Season 1
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is a British documentary series produced by Firecracker Films for Channel 4 as a continuation of the one-off special My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, which looks at the world of gypsies and travellers in Britain today through a series of rites-of-passage events.
The series premiered in the UK on Channel 4 on 18 January, 2011.
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings premiered in South Africa on DStv's BBC Entertaiment channel on Thursday 17 November 2011, at 21h00. It later aired on DStv's BBC Lifestyle channel. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 1 originally aired on BBC Entertainment from 17 November to 15 December, 2011, on Thursdays at 21h00. New episodes broadcast weekly.
Season 1 premiered on BBC Lifestyle on Sunday 13 May 2012, at 18h00. New episodes broadcast weekly. There are five episodes in the first season.
Synopsis
A visually arresting portrait of the lives of gypsies and travellers in Britain today.
Picking up where the hugely successful one-off documentary of the same title left off, the new series follows the extraordinary rite-of-passage events - including weddings, communions and christenings - to offer a window into the world of the gypsy and traveller community.
Each stand-alone episode gives insights into the community's attitudes toward gender roles, education and outsiders. The series also explores the remarkable rituals, traditions and beliefs held by this minority group.
Warm, intelligent, engrossing and funny, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings tells intimate stories on an epic scale, laying bare an exotic unseen Britain that exists right on our doorstep.
Seasons
Season 1 (5 episodes)
Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 17 Nov 2011 | Finale: 15 Dec 2011 | Thursdays, 21h00
Channel: BBC Lifestyle | Premiere: 13 May 2012 | Finale: 10 Jun 2012 | Sundays, 18h00
Season 2 (7 episodes)
Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 6 Aug 2012 | Finale: 17 Sep 2012 | Mondays, 20h00
Channel: BBC Lifestyle | Premiere: 16 Sep 2012 | Finale: 28 Oct 2012 | Sundays, 18h00
My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas (1 episode)
Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 24 Dec 2012 | Monday, 20h00