Big Star's Little Star

Big Star's Little Star
Genre Comedy game show
Presented by Stephen Mulhern
Voices of Jonathan Gould
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 28 (as of 6 April 2016)
Production
Running time 60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) 12 Yard
Distributor ITV Studios
Release
Original network ITV, STV, UTV
Picture format HDTV: 16:9
Audio format Stereo
Original release 4 September 2013 (2013-09-04) – present

Big Star's Little Star is a comedy game show that has aired on ITV since 4 September 2013 and is presented by Stephen Mulhern. The show sees three celebrity contestants and their children or grandchildren answering questions about each other to win up to £15,000 for a charity of their choice.[1]

Format

Round 1

The celebrities (known as the 'Big Stars') are asked the same multiple choice questions as their children (known as the 'Little Stars') with the aim being to answer the same. Each of the celebrities is given three questions in turn with the children's answers pre-recorded and shown on-screen.

Round 2

The celebrities watch a series of clips of their children describing several everyday items with the aim being to identify what their children are describing. They are awarded two points if they can identify the items after the first clue and one point after the second clue has been given.

Round 3

The celebrities and their children are given three pictures. They will then be asked a question about either the celebrity or their child and both of them must answer A, B or C with the objective being that they will answer the same, despite not being able to see each other. At the end of the round, two celebrity pairs leave the show with £1,000 for their chosen charity, leaving the winning pair to play in the fourth and final round.

Round 4

The winning celebrity and their child play for £15,000 for charity. As they have already made it through to the final, they automatically win £5,000. In this final round, they are given 10 pairs of images that mean something to the family and are hidden behind 20 squares on the screen. The images are displayed on the screen for five seconds and then, they must work together to match up as many pairs as they can before time runs out. Every pair they match will earn them an extra £1,000 for their charity. If all 10 are matched, the team win £15,000 for their charity.

Transmissions

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 4 September 2013 9 October 2013 6
2 26 March 2014 14 May 2014 8
3 4 March 2015 30 December 2015 8
4 2 March 2016 6 April 2016 6
5 TBC TBC TBR

Celebrity guests

Series 1 (2013)

Show Date aired Contestants
1 4 September 2013 Nina Wadia and son Aidan
Will Mellor and daughter Renee
Jamelia and daughter Tiani
2 11 September 2013 Sinitta and daughter Magdelena
Robbie Savage and son Freddie
Duncan James and daughter Tianie-Finn
3 18 September 2013 John Barnes and daughter Isy
Claire Richards and son Charlie
Edwina Currie and granddaughter Zoe
4 25 September 2013 Lucy Pargeter and daughter Lola
Andrew Whyment and son Thomas
Rosemary Shrager and grandson Freddie
5 2 October 2013 Tina Hobley and daughter Olivia
Vic Reeves and daughters Nell and Lizzie
Jenny Frost and son Caspar
6 9 October 2013 Sally Bercow and daughter Jemima
Diarmuid Gavin and daughter Eppie
Suzanne Shaw and son Corey

Series 2 (2014)

Show Date aired Contestants
1 26 March 2014 Ben Cohen and daughters Isabelle and Harriet
Denise Lewis and son Ryan
Neil Ruddock and daughter Pebbles
2 2 April 2014 Gary Lucy and daughter India
Kaye Adams and daughter Bonnie
Neil Fox and daughter Martha
3 9 April 2014 Sam Bailey and son Tommy
Shane Lynch and daughter Billie Rae
Alison Hammond and son Aiden
4 16 April 2014 David Dickinson and grandson Finley
Samantha Womack and daughter Lili-Rose
Michael Owen and son James
5 23 April 2014 Simon Gregson and son Alfie
Paula Radcliffe and daughter Isla
Natasha Hamilton and son Harry
6 30 April 2014 Alex James and sons Artie and Gally
Michaela Strachan and son Oliver
Aldo Zilli and daughter Twiggy
7 7 May 2014 Jake Wood and son Buster
Austin Healey and daughters Betsy and Bibi-Dee
Sunetra Sarker and son Noah
8 14 May 2014 Nicky Byrne and sons Jay and Rocco
Joe Absolom and daughter Lyla
Rachel Allen and daughter Scarlett

Series 3 (2015)

Show Date aired Contestants
1 4 March 2015 Joe Swash and son Harry
Sharron Davies and son Finley
Duncan Bannatyne and granddaughter Ava
2 11 March 2015 Ronan Keating and daughter Ali
Sheree Murphy and daughter Matilda
Carl Froch and son Rocco
3 18 March 2015 Peter Andre and daughter Princess
Saira Khan and son Zac
Danny Dyer and daughter Sunnie
4 25 March 2015 Jimmy Bullard and son Archie
Tricia Penrose and son Freddy
Martin Offiah and son Tyler
5 1 April 2015 Mo Farah and daughter Rhianna
Rita Simons and daughters Maiya and Jaimee
John Prescott and granddaughter Ava Grace
6 8 April 2015 Jo Whiley and daughter Coco
Dominic Brunt and son Danny
Nick Hewer and grandson Theo
7
(Big Star's Bigger Star)[fn 1]
18 December 2015 Emma Willis and father Billy
Jennie McAlpine and father Tom
George Shelley and mother Toni
8
(Christmas special)
30 December 2015 Michael Vaughan and son Archie
Fiona O'Carroll and son Felix
Robbie Fowler and son Jacob

Series 4 (2016)

Show Date aired Contestants
1 2 March 2016 Lee Ryan and son Rayn
Nitin Ganatra and son Sameer
Samantha Giles and daughter Eve
2 9 March 2016 Harry Redknapp and grandson Bobby
Vincent Simone and son Luca
Debra Stephenson and daughter Zoe
3 16 March 2016 Kym Marsh and daughter Polly
Vince Cable and grandson Charlie
Elliott Wright and daughter Olivia
4 23 March 2016 Shaun Ryder and daughter Pearl
Diane Parish and daughter Kaya
Mikey Graham and daughter Sienna
5 30 March 2016 Jamie Theakston and son Sidney
Shappi Khorsandi and son Cassius
James Anderson and daughter Lola
6 6 April 2016 Matthew Wolfenden and son Buster
Nina Hossain and daughter Clara
David Haye and son Cassius

Series 5 (2017)

Show Date aired Contestants

International versions

Country/language Local title Host Channel Date aired/premiered
 Belgium[2] Grote Ster, Kleine Ster Koen Wauters vtm 3 September 2014
 Russia[3] Большая маленькая звезда Nikolay Baskov СТС 12 September 2015

Footnotes

  1. This episode is a Text Santa special, which instead of featuring celebrities and their children, features celebrities and their parents. During the broadcast, Caroline Flack surprised Mulhern with an appearance by his father, Chistopher.

References

External links

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