John Bishop's Britain

Summary

John Bishop's Britain was a British television programme presented by comedian John Bishop. Each programme had a theme, for example food. It featured stand-up, sketches and real-life stories from celebrity guests and members of the public on that particular topic.[4] There have been two series filmed to date. A 2011 Christmas special was filmed and broadcast around the Christmas period of that year.[5]

John Bishop's Britain
Presented byJohn Bishop
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12 (+1 Christmas special)
Production
ProducersKenton Allen
Matthew Justice
Production locationsGranada Studios (series 1)
dock10 studios (series 2)[1]
Running time30 minutes (original showing)
45 minutes (extended repeats)
Production companiesObjective Productions
3 Amigos[2]
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release24 July 2010 (2010-07-24)[3] –
27 December 2011 (2011-12-27)

The show is filmed in front of an audience, where the audience are shown the interviews via video link as part of the filming. The sketches are not shown to the audience at the time of filming but Bishop's narration of the sketch is included in the filming. In the sketches, Bishop is portrayed by model Tommy Maxwell. TV host Rylan Clark-Neal rose to fame from this show.

Episode list edit

Series 1 (2010) edit

Episode No. Airdate Theme Total viewers Weekly channel ranking
1 24 July 2010 'Love and Marriage' 4.34m 19
2 31 July 2010 'Growing Up' 4.23m 18
3 7 August 2010 'Sport' 3.92m 29
4 14 August 2010 'Work' 4.38m 19
5 21 August 2010 'Parenthood and Family' 4.22m 21
6 28 August 2010 'Holidays' Under 4.04m Outside top 30

Series 2 (2011) edit

Episode No. Airdate Theme Total viewers Weekly channel ranking
1 30 July 2011 'Music and Fashion' 4.28m 17
2 6 August 2011 'Food' 4.56m 16
3 13 August 2011 'Hobbies' 4.55m 25
4 20 August 2011 'Animals' 4.00m 28
5 27 August 2011 'Friends' Under 4.04m Outside top 30
6 3 September 2011 'Being British' Under 3.89m Outside top 30
7 27 December 2011 'Christmas' Under 5.00m Outside top 30

References edit

  1. ^ "JOHN BISHOP'S BRITAIN - WAITING LIST: FREE TICKETS from Lost in TV". lostinTV.com. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "BBC - Press Office - John Bishop's Britain returns to BBC One for second series".
  3. ^ "John Bishop's Britain". IMDb. 24 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Series 1, John Bishop's Britain - BBC One".
  5. ^ "John Bishop". Facebook.

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