The Fattest Man in Britain is a comedy-drama written by Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope, and directed by David Blair, which aired on ITV on 20 December 2009.

It starred Timothy Spall, wearing a fat suit for the title role,[1] Bobby Ball, Aisling Loftus and Barry Austin.

[2][3] Taxi-driver Morris Morrissey (Bobby Ball) is the manager of Georgie Godwin (Timothy Spall), the self-styled 'Fattest Man in Britain'.

Morrissey feeds Georgie who hasn't left his house in 23 years and stays in watching Jeremy Kyle shows and programmes about distant places in the world, which he marks off on a globe.

While Amy pulls weeds, cuts the grass and hedge and plants flowers, Georgie watches her and tells Janice what she's done that day.

One night while Morris and Janice are round Georgie's, Amy turns up with cuts on her face and says her drug addict boyfriend Joe kicked and punched her.

In return (and because she sees Georgie as a father figure), Amy cooks his dinner, cuts his hair and redecorates the house.

While looking at the mess in the garden, Georgie gets up and, for the first time in 23 years, leaves the house and starts walking to the hairdressing salon where Amy now works.

The drama ends with Morrissey driving a batch of tourists, saying they are going to see 'Britain's Greatest Weight Loser' and shows a smiling, slim Georgie getting out of a hairdresser's chair where Amy has cut his hair.