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 talk show hosted by Davina McCall
Davina McCall
Davina McCall is an English television presenter and actress, most notable as the presenter of the UK version of Big Brother up until its move to Channel 5.- Early life :...

.

It first aired on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

 on 15 February 2006, however, the show ended on 12 April 2006 at the end of its first series due to low ratings. One show attracted fewer than 2.3 million viewers, when it was moved to 7pm.

Guests

The guests for the series were:
Episode Air Date Guests Musical Guests
1
15 February 2006
Max Beesley
Max Beesley
Maxton Gig Beesley Jr. , known simply as Max Beesley, is an English actor and musician.Beesley rose to fame for his role of Andy Simpson in Every Woman, Every Man from 1993 to 1998, and has since appeared in a variety of television shows including Bodies, Hotel Babylon, London Ink, Survivors and...


Julian Clary
Julian Clary
Julian Peter McDonald Clary is an English comedian and novelist, known for his deliberately stereotypical camp style, with a heavy reliance on innuendo and double entendre.-Early life and education:...


Vernon Kay
Vernon Kay
Vernon Charles Kay is a British television presenter, radio DJ, american footballer and former model. He began television presenting on the BBC children's programme FBi, a spin-off of Fully Booked. Since he has presented various programmes, most notably T4, Beat the Star and All Star Family...


Tess Daly
Tess Daly
Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly is an English television presenter. She is married to the presenter Vernon Kay.-Early life:Daly was born in Derbyshire to Vivian , who died of emphysema, and Sylvia Daly...

Charlotte Church
Charlotte Church
Charlotte Maria Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States...


KT Tunstall
KT Tunstall
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2
22 February 2006
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years...


Patrick Kielty
Patrick Kielty
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Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw
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Westlife
Westlife
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Corrine Bailey Rae
3
1 March 2006
Gloria Hunniford
Gloria Hunniford
Gloria Hunniford is a Northern Irish TV and radio presenter, and formerly a singer.-Biography:...


Zöe Lucker
Zöe Lucker
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Neil Morrissey
Neil Morrissey
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Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
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Sugababes
Sugababes
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Orson
Orson
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4
8 March 2006
Ed Byrne
Ed Byrne
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Katie Price
Eamonn Holmes
Eamonn Holmes
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Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...


Vittorio Grigolo
Vittorio Grigolo
Vittorio Grigolo is an Italian singer.Grigolo was born in Arezzo, but raised in Rome.He began singing by the age of four...

5
15 March 2006
Michelle Collins
Michelle Collins
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Alistair McGowan
Alistair McGowan
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Omid Djalili
Omid Djalili
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Beverley Knight
Beverley Knight
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Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
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6
29 March 2006
Dawn French
Jill Halfpenny
Jill Halfpenny
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Louis Walsh
Louis Walsh
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Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
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Will Young
Will Young
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7
5 April 2006
Jenny Eclair
Lulu
Lulu (singer)
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Russell Watson
Russell Watson
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Shayne Ward
Shayne Ward
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David Gray
David Gray (musician)
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8
12 April 2006
Jade Goody
Jade Goody
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Kacey Ainsworth
Kacey Ainsworth
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Richard Wilson
Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan
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Peter Grant
Peter Grant
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Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Ketevan "Katie" Melua is a British-Georgian singer, songwriter and musician. She moved to Northern Ireland at the age of eight and then to England at fourteen. Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management of composer Mike Batt, and made her musical debut in 2003...


Kubb
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Viewing Figures

This is a table displaying the averages of each show for the chatshow, which aired on BBC1. These figures are made available from MediaGuardian.
Episode Air Date Viewers Share
1
15 February 2006
3.5m
14%
2
22 February 2006
2.7m
11%
3
1 March 2006
3.0m
13%
4
8 March 2006
2.5m
11%
5
15 March 2006
2.3m
10.4%
6
29 March 2006
2.6m
12%
7
5 April 2006
2.4m
11%
8
12 April 2006
2.2m
11%

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