Product Details

• Actors: Jennifer Paterson, Clarissa Dickson Wright
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: July 29, 2008
• Run Time: 731 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00180IPR6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,038 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Two Fat Ladies" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Vegetarians and the faint of heart, beware! But for everyone else, the Two Fat Ladies are back, and they are simply spectacular. In this British television series, Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright cook for lunch, cocktail party, afternoon tea, picnic, breakfast, or dinner and travel (by motorcycle and sidecar) to a different location in each episode to cook a requested meal--usually laden with cream, butter, and meats (Jennifer notes of one tartine: "Delicious, despite its vegetarian overtones"). Yes, this is a cooking show, but with Jennifer and Clarissa's patter, it has the feel of a comedy. As they whip up Loin of Pork Stuffed with Mushrooms and a pot of Clam Chowder, the Two Fat Ladies sing the praises of bacon (Clarissa hints at a risqué past when she notes that bacon is a great hangover cure; not that she gets hangovers anymore. Other allusions to falling off barstools and beer for breakfast are dotted throughout). The meals look sumptuous--salmon soaked in wine and topped with orange rings, Brazilian bean fritters, fruit tartlets, vichyssoise, and so much more--and it's terrific fun following the women as they go sightseeing (a motorcycle rally, watching a male choir, on a quest for the perfect drink at the Brazilian embassy, at a brewery, picking strawberries). Jennifer is likely to break out in song or rhyme, and Clarissa tells interesting facts and gossip from her life. They chitchat about tips for picking up men, the fact that nutmeg is a hallucinogenic, the beauty of British military boys, how you can't get crackling in Scotland or France. So, be prepared to learn how to core a kidney (and who knew kidneys needed coring?), make cracker crumbs, and laugh along at the antics of these two rather large women. The Two Fat Ladies are destined to become a cooking classic. The four-season, 24-episode DVD set includes biographies of Paterson and Wright, a documentary tribute to Paterson, and a recipe booklet. --Jenny Brown

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Beyond Two Fat Ladies Tribute book to Jennifer Paterson Two Fat Ladies Cookbook More recipes from Two Fat Ladies Product Description "An antidote to solemn cooking shows" -- The Boston Globe "An Anglophile’s delight" -- The Boston Globe "Go-for-the-gusto cooking style" -- The Wall Street Journal With an outsized passion for fun, Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright take cooking and conversation to places where ordinary food shows dare not go. These eccentric dames crisscross the British Isles on their Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle and sidecar, preparing sumptuous feasts for all manner of folks, from lumberjacks to teenage lacrosse players. They shun faddish, health-conscious fare in favor of big, old-fashioned flavor -- usually enhanced by bacon, cream, and butter. All the while, the ladies hilariously hold forth on every topic under the sun, often bursting into song as the spirit moves them. Their generous wit and lust for life remind us that fine cooking -- like fine dining -- always goes better in good company. Join Jennifer and Clarissa on all 24 of their adventures, from a Benedictine abbey to the Brazilian embassy. As Jennifer would say, "Quelle treat!" As seen on Food Network and public television. DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE bios of Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright, documentary tribute to Jennifer Patterson, and a recipe booklet. See all Editorial Reviews   Customer Reviews 65 Reviews 5 star:  (57) 4 star:  (7) 3 star:    (0) 2 star:  (1) 1 star:    (0)           Average Customer Review 4.8 out of 5 stars (65 customer reviews)         Share your thoughts with other customers: Most Helpful Customer Reviews 82 of 82 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Show!, June 25, 2008 By  Bond Fan '62 (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Two Fat Ladies (DVD) What a wonderful release -- I received an advance copy, and can report that this DVD set is a real treat! Here's a disc-by-disc breakdown (all episodes are about 29 minutes long): Disc 1 (173 min.): Fish & Shellfish, Meat, Fruits & Vegetables, Cakes, Game, Food in the Wild Disc 2 (202 min.): Lunch, Cocktail Party, Afternoon Tea, Picnic, Breakfast, Dinner, Christmas Dinner Disc 3 (202 min.): Benedictine Nuns, The Pony Club, The Cambridge Eight, Barristers, The Air Race, Lock Keepers, A Caribbean Christmas Disc 4 (154 min.): Potatoes Galore, On Safari, Timber!, A Day at the Races + the Bonus Program "A Tribute to Jennnifer Paterson" This set includes all 24 full-length episodes of Two Fat Ladies (didn't Food Network cut out several minutes to fit this show into a 30-minute slot?) plus a wonderful 38-minute special about the life of Jennifer Paterson and an 8-page booklet with eight recipes featured in the series. Five stars all the way!! 91 of 95 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Full-throttle DVD Release Ahead, Ladies!!, May 5, 2008 By  E. Hornaday (Lawrenceville, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    This review is from: Two Fat Ladies (DVD) It's time to "bubble and squeak" with joy! In the history of cooking shows, this one remains a true Iconic TV Classic. It is utterly unique and richly deserves this complete DVD series release - just as richly as the flavors that run through the dishes featured! Part cooking show, part comedy, part travelogue, part buddy-show but ALL entertainment, fun and very, very British, Two Fat Ladies featured Clarissa Dickson-Wright and the late Jennifer Paterson, both middle-aged and overweight. It originally ran for three seasons, from 1996 to 1998 on BBC Two. Repeats of the show also appeared on the Food Network in the US, and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia. In total, only 16 episodes were produced, but it was more than enough to propel the women into unlikely, beloved, worldwide celebrities. The show featured the pair traveling throughout the United Kingdom on Paterson's signature Triumph Thunderbird. Wright rode in the sidecar and, appropriately, hurled hysterical a-sides down the country roads as they rode to unusual and often, historic destinations to feed large groups. In general, wherever the ended up, they used existing kitchens to cook and often incorporated ingredients unfamiliar to American pallets, like lard and drippings, raw eggs and unpasteurized milk products. They emphasized the importance of using freshest ingredients of the very best quality, eschewing supermarkets for farms and roadside stands along the way. Interestingly, the use of these heavy, rich ingredients led to criticism by some journalists who considered them a bad influence on the British diet. Undeterred and unabashedly outspoken, the women had a dislike of vegetarians and spoke quite disparagingly about them with humor; Patterson once said a terrine was, "Delicious, despite its vegetarian overtones." In another episode, Jennifer explained that although a dish had originally included lentils, a Colonel's maid who brought the dish back to England got rid of them. The story won cheers of support from Clarissa who said, "Hurrah! Get rid of all lentils. You've no idea how randy they make vegetarians." Paterson and Dickson-Wright sang their own theme song during an animated opening of each show, and Paterson often burst into song during the show, once introducing Apple Pan Dowdy with a verse from an Andrews Sisters song. Both frequently quoted literature while they cooked, Dickson-Wright frequently quoting Shakespear. Sadly, Paterson smoked heavily and, at one point, took the opportunity to go out for a cigarette while a dish cooked in the oven. Most episodes ended with her smoking and having a cocktail. In one scene, in order to keep the wind from blowing out the lighter, she opened her coat and lighted her cigarette in its shelter. In 1998, the ladies filmed an episode at a Safari Park where Paterson asked if she could take special care of the elephants. This was the last episode she was able to shoot. The close of the show was extended and instead of its usual one-minute close, it ran five minutes. Later, she told Dickson-Wright that she was feeling unwell, and was going to see a doctor. She was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer and hospitalized immediately. The day before she died, she asked Clarissa to bring her a tin of her favorite caviar but when Dickson-Wright arrived, Paterson had just died. She was 71. Clarissa said that after Jennifer's funeral, she ate the caviar as a tribute to her friend. Season 1 Episodes are: Fish & Shellfish, the ladies prepare a meal at The Shark's Fin restaurant in Mevagissey, Cormwall; Meat, the ladies go to Westonbirt School in Cornwall to cook for the lacrosse team; Fruits & Vegetables, the ladies fix dinner for the priests at Westminster Cathedral (not the famous Abbey); Cakes, The ladies prepare cakes for a fait in Hallaton using a private kitchen of a friend of Clarissa's from her Women's Institute days; Game, the ladies go to Scotland to cook at Lennoxlove House in East Lothian which is owned by the 15th Duke of Hamilton; and Cooking in the Wild, the ladies go to Kielder Forest in Northumberland to cook for a Boy Scout Troop. Season 2 Episodes are: A Cocktail Party, the ladies prepare hor d'ourvers for a cocktail party at the Brazilian Embassy in Mayfair, London; Lunch, the ladies travel to the Hesket Newmarket in the Lake District to prepare lunch for members of a classic motorcycle rally. They cook at a private residence; A Picnic, the ladies travel to Llandudo in North Wales to prepare a picnic for a men's choir; Afternoon Tea, the ladies travel to Warborough, Oxfordshire to prepare afternoon tea for a cricket match at the manor house; Breakfast, the ladies go to Masham, North Yorkshire to cook breakfast for the men at the Black Sheep Brewery (actually cooked at the old vicarage house); Dinner, the ladies travel to the Gurkhas to cook dinner for the officers; and Two Fat Ladies Christmas Special 1, filmed at Winchester Cathedral. The ladies fixed a Christmas dimmer for the choir boys. Season 3 Episodes are: Benedictine Nuns, the ladies travel to Connemara, Ireland to cook for the benedictine nuns at Kylemore Abbey; Potatoes Galore, the ladies go to the Channel Islands to cook potato dishes; and Two Fat Ladies Christmas Special 2, A Carribean Christmas, the ladies go to Jamaica at the invitation of the local polo team. They prepare the meal at a beautiful old plantation house. Many thanks to Acorn Media for this wonderful release! 16 of 17 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars At last! I've been hoping for months this would be released in the US!, May 13, 2008 By  M. Moore "meeroom" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    This review is from: Two Fat Ladies (DVD) I cannot say how thrilled I am that this long-awaited DVD is being released in the US. The Two Fat Ladies remains my favorite cooking show of all time. The Food Network would do well to toss some of their no-name bobbleheads and bring back this excellent show. I currently own the VHS Series 1 and 2 tapes, and bring them out at least once a year for some "comfort viewing". Clarissa and Jennifer are refreshing and funny, their show is a joy to watch. Having made a few of their less-intimidating recipies, like Chocolate Fruit tarts, I can say that in addition to their show being hilarious and entertaining, the recipies are delicious and easy. More importantly, Clarissa and Jennifer were frontrunners in the current movement towards less processed food and seeking out good local ingredients, rather than purchasing imported schlock from the local supermarket. You will certainly enjoy this DVD, it's unusual, fun, and a pleasure to relax and enjoy.       Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Amazon's Cooking Series One Big Fat Treat "Two Fat Ladies" delivers the goods! Even better than I remember the series during its run in the 1990s, I find the sound effective, the immodesty and straightforward honesty of... Read more Published 2 months ago by Robert E. Champ 5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun I became familiar with The Two Fat ladies when it started to be broadcast here, in the USA. Unfortunately parts of the episodes were edited out to make room for commercials... Read more Published 3 months ago by LD400RN 5.0 out of 5 stars Great entertainment! I loved watching the show when it was available on cable, and was thrilled to see the DVD package. I would never use one of their recipes, but they were certainly two of the most... Read more Published 3 months ago by Jan 4.0 out of 5 stars A Different Cooking Show, Entertaining And Useful, Not Corporate First off, let's get the British element out of the way: A lot of Americans would sit through five hours of the most historically accurate portrayal of dust settling on drying... Read more Published 3 months ago by Gryphonisle 5.0 out of 5 stars If You Love the Series... You'll love this dvd set. The picture is excellent, even better if you play it on a Blu ray player and HDtv because they upconvert the image. Read more Published 3 months ago by Myyystop 5.0 out of 5 stars I was a Vegetarian, UNTIL!!!!!!!!! Until the Food Network aired the 2Fat Ladies, and I begin to watch! The very fact that they use the FRESHEST produce available from meat to chocolate, who can say no to that. Read more Published 3 months ago by sal.T 5.0 out of 5 stars For all of us fans, we just love 'em, always will. I received this item in picture-perfect condition from Amazon (Amazon was the seller), and it brought back memories of the late 90's which we thought we'd never see again. Read more Published 4 months ago by Joseph Marx 5.0 out of 5 stars A chubby chaser's delight "Two Fat Ladies" is not only a gastronomic feast, but an exploration of what it means to be unashamedly comfortable with yourself and your own opinions. Read more Published 6 months ago by Carrots 4.0 out of 5 stars happy with it happy with what i received. It was exactly what I wanted. I had it mailed to me much sooner than expected. Published 7 months ago by booklover 5.0 out of 5 stars Ravishing!! I love this box set. 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82 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Show!, June 25, 2008

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Bond Fan '62 (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Two Fat Ladies (DVD)

What a wonderful release -- I received an advance copy, and can report that this DVD set is a real treat!

Here's a disc-by-disc breakdown (all episodes are about 29 minutes long):

Disc 1 (173 min.): Fish & Shellfish, Meat, Fruits & Vegetables, Cakes, Game, Food in the Wild

Disc 2 (202 min.): Lunch, Cocktail Party, Afternoon Tea, Picnic, Breakfast, Dinner, Christmas Dinner

Disc 3 (202 min.): Benedictine Nuns, The Pony Club, The Cambridge Eight, Barristers, The Air Race, Lock Keepers, A Caribbean Christmas

Disc 4 (154 min.): Potatoes Galore, On Safari, Timber!, A Day at the Races + the Bonus Program "A Tribute to Jennnifer Paterson"

This set includes all 24 full-length episodes of Two Fat Ladies (didn't Food Network cut out several minutes to fit this show into a 30-minute slot?) plus a wonderful 38-minute special about the life of Jennifer Paterson and an 8-page booklet with eight recipes featured in the series. Five stars all the way!!

91 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full-throttle DVD Release Ahead, Ladies!!, May 5, 2008

By 

E. Hornaday (Lawrenceville, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Two Fat Ladies (DVD)

It's time to "bubble and squeak" with joy!

In the history of cooking shows, this one remains a true Iconic TV Classic. It is utterly unique and richly deserves this complete DVD series release - just as richly as the flavors that run through the dishes featured!

Part cooking show, part comedy, part travelogue, part buddy-show but ALL entertainment, fun and very, very British, Two Fat Ladies featured Clarissa Dickson-Wright and the late Jennifer Paterson, both middle-aged and overweight.

It originally ran for three seasons, from 1996 to 1998 on BBC Two. Repeats of the show also appeared on the Food Network in the US, and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia. In total, only 16 episodes were produced, but it was more than enough to propel the women into unlikely, beloved, worldwide celebrities.

The show featured the pair traveling throughout the United Kingdom on Paterson's signature Triumph Thunderbird. Wright rode in the sidecar and, appropriately, hurled hysterical a-sides down the country roads as they rode to unusual and often, historic destinations to feed large groups.

In general, wherever the ended up, they used existing kitchens to cook and often incorporated ingredients unfamiliar to American pallets, like lard and drippings, raw eggs and unpasteurized milk products. They emphasized the importance of using freshest ingredients of the very best quality, eschewing supermarkets for farms and roadside stands along the way. Interestingly, the use of these heavy, rich ingredients led to criticism by some journalists who considered them a bad influence on the British diet.

Undeterred and unabashedly outspoken, the women had a dislike of vegetarians and spoke quite disparagingly about them with humor; Patterson once said a terrine was, "Delicious, despite its vegetarian overtones." In another episode, Jennifer explained that although a dish had originally included lentils, a Colonel's maid who brought the dish back to England got rid of them. The story won cheers of support from Clarissa who said, "Hurrah! Get rid of all lentils. You've no idea how randy they make vegetarians."

Paterson and Dickson-Wright sang their own theme song during an animated opening of each show, and Paterson often burst into song during the show, once introducing Apple Pan Dowdy with a verse from an Andrews Sisters song. Both frequently quoted literature while they cooked, Dickson-Wright frequently quoting Shakespear.

Sadly, Paterson smoked heavily and, at one point, took the opportunity to go out for a cigarette while a dish cooked in the oven. Most episodes ended with her smoking and having a cocktail. In one scene, in order to keep the wind from blowing out the lighter, she opened her coat and lighted her cigarette in its shelter.

In 1998, the ladies filmed an episode at a Safari Park where Paterson asked if she could take special care of the elephants. This was the last episode she was able to shoot. The close of the show was extended and instead of its usual one-minute close, it ran five minutes. Later, she told Dickson-Wright that she was feeling unwell, and was going to see a doctor. She was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer and hospitalized immediately.

The day before she died, she asked Clarissa to bring her a tin of her favorite caviar but when Dickson-Wright arrived, Paterson had just died. She was 71. Clarissa said that after Jennifer's funeral, she ate the caviar as a tribute to her friend.

Season 1 Episodes are: Fish & Shellfish, the ladies prepare a meal at The Shark's Fin restaurant in Mevagissey, Cormwall; Meat, the ladies go to Westonbirt School in Cornwall to cook for the lacrosse team; Fruits & Vegetables, the ladies fix dinner for the priests at Westminster Cathedral (not the famous Abbey); Cakes, The ladies prepare cakes for a fait in Hallaton using a private kitchen of a friend of Clarissa's from her Women's Institute days; Game, the ladies go to Scotland to cook at Lennoxlove House in East Lothian which is owned by the 15th Duke of Hamilton; and Cooking in the Wild, the ladies go to Kielder Forest in Northumberland to cook for a Boy Scout Troop.

Season 2 Episodes are: A Cocktail Party, the ladies prepare hor d'ourvers for a cocktail party at the Brazilian Embassy in Mayfair, London; Lunch, the ladies travel to the Hesket Newmarket in the Lake District to prepare lunch for members of a classic motorcycle rally. They cook at a private residence; A Picnic, the ladies travel to Llandudo in North Wales to prepare a picnic for a men's choir; Afternoon Tea, the ladies travel to Warborough, Oxfordshire to prepare afternoon tea for a cricket match at the manor house; Breakfast, the ladies go to Masham, North Yorkshire to cook breakfast for the men at the Black Sheep Brewery (actually cooked at the old vicarage house); Dinner, the ladies travel to the Gurkhas to cook dinner for the officers; and Two Fat Ladies Christmas Special 1, filmed at Winchester Cathedral. The ladies fixed a Christmas dimmer for the choir boys.

Season 3 Episodes are: Benedictine Nuns, the ladies travel to Connemara, Ireland to cook for the benedictine nuns at Kylemore Abbey; Potatoes Galore, the ladies go to the Channel Islands to cook potato dishes; and Two Fat Ladies Christmas Special 2, A Carribean Christmas, the ladies go to Jamaica at the invitation of the local polo team. They prepare the meal at a beautiful old plantation house.

Many thanks to Acorn Media for this wonderful release!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last! I've been hoping for months this would be released in the US!, May 13, 2008

By 

M. Moore "meeroom" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Two Fat Ladies (DVD)

I cannot say how thrilled I am that this long-awaited DVD is being released in the US. The Two Fat Ladies remains my favorite cooking show of all time. The Food Network would do well to toss some of their no-name bobbleheads and bring back this excellent show.
I currently own the VHS Series 1 and 2 tapes, and bring them out at least once a year for some "comfort viewing". Clarissa and Jennifer are refreshing and funny, their show is a joy to watch.
Having made a few of their less-intimidating recipies, like Chocolate Fruit tarts, I can say that in addition to their show being hilarious and entertaining, the recipies are delicious and easy.
More importantly, Clarissa and Jennifer were frontrunners in the current movement towards less processed food and seeking out good local ingredients, rather than purchasing imported schlock from the local supermarket.
You will certainly enjoy this DVD, it's unusual, fun, and a pleasure to relax and enjoy.