Big Ballet was a British documentary television programme produced by Rare Day and broadcast on Channel 4. The three-episode series was first broadcast on 6 February 2014. It followed Wayne Sleep and prima ballerina Monica Loughman as they worked with a troupe of amateur dancers to realise their dream of dancing Swan Lake.The dancers, referred to in the show as "fat" or "real women", ranged from UK size 12 to 24: all of the dancers were significantly larger than the norm in classical ballet, however, the slimmer dancers would not be categorised as "plus size" usually.