REAL LIFE – THE FATTEST MEN IN BRITAIN

ITV

Darkly comic contest of two fifty stone men slugging it out for the title.

Shortlisted for Grierson Most Entertaining Documentary award

50′ Tx October 2001 16mm

Press Quotes

“You never can tell. Salacious-sounding and shoved to the back of the schedules, The Fattest Men in Britain proved curiously charming and touchingly funny…”
The Guardian
“Just as we were feeling guilty for being fascinated, the programme would hit us with some footage that we just couldn’t rip our eyes from….”
Daily Express
“A touching and sensitive portrait by Nick O’Dwyer on a subject normally confined to the sideshows…………..”
Sunday Express
“The sort of images David Attenborough would dedicate a five year trip to the Amazon to discover…”
Daily Express
“Nick O’Dwyer’s droll film boasts some delectable comic moments…”
Sunday Times