Loose Women

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Loose Women
Format Talk Show
Presented by Jackie Brambles
Andrea McLean
Starring Sherrie Hewson
Carol McGiffin
Coleen Nolan
Jane McDonald
Denise Welch
Lynda Bellingham
Rachel Agnew
Opening theme Patrick Duffin
Country of origin  United Kingdom
No. of series 13
Production
Executive producer(s) Karl Newton
Producer(s) ITV Studios
Location(s) The London Studios
Running time 60 mins
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Original run 6 September 1999 – present
Chronology
Related shows The View
External links
Official website

Loose Women is a British lunchtime programme, which was first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip and sexism, in front of a studio audience. The show is based on The View format from the American ABC network.

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[edit] Production

When it began, the series was filmed in London. After the second series in 2000, the show moved to a Manchester studio and was briefly re-branded as Live Talk. In 2002, Loose Women returned for a third run and by the fourth series a year later, it had moved to a studio in Norwich. For series six in 2004, the show returned to The London Studios where it has remained in Studio 3, although the set has been updated twice. The show enjoys high viewing figures in its daytime slot, and, since 2007, has aired all year round, with only a short hiatus at Christmas and a longer 'end-of season' break in August. Of the five weekday shows, Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays are broadcast live, where Wednesday's and Friday's shows are pre-recorded the night before.

[edit] Panel

The panel comprises four women from various professions in the entertainment and journalism industries, including actresses, singers, authors, presenters and reporters. Although all four women are classed as presenters in the credits, one acts as the main anchor, linking to breaks and competitions and addressing the television audience. Kaye Adams and Nadia Sawalha were the original anchors, and Adams held on to role for the first ten series until the end of 2006, when she left to go on maternity leave. Adams was expected to return for a new series, but in August 2007 she confirmed in her newspaper column that after 7 years, she decided that she wanted to move on to other projects and would not be returning.[1] Occasionally regular panelists such as Carol McGiffin and Denise Welch assume the position of anchor and there have been guest hosts, such as Carole Malone and Ruth Langsford. However, since 2007, the job has been mainly shared by Jackie Brambles and Andrea McLean who present for half of each week. The panelists also rotate throughout the week, with three of them appearing on each show. A new anchor will be brought in in August after the departure of Jackie Brambles.[2]

[edit] Make Me a Loose Woman

In 2009 ITV1 held a nationwide search for a female member of the public to appear as a panelist for five episodes. The winner was Rachel Agnew, who claimed in her audition tape to be the voice you hear in many shops' queue systems: "Cashier number ... please". She first appeared as a panelist on Wednesday 8 July, and is expected to appear over the duration of the summer months.

[edit] Loose @ 5.30

Loose @ 5.30 aired at 5.30pm on ITV for two weeks from Monday, 29 May 2006. This teatime version of Loose Women was a slight twist on the original format because the panel was composed of both men and women for the first time. Kaye Adams and Ted Robbins anchored each show with two more panellists, sometimes both female but usually another male and female.

The other panelists included Sherrie Hewson, Jane McDonald, Carol McGiffin, Coleen Nolan and Denise Welch from the Loose Women team and former Loose Women guests Jason Gardiner and Jeff Brazier. The spin-off did not prove popular and Loose Women was moved back to its original lunchtime slot and is currently being shown weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV.

[edit] Controversies

On 17 June 2008, comedienne Joan Rivers was a guest on the show and made an error by not realising that the show was completely live and not recorded.[3][4] She appeared to believe that the producers would "bleep" her swearing and said the words "fucking shit", referring to film star Russell Crowe, which subsequently went live to the public on ITV at approximately 1pm in the afternoon. The co-hosts immediately apologised for Rivers' outburst and during the commercial break she was asked to leave the set and not invited to come back for her final segment. A spokesperson for the show says, "Guests are always briefed that it is a live daytime show and are reminded not to swear or use inappropriate language. An editorial decision was taken that Joan Rivers should not appear in the final part of the programme. We would like to apologise to Loose Women viewers for the inappropriate language used on today's show." Rivers, for her part, finds it all quite funny. "I said: 'I apologise.' Everyone apologised. It was hilariously funny," she says. Joan adds that this was the first time she had been removed from a TV show in 40 years and she was "thrilled".[5]

[edit] Criticism

On 6 June 2008, the programme was criticised by British newspaper The Guardian as offensive and hateful to both men and women, for being sexist, and a case of feminism gone too far due to the concept of having a politically incorrect representation of an all-female cast of panelists. [6] [7]

[edit] DVD release

In late 2008, ITV released Let Loose: The Very Best Of Loose Women, a DVD featuring highlights of Series 12. The DVD is introduced by Jackie Brambles & Coleen Nolan, with Jane McDonald & Carol McGiffin giving an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the set at The London Studios.

[edit] Awards

Date Ceremony Award Status
03/09/2007 TV Quick & TV Choice Awards Best Daytime Show Won
19/03/2008 Royal Television Society Best Daytime Programme Nominated
25/06/2008 TV Quick & TV Choice Awards Best Daytime Programme Won
10/03/2009 Television and Radio Industries Club TV Daytime Programme award Won
TBA TV Quick & TV Choice Awards Best Daytime Programme Currently Nominated

[edit] List of panelists

The following table lists present and former Loose Women panelists, and the years they have been active.

Panelist 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Helen Adams Off On Off
Kaye Adams On Off
Trish Adudu On Off
Rachel Agnew Off On
Susie Amy Off On Off
Jeni Barnett Off On Off
Amanda Barrie Off On Off
Tamara Beckwith Off On Off
Lynda Bellingham Off On
Denise Black Off On Off
Karren Brady On Off
Jackie Brambles Off On
Fern Britton On Off
Jo Bunting Off On Off
Emma Bunton Off On Off
Danielle Bux Off On
Rhona Cameron Off On Off
Sarah Cawood Off On Off
Pattie Coldwell On Off
Michelle Collins Off On
Josie D'Arby Off On Off
Terri Dwyer Off On Off
Jenny Eclair Off On Off
Jennifer Ellison Off On Off
Kate Garraway Off On Off On Off
Lesley Garrett Off On Off On
Sheryl Gascoigne Off On Off
Michelle Gayle Off On Off
Trisha Goddard Off On Off
Christine Hamilton Off On Off
Alison Hammond Off On Off
Julie Hesmondhalgh Off On Off
Sherrie Hewson Off On
Lucy-Jo Hudson Off On Off
Gloria Hunniford Off On Off
Sue Jenkins Off On Off
Kerry Katona Off On Off
Philippa Kennedy On Off
Ruth Langsford On Off On Off
Amy Lamé Off On Off
Carole Malone Off On Off On Off
Kym Marsh Off On Off
Sharon Marshall Off On Off
Lisa Maxwell Off On
Daisy McAndrew Off On
Jane McDonald Off On
Carol McGiffin Off On
Andrea McLean Off On
Jayne Middlemiss Off On Off
Jane Moore On Off
Gigi Morley Off On Off
Sheree Murphy Off On Off
Coleen Nolan Off On Off On
Wendi Peters Off On Off
Fiona Phillips Off On Off On Off On
Eve Pollard Off On Off
Jenny Powell Off On Off
Jodie Prenger Off On
Linda Robson Off On Off
Lisa Rogers Off On Off
Bridget Rowe On Off
Jacey Salles Off On Off
Nadia Sawalha On Off
Nina Sebastiane Off On Off
Suzanne Shaw Off On Off
Sinitta Off On Off
Penny Smith Off On
Lucy Speed Off On Off
Claire Sweeney Off On Off
Melanie Sykes Off On Off On
Gillian Taylforth Off On Off On Off On Off
Sarah Totty Off On Off
Jenni Trent Hughes Off On Off
Anthea Turner Off On Off
Zoe Tyler Off On
Nina Wadia Off On Off
Denise Welch Off On
Rebecca Wheatley Off On Off
Toyah Willcox Off On Off
1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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