Two Fat Ladies (1996)

Name: Two Fat Ladies
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson

Documentary

Two Fat Ladies was a BBC Two television cooking programme starring Clarissa Dickson Wright, and Jennifer Paterson. It originally ran for four series, from 1996 to 1999. The show was produced by the BBC and has also appeared on the Food Network and Cooking Channel in the U.S. and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (481 votes)
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1996)

8.37 avg 6 episodes 8.5 → 7.8 30 min avg

Bad finale

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fish & Shellfish	8.5	16
2	Meat	8.4	14
3	Fruits & Vegetables	8.4	11
4	Cakes	8.7	12
5	Game	8.4	11
6	Food in the Wild	7.8	12

Season 2 (1997)

8.63 avg 7 episodes 8.7 → 9.0 30 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cocktail Party	8.7	12
2	Lunch	8.4	12
3	Picnic	8.7	12
4	Afternoon Tea	8.8	13
5	Breakfast	8.6	13
6	Dinner	8.2	11
7	Christmas	9.0	12

Season 3 (1998)

9.17 avg 7 episodes 9.5 → 9.6 30 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Benedictine Nuns	9.5	12
2	Pony Club	9.0	8
3	The Cambridge Eight	8.9	11
4	Barristers at Lincoln's Inn	8.7	10
5	The Air Race	8.8	9
6	Lock Keepers	9.7	12
7	A Caribbean Christmas	9.6	10

Season 4 (1999)

9.10 avg 5 episodes 8.4 → 9.6 30 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Potatoes Galore	8.4	10
2	On Safari	9.3	9
3	Timber!	8.7	10
4	A Day at the Races	9.5	13
5	Remembering Jennifer Paterson	9.6	9

Two Fat Ladies (1996)

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