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Star Spell

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Star Spell
Presented byEamonn Holmes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes7 (list of episodes)
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release1 January (2005-01-01) –
15 October 2005 (2005-10-15)
Related
Hard Spell

Star Spell is a BBC game show which put celebrities against each other in spelling related games, each one was subsequently eliminated until there was one Star Spell Champion. It was presented by Eamonn Holmes and was a spin-off from the BBC programme Hard Spell.

Episode list

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The one off pilot aired in January 2005 and the eventual title Star Spell Champion was awarded to Richard Whiteley. After the success of the pilot a series aired in October 2005 and the title of Star Spell Champion was won by Vanessa Feltz.

Episode Contestants Winner Original airdate
Pilot (1) Jeremy Bowen
Jo Brand
Richard McCourt
Penny Smith
Richard Whiteley
Richard Whiteley 1 January 2005 (2005-01-01)
1 (2) Fiona Bruce
Vanessa Feltz
Brian Turner
Mark Lawrenson
Vanessa Feltz 10 October 2005 (2005-10-10)
2 (3) Adam Best
Arlene Phillips
Phil Taylor
Gary Waldhorn
Gary Waldhorn 11 October 2005 (2005-10-11)
3 (4) David Grant
Clive Swift
Christopher Timothy
Nina Wadia
Nina Wadia 12 October 2005 (2005-10-12)
4 (5) Jennie Bond
Jennie McAlpine
Bernie Nolan
David Spinx
Jennie Bond 13 October 2005 (2005-10-13)
5 (6) Anton du Beke
John Parrott
Steve Rider
Carol Smillie
Steve Rider 14 October 2005 (2005-10-14)
Finale (7) Jennie Bond
Vanessa Feltz
Steve Rider
Nina Wadia
Gary Waldhorn
Vanessa Feltz 15 October 2005 (2005-10-15)
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