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IN TOWN TONIGHT A highly stilted 1950's UK talk show.
IF IT'S SATURDAY IT MUST BE NIMMO UK / BBC / 1970 Saturdays 6.15pm Producer: Richard Drewett / Director: Roger Ordish None too serious early evening chat show hosted by actor Derek Nimmo taking a break from his usual role of playing vicars and the like.
IYANLA USA / Syndicated-Buena Vista / x60m-e / 2001 Executive Producer: Barbara Walters Talk
show hosted by best-selling self-help author, lecturer and frequent Oprah
guest star Iyanla Vanzant. With issue oriented banter the theme and subjects
like accomplishing personal goals and maintaining meaningful relationships on
the burner.
JENNY ECLAIR'S PRIVATE FUNCTION UK / Channel Five / 7x30m-e / 1999 Sundays 11.45pm Producer: Andy Jacobs Comedy chat and review series hosted by Jenny Eclair.
JERRY SPRINGER UK UK / ITV / 10x30m-e / 1999 First two episodes shown Monday 8.00pm rest weekdays 1.25pm Executive Producer: Richard Dominick / Editor: Sally-Ann Howard Jerry Springer took his outrageous talk to the shores of Britain for this series and found an equally willing bunch of Brits to flaunt their peccadilloes.
JOAN RIVERS: CAN WE TALK UK / BBC2 / 6x30m-e / 1986 10 March - 14 April Caustic American stand up comedian Joan Rivers starring in her own chat show. Peter Cook featured in each as a kind of co-host.
THE JONATHAN DIMBLEBY INTERVIEWS UK / ITV / 3x60m-e / 1999 8 August - 5 September Sundays 1.00pm Executive Producer: Will Smith / Director: Michael Toppin Current Affairs. Jonathan Dimbleby talks to key American politicians and other prominent figures about the coming new century.
JOSIE UK / C5 / 10x30m-e / 1999 Saturdays 10.30am Producer: Colm Crowley Talk show. Josie D'Arby hosts a series of debate style shows aimed at 15 - 25 year olds.
KAYE UK / BBC2 / x30m-e / 1999 Weekdays 4.00pm Discussion show in which Kaye Adams used the same format as the Esther show (presented by Esther Rantzen), the show was basically Kaye standing in for an otherwise occupied Esther Rantzen.
KILROY UK / BBC1 / 2000+x40m-e / 1986-200? Daytime debate show presided over by the former politician Robert Kilroy Silk.
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A NIGHT ON MOUNT ETNA UK / London Weekend Television / 1x60m-e / 1990 (15 December - Saturday 10.05pm) Writer: Barry Humphries / Producer: Claudia Rosencrantz / Director: Alasdair Macmillan A Dame Edna Everage Christmad special in which the housewife superstar (played of course by Barry Humphries) chatted to Mel Gibson, Gina Lollabrigida, Charlton Heston and Julio Inglesias.
KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE UK / BBC2-Talkback / 6x30m-e 1x40m-e / 1994-95 Season 1: 16 September - 21 October 1994 / Special: 29 December 1995 Writers: Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front / Producer: Armando Iannucci / Executive Producer: Peter Fincham Spoof chat show in which an increasingly deranged Alan Partridge (played by Steve Coogan) harangued his guests and let things fall to pieces around him. The title of the show came from Partridges love of the pop group Abba. The show was based on a 1992 Radio Four series of the same name.
THE LAST RESORT WITH JONATHAN ROSS UK / Channel Four-Callander-Channel X / x45m-e / 1987-90 Producer: Colin Callander Chat show which proved to be Jonathan Ross's big break, the show was styled on the American David Letterman show. In 1988 the title was shortened to just The Last Resort.
LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN USA / NBC / x60m-e / 1982-93 (2 February 82 - 10 September 93 / Weeknights 12.30am) The talk show that turned the talk show format on its head with Letterman setting out to enjoy himself as much as the audience, the show had traditional guests but Letterman had more fun with elements with items like The Top Ten list, small town news and Stupid Pet Tricks. Letterman left NBC after strangely being passed over for the Tonight Show in favour of Jay Leno. Letterman then switched over to CBS and carried on in more or less the same vein, see below for details of that show. Letterman also had regular assistance from Larry 'Bud' Melman as played by Calvert DeForest, the shows bandleader was Paul Shaffer.
LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN USA / CBS / x60m-e / 1993-continuing weeknights 11.35pm Basically a continuation of the above but with a change of channel after Letterman didn't get the Tonight seat. Letterman was not allowed to use any of the items from the NBC show (top ten etc) but soon came up with more, these CBS shows came from the Ed Sullivan Theater and Paul Shaffer again led the band (now called the CBS orchestra), Calvert DeForest was also still around and this time under his own name. Letterman has recently undergone major heart surgery but is getting the show back to something like their best.
LIGHT LUNCH UK / Channel Four / x50m-e / 1998-99 Weekday cookery-chat show hosted by comedians Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins combining comedy, cookery and interviewing various celebrities. Originally shown lunchtimes it then went to a teatime slot under the tile Late Lunch, this went out once a week as opposed to five times a week.
LATE LUNCH WITH SIR LES UK / Channel 4-LWT / 1x35m-e / 1991 27 December Friday 11.35pm Writer: Barry Humphries / Producer: Claudia Rosencrantz / Director: Alasdair MacMillan
LATE TACKLE ITV / x80m-e / 1998-continuing Executive Producer: Gary Newbon Late night sporting chat show with Big Ron Atkinson and Gary Newbon.
LOOK WHO'S HERE Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1975-76 (3 June 75 - 14 September 76) Producer: Don Brown Talk show that concentrated on Canadian talent, each show had a different presenter, these included Lorraine Thomson (who spoke to Dame Margot Fonteyn), Gordon Sinclair and Howard Cable.
LOWRI UK / BBC2 / x30m-e / 1998 Talk and debate show with the same format as Esther and Kaye. The show sprang out of host Lowri Turner covering for Esther Rantzen on her show when Esther fell ill.
MANHATTAN SPOTLIGHT USA / Dumont / x15m-e / 1949-51 black and white Nightly talk show hosted by Dumont station announcer Chuck Tranum, his guests were generally of the people off the street kind. Shown in Daytime initially then at various times on the evening schedule.
McCOIST AND MacAULEY UK / BBC1(Scotland) / x30m-e / 1998-99 Producer: Esme Frain Comedy chat show hosted by footballer Ali McCoist and comic Fred MacAuley. Each edition came from a different venue somewhere in Scotland.
THE MAG UK / Channel Five / x40m-e / 1998- Teen discussion show in the style of Kilroy etc, originally hosted by Josie D'Arby then Sallyann Keizer.
MAKING FACES UK / Channel Four / 1x30m-e / 2000 14 May - Sunday 7.00pm Producer: Bruno Wolheim / Director: Andrew Palmer Artist Paul Benney paints the portrait of Jerry Hall whilst Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall watches the proceedings. A curious attempt to try and find a new chat show format.
MATCH OF THEIR DAY UK / BBC2 / 10x25m-e / 1998 Garth Crooks talks to some of Britains greatest footballers including Sir Stanley Matthews, Tommy Docherty and Rodney Marsh.
MELINDA'S BIG NIGHT IN UK / Channel Five / x40m-e / 1998-99 Producer: Sam Pinell Twice weekly chat show hosted by the ex page three 'glamour model' Melinda Messenger.
THE MRS MERTON SHOW UK / BBC-Granada / x30m-e / 1995-99 Writers: Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, Henry Normal, David Gormon Comedy chat show with real guests but a fake host. Caroline Aherne appeared as elderly Mrs Merton putting often amazing questions to her celebrity guests (such as asking Debbie McGee what first attracted her to millionaire Paul Daniels). Mrs Merton's audience was made up of actual pensioners and the show first appeared on BBC2 with as it grew in popularity making the switch to BBC1.
MY SECRET UK / Channel Five / x30m-e / 1999 Producer: Adrian Podmore Discussion type show presented by Lauren Booth (half sister of Cherie) with each of the guests revealing an amazing secret.
NICK ROSS UK / BBC2 / 15x40m-e / 1999 29 November - 17 December Weekdays 5.20pm Producer: Siobhan Mulholland / Theme Music: Peter Oldroyd, Gary Scargill Discussion based show ala Esther, Kilroy etc etc, this one hosted by Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross.
UK / BBC1-Paradine / 4x60m-e / 1977 5-22 May A series of interviews with disgraced ex president Richard Nixon conducted by David Frost.
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