"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..."
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

"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

"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

"The director combined serpentine seduction with the innocent air of someone who
has just wandered in off the street......." The Guardian

"O’Dwyer has found a way to make a freak show without giving the impression he is
being offensive to his two subjects or being condescending about their dietary
indiscipline. He has managed – perhaps fittingly - to have his cake and eat it..." The Times

"Far from being a freak show, at times it was desperately moving and interviewer
Nick O’Dwyer was both perceptive and witty without being cruel............How come
when Louis Theroux does it on BBC2, it’s satire, but when ITV does the same,
it’s morally reprehensible?" Mail on Sunday

"Nick O’Dwyer’s lyrical, Simon Armitage-like verse seemed sadly fitting...."
Daily Telegraph

"Quite possibly the most bizarre thing seen on TV......" Sunday Express

"What looked at first as if it was going to be a pretty repellent freak show slowly
turned into something rather more subtle and melancholy..." Sunday Telegraph

"Disturbing, if not darkly humorous documentary........." Yorkshire Post

"A touching and sensitive portrait by Nick O’Dwyer on a subject normally
confined to the sideshows.............." Sunday Express

"Fascinating stuff.............." The Sun

"It was one of those films............" Time