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television programme which was shown on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
from 18 April 2009 to 3 December 2011, presented by actor and singer
John Barrowman
John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his role as Captain Jack Harkness in ''Doctor Who'' and '' Torchwood'', and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowv ...
.
Format
The show is based around making audience members' wishes come true, featuring ordinary people living out their fantasies for real.
There are no rules as to who can appear on the show; it features ordinary members of the public nominated by friends who think they have a hidden talent or other special reason. Every guest has the help of Barrowman and other celebrity guests.
The studio audience are also involved in the show, as John surprises unsuspecting members of the public, making their wishes come true on the night even if they hadn't signed up for the show.
It contains at its heart elements of classic 1980s entertainment shows, such as ''
Surprise, Surprise'', ''
Jim'll Fix It
''Jim'll Fix It'' is a British television series broadcast by the BBC between May 1975 and July 1994 and was devised and presented by Jimmy Savile and produced by Roger Ordish. The show encouraged children to write in a letter to Savile with ...
'', and ''
Beadle's About
''Beadle's About'' is a British television programme hosted by Jeremy Beadle, where members of the public became victims of practical jokes behind hidden cameras. It was produced by LWT for ITV, and ran on Saturday nights from 22 November 1986 ...
''.
Transmissions
''Doctor Who'' Sketch
A short ''
Doctor Who'' sketch aired as part of the 23 May 2009 episode. It featured
John Barrowman
John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his role as Captain Jack Harkness in ''Doctor Who'' and '' Torchwood'', and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowv ...
reprising his role as
Jack Harkness
Captain Jack Harkness is a fictional character played by John Barrowman in ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-off series, '' Torchwood''. The character first appears in the 2005 ''Doctor Who'' episode "The Empty Child" and subsequently features in the ...
,
David Tennant
David John Tennant (''né'' McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor (2005–2010 and 2013) in the BBC science-fiction TV show ''Doctor Who'', reprising the rol ...
as himself, and competition winner Tim Ingham as alien Sao Til.
In the short, set on the
TARDIS
The TARDIS (; acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension In Space") is a fictional hybrid of the time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its various spin-offs. Its exterior a ...
, Barrowman and Ingham alternate between playing their characters and playing themselves as actors on the TARDIS set.
Indian adaptation
An Indian adaptation of the show titled ''
Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi
''Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi'' ( ''Today's Night is the Life'') is an Indian entertainment talk show which premiered on 18 October 2015 and was broadcast on STAR Plus. The series revolved around common people who have accomplished something extrao ...
'', premiered on
STAR Plus on 18 October 2015.
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BBC television game shows
2009 British television series debuts
2011 British television series endings
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English-language television shows