Chain Reaction (nicknamed "the tag-team talk show") is a hostless chat show first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991, and then revived on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. Each week an individual from the world of entertainment selects someone that they would like to interview. This interviewee goes on to be the next week's interviewer.
Genre | Chat show |
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Running time | 30 Minuten |
Country of origin | Vereinigtes Königreich |
Language(s) | Englisch |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
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Opening theme | "I Do Not Fear Jazz" by Big Strides |
Website | Chain Reaction |
Episodes
editNo. overall | No. in series | Interviewer | Interviewee | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | Ralph Steadman | John Cleese | 31 December 1991 |
2 | 2 | John Cleese | William Goldman | 1 January 1992 |
3 | 3 | William Goldman | Ian McKellen | 2 January 1992 |
4 | 4 | Ian McKellen | Glenys Kinnock | 3 January 1992 |
5 | 1 | Glenys Kinnock | Juliet Stevenson[1] | 14 September 1992 |
6 | 2 | Juliet Stevenson | Helen Bamber[2] | 15 September 1992 |
7 | 3 | Helen Bamber | John Sessions[3] | 16 September 1992 |
8 | 4 | John Sessions | Ruby Wax[4] | 17 September 1992 |
9 | 5 | Ruby Wax | Rob Newman[5] | 18 September 1992 |
10 | 1 | Rob Newman | Spike Milligan[6] | 2 November 1992 |
11 | 2 | Spike Milligan | John Wells[7] | 3 November 1992 |
12 | 3 | John Wells | Paul Merton[8] | 4 November 1992 |
13 | 4 | Paul Merton | George Best[9] | 5 November 1992 |
14 | 5 | George Best | Joe Strummer[10] | 6 November 1992 |
15 | 1 | Joe Strummer | unknown [11] | 14 December 1992 |
16 | 2 | Unknown | unknown[12] | 15 December 1992 |
17 | 3 | Unknown | unknown[13] | 16 December 1992 |
18 | 4 | Unknown | unknown[14] | 17 December 1992 |
19 | 5 | Unknown | unknown[15] | 18 December 1992 |
20 | 1 | David Gedge | John Peel[16] | 6 August 1993 |
21 | 2 | John Peel | Ian Rush[17] | 13 August 1993 |
22 | 3 | Ian Rush | Max Boyce[18] | 20 August 1993 |
23 | 4 | Max Boyce | Pete Waterman[19] | 27 August 1993 |
24 | 5 | Pete Waterman | Jimmy Savile[20] | 3 September 1993 |
25 | 1 | Jenny Eclair | Jimmy Carr[21] | 30 December 2004 |
26 | 2 | Jimmy Carr | Matt Lucas[22] | 6 January 2005 |
27 | 3 | Matt Lucas | Johnny Vegas[23] | 13 January 2005 |
28 | 4 | Johnny Vegas | Stewart Lee[24] | 20 January 2005 |
29 | 5 | Stewart Lee | Alan Moore[25] | 27 January 2005 |
30 | 6 | Alan Moore | Brian Eno[26] | 3 February 2005 |
31 | 1 | Jo Brand | Barry Cryer[27] | 15 February 2006 |
32 | 2 | Barry Cryer | Mark Thomas[28] | 22 February 2006 |
33 | 3 | Mark Thomas | Alexei Sayle[29] | 1 March 2006 |
34 | 4 | Alexei Sayle | Lenny Henry[30] | 8 March 2006 |
35 | 5 | Lenny Henry | Bill Bailey[31] | 15 March 2006 |
36 | 6 | Bill Bailey | Simon Pegg[32] | 22 March 2006 |
37 | 1 | Marcus Brigstocke | Clive Anderson[33] | 10 January 2007 |
38 | 2 | Clive Anderson | John Lloyd[34] | 17 January 2007 |
39 | 3 | John Lloyd | Phill Jupitus[35] | 24 January 2007 |
40 | 4 | Phill Jupitus | John Hegley[36] | 31 January 2007 |
41 | 5 | John Hegley | Jack Dee[37] | 7 February 2007 |
42 | 6 | Jack Dee | Jeremy Hardy[38] | 14 February 2007 |
43 | 1 | Catherine Tate | David Tennant[39] | 21 February 2008 |
44 | 2 | David Tennant | Richard Wilson[40] | 28 February 2008 |
45 | 3 | Richard Wilson | Arabella Weir[41] | 6 March 2008 |
46 | 4 | Arabella Weir | Paul Whitehouse[42] | 13 March 2008 |
47 | 1 | Robert Llewellyn | Dave Gorman[43] | 2 September 2009 |
48 | 2 | Dave Gorman | Frank Skinner | TBA |
49 | 3 | Frank Skinner | Eddie Izzard | TBA |
50 | 4 | Eddie Izzard | Alastair Campbell | TBA |
51 | 5 | Alastair Campbell | Alistair McGowan | TBA |
52 | 6 | Alistair McGowan | Simon Callow | TBA |
53 | 1 | Ronni Ancona | Lee Mack | 13 August 2010 |
54 | 2 | Lee Mack | Adrian Edmondson | TBA |
55 | 3 | Adrian Edmondson | Ruby Wax | TBA |
56 | 4 | Ruby Wax | Harry Shearer | TBA |
57 | 5 | Harry Shearer | Stephen Merchant | TBA |
58 | 6 | Stephen Merchant | Jarvis Cocker | TBA |
59 | 1 | Rhys Thomas | Simon Day | 29 July 2011 |
60 | 2 | Simon Day | Peter Hook | TBA |
61 | 3 | Peter Hook | John Cooper Clarke | TBA |
62 | 4 | John Cooper Clarke | Kevin Eldon | TBA |
63 | 5 | Kevin Eldon | Mark Steel | TBA |
64 | 6 | Mark Steel | Barry Davies | TBA |
65 | 1 | Jeremy Front | his sister Rebecca Front | 27 July 2012 |
66 | 2 | Rebecca Front | Chris Addison | TBA |
67 | 3 | Chris Addison | Derren Brown | TBA |
68 | 4 | Derren Brown | Tim Minchin | TBA |
69 | 5 | Tim Minchin | Caitlin Moran | TBA |
70 | 6 | Caitlin Moran | Jennifer Saunders | TBA |
71 | 1 | Terry Christian | Kevin Bridges | 27 December 2013 |
72 | 2 | Kevin Bridges | Frankie Boyle | TBA |
73 | 3 | Frankie Boyle | Grant Morrison | TBA |
74 | 4 | Grant Morrison | Neil Innes | TBA |
75 | 5 | Neil Innes | Graham Linehan | TBA |
76 | 6 | Graham Linehan | Adam Buxton.[44] | TBA |
77 | 1 | Adam Buxton | Reece Shearsmith | 18 February 2015 |
78 | 2 | Reece Shearsmith | Bob Mortimer | TBA |
79 | 3 | Bob Mortimer | Vic Reeves | TBA |
80 | 4 | Vic Reeves | Olivia Colman | TBA |
81 | 5 | Olivia Colman | Sharon Horgan | TBA |
82 | 6 | Sharon Horgan | Dennis Kelly | TBA |
83 | 1 | Ed Byrne | Al Murray | 24 February 2016 |
84 | 2 | Al Murray | Ian Hislop | TBA |
85 | 3 | Ian Hislop | Victoria Coren Mitchell | TBA |
86 | 4 | Victoria Coren Mitchell | Sandi Toksvig | TBA |
87 | 5 | Sandi Toksvig | Roy Hudd | TBA |
88 | 6 | Roy Hudd | Alison Steadman | TBA |
89 | 1 | Sara Cox | Joe Lycett | 13 February 2017 |
90 | 2 | Joe Lycett | Katherine Ryan | TBA |
91 | 3 | Katherine Ryan | Sara Pascoe | TBA |
92 | 4 | Sara Pascoe | Harry Hill | TBA |
93 | 5 | Harry Hill | Tim Vine | TBA |
94 | 6 | Tim Vine | Sir Ken Dodd | TBA |
References
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