{"product_id":"book-j3d6","title":"Fat Chance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJenny McDade's heart-warming comedy about a wannabe \u003ci\u003eBlue Peter\u003c\/i\u003e presenter who joins a slimming group\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the 1990s and the body positivity movement has yet to be born. Graham Pitscottie dreams of one day becoming a presenter on \u003ci\u003eBlue Peter\u003c\/i\u003e. However, he is stuck replenishing the pick 'n' mix at Woolworths. By his own admission he is, 'a bit of a fatso', and because there are no fat \u003ci\u003eBlue Peter\u003c\/i\u003e presenters, he joins - at the insistence of his mother Soo - a slimming class run by Wendy Bottomley.\u003cbr\u003eThis heartwarming vintage sitcom is a joy to listen to. As Graham befriends his fellow slimmers, he learns that everyone has a story to tell. Wendy has not admitted to her husband Clive that she is running the class. Tina enlists his help as an escort, in a bid to make her errant husband jealous. And when bride-to-be Kelly is getting ready for her big day, the club rally round to give her a day she'll never forget - though she may want to…\u003cbr\u003eShare the trials and tribulations of a group of unlikely friends, who have each other's backs through cheating exes, unsupportive husbands, uncertain weddings, \u003ci\u003eBlue Peter \u003c\/i\u003easpirations and being accepted for who you are.\u003cbr\u003eThis full-fat, bittersweet comedy about a group of people fighting the flab stars \u003cb\u003eJanine Duvitski\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eWaiting for God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Foot in the Grave \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBenidorm\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003cb\u003eMichael Troughton\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMinder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCast and credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Jenny McDade\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Sally Avens\u003cbr\u003eGraham Pitscottie -\u003cb\u003e Gareth Corke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWendy Bottomley - \u003cb\u003eJanine Duvitski\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClive Bottomley -\u003cb\u003e Michael Troughton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoo Pitscottie - \u003cb\u003eAnne Reid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTina Tattersall - \u003cb\u003eJulia Deakin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKelly Chambers - \u003cb\u003eTilly Gaunt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLee Dubs - \u003cb\u003eHarry Myers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMrs Enright -\u003cb\u003e Frances Jeater\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11 February - 11 March 1999\u003cbr\u003e©2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49279816794416,"sku":"BDj3d6","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/j3d6-cover.jpg?v=1762371760","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-j3d6","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}