Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is a British documentary series broadcast on Channel 4, looking at the world of Roma (gypsies) and Irish Travellers in Britain today. First broadcast in February 2010 as a one-off called My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, and part of the Cutting Edge series, a series of 5 episodes was commissioned and began in January 2011.[1] A second series began airing in February 2012.[2] In North America, the show airs on TLC under the title My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, with the original narration by Barbara Flynn replaced by Ellen K.[3], while the TLC network started airing a spinoff featuring American Roma called My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding.[4]