave, contented by the thought of bringing momentary happiness to Japanese tourists, that is until he makes a rather unlikely friendship with a pregnant teenager, in this trouser-soilingly funny and surprisingly tender comedy-drama. Iain.Stott