Davina (talk show)
| Davina | |
|---|---|
| Created by | BBC |
| Presented by | Davina McCall |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production location | BBC Television Centre |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 15 February – 12 April 2006 |
Davina is a British chat show hosted by Davina McCall. It first aired on BBC One on 15 February 2006, however, the show ended on 12 April 2006 at the end of its first series due to low ratings.[1]
The series was announced in December 2005.[2] One show attracted fewer than 2.3 million viewers, when it was moved to 7pm. The series received a poor critical reception, with Gareth Maclean saying that McCall "... found herself floundering and foundering, struggling through "interviews" with stars of the calibre of Girls Aloud, Westlife and Patrick Kielty...", and "... demonstrated a complete lack of talent as a chatshow host",[3] with McCall herself saying that the programme was "the worst mistake of her life".[4]
Guests
The guests for the series were:
| Episode | Air date | Guests | Musical guests |
|---|---|---|---|
Julian Clary Vernon Kay Tess Daly |
KT Tunstall | ||
Patrick Kielty Martin Shaw |
Corrine Bailey Rae | ||
Zöe Lucker Neil Morrissey Gordon Ramsay |
Orson | ||
Katie Price Eamonn Holmes |
Vittorio Grigolo | ||
Alistair McGowan Omid Djalili |
Cyndi Lauper | ||
Jill Halfpenny Louis Walsh |
Will Young | ||
Lulu Russell Watson |
David Gray | ||
Kacey Ainsworth Richard Wilson Piers Morgan Peter Grant |
Kubb |
Ratings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
References
- ^ "BBC drops Davina's flop chat show". BBC News. 24 April 2006.
- ^ "BBC One launches McCall chat show". BBC News. BBC News. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Why is Davina's chatshow such a disaster? The Guardian, Gareth McLean, 15 March 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ Before The Nightly Show: remembering Davina McCall's disastrous talk show, Davina The Daily Telegraph, Rebecca Hawkes, 14 March 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
