Piers Morgan's Life Stories

Life Stories
Format	Talk show
Created by	Piers Morgan
Starring	Piers Morgan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	40
Production
Producer(s)	ITV Studios
Location(s)	Teddington Studios (2010-) The London Studios(2010-11) BBC Television Centre (2009)
Running time	60 - 90 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV)
Picture format	16:9
Original run	22 February 2009 (2009-02-22) – present
Chronology
Related shows	The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan
External links
Website

Piers Morgan's Life Stories, also known as Life Stories, is a British television chat show presented by journalist Piers Morgan. Filmed in front of a studio audience, each programme is devoted to one special celebrity guest. The interviews are intimate, in-depth and emotionally-charged as Piers lays bare his subjects’ life stories over a revealing hour. Episodes are recorded at The London Studios, Teddington Studios and the BBC Television Centre, between one and two weeks before they are aired on television. As of 2011, Morgan now pretapes all of the episodes before the start of a series. This is due to his U.S. filming commitments for CNN and NBC.

Episodes

Series 1

#	Index	Guest	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	1x01	Sharon Osbourne	22 February 2009 (2009-02-22)	4.92
2	1x02	Richard Branson	1 March 2009 (2009-03-01)	4.85
3	1x03	Katie Price	8 March 2009 (2009-03-08)	5.74
4	1x04	Sheila Hancock	15 March 2009 (2009-03-15)	4.43
5	1x05	Ulrika Jonsson	29 March 2009 (2009-03-29)	4.41
6	1x06	Richard Madeley	5 April 2009 (2009-04-05)	4.92

Series 2

#	Index	Guest	Date	Viewers (millions)
7	2x01	Cilla Black	10 October 2009 (2009-10-10)	4.51
8	2x02	Boris Becker	17 October 2009 (2009-10-17)	3.13
9	2x03	Katherine Jenkins	24 October 2009 (2009-10-24)	4.97
10	2x04	Dannii Minogue	31 October 2009 (2009-10-31)	5.29
11	2x05	Ronnie Corbett	7 November 2009 (2009-11-07)	4.32
12	2x06	Vinnie Jones	14 November 2009 (2009-11-14)	5.14

Series 3

#	Index	Guest	Date	Viewers (millions)
13	3x01	Gordon Brown	14 February 2010 (2010-02-14)	4.26
14	3x02	Simon Cowell	6 March 2010 (2010-03-06)	6.62
15	3x03	Kym Marsh	13 March 2010 (2010-03-13)	4.50
16	3x04	Bruce Forsyth	20 March 2010 (2010-03-20)	5.04
17	3x05	Joan Collins	27 March 2010 (2010-03-27)	3.72
18	3x06	Geri Halliwell	3 April 2010 (2010-04-03)	3.99
19	3x07	Michael Winner	10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)	1.16

Series 4

#	Index	Guest	Date	Viewers (millions)
20	4x01	Barbara Windsor	9 October 2010 (2010-10-09)	4.56
21	4x03	Russell Watson	16 October 2010 (2010-10-16)	4.21
22	4x04	Cheryl Cole	23 October 2010 (2010-10-23)	7.75
23	4x05	Rod Stewart	30 October 2010 (2010-10-30)	5.31
24	4x06	Susan Boyle	6 November 2010 (2010-11-06)	6.77
25	4x07	Kelly Osbourne	20 November 2010 (2010-11-20)	3.84
26	4x08	Sir Elton John	27 November 2010 (2010-11-27)	5.72

Series 5

#	Index	Guest	Date	Viewers (millions)
27	5x01	Russell Brand	16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)	4.4
28	5x02	Patsy Palmer	23 April 2011 (2011-04-23)	4.0
29	5x03	Ann Widdecombe	30 April 2011 (2011-04-30)	3.9
30	5x04	David Hasselhoff*	7 May 2011 (2011-05-07)	4.0
31	5x05	John Prescott	14 May 2011 (2011-05-14)	2.4
32	5x06	Des O'Connor	21 May 2011 (2011-05-21)	4.4

• Hasselhoff performed at the end of the show.

Series 6

#	Index	Guest	Date	Viewers (millions)
33	6x01	James Corden	29 October 2011	4.17
34	6x02	Rolf Harris	5 November 2011	4.56
35	6x03	Paul Gascoigne	12 November 2011	4.10
36	6x04	Peter Andre	10 December 2011	4.46
37	6x05	Donny Osmond	24 December 2011	TBD

Series 7

Series 7 will begin in 2012.

#	Index	Guest	Date	Viewers (millions)
38	7x01	Madonna	2012
39	7x02	Lady Gaga	2012

When Piers Met...

#	Index	Guest	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	Sp.x01	Sir Cliff Richard	26 September 2009 (2009-09-26)	5.30
2	Sp.x02	Sir Alan Sugar	2 October 2010 (2010-10-02)	4.72
3	Sp.x03	Andrew Lloyd Webber	9 April 2011 (2011-04-09)	3.68

References

• Piers Morgan's Life Stories at itv.com
• Piers Morgan's Life Stories at the Internet Movie Database
• Piers Morgan's Life Stories at TV.com
• Piers Morgan's Official Website