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''The Paul O'Grady Show'' was a British comedy
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presented by comedian Paul O'Grady, first shown on 11 October 2004. The programme was a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, and occasionally viewer competitions. The format was originally devised by
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and was broadcast on ITV until December 2005, before moving to
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in 2006, where the show was produced by
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. The show originally ended in 2009 when O'Grady announced a move back to ITV, adapting his format to prime-time for Friday nights at 9pm, hosting '' Paul O'Grady Live'' from 2010. However the show underperformed in the ratings, averaging just over 3 million viewers, and ended after two series in 2011 amongst reports O'Grady was "keen to move on". Three years later, the original teatime format returned to ITV on 11 November 2013, airing at its traditional time of weekdays at 5pm. It concluded its twelfth run on 13 December 2013. It returned for a thirteenth series on 28 April 2014, which ended on 30 May 2014. The programme has averaged 2 million viewers in its 5pm slot. A third and final revived series began airing on 20 April 2015 on ITV and ended on 29 May 2015.


Format

The show ran weekdays, Monday to Friday, for one hour from 5:00 pm. Each episode follows O'Grady being introduced, walking to his desk with one of his pet dogs; originally Buster, a Shih Tzu and
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cross, until his death shortly before the show originally ended in 2009, and Olga, a Cairn Terrier who regularly appeared after the series returned in 2013. O'Grady read out viewers' letters, sometimes with disgust at the things viewers have sent (which included vibrating soap, a viewer's dead goldfish wrapped in tissue and children's letters asking if Paul wears a wig or dentures). The remainder of the programme consists of interviews with two or more celebrity guests. Children were also featured in segments of the show such as reviewing toys, games and films, or demonstrating skills (such as speed cup stacking). The show was broadcast live from
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.


History


2004–05: ITV

ITV previously had trouble filling the 5-6pm slot with a popular programme, with two daytime soap operas failing to achieve significant ratings in the slot. '' Night and Day'' launched in 2001 but moved from its teatime slot in 2002 after falling ratings. Similarly the revived version of '' Crossroads'' occupied the slot from March 2001, however it too saw a decline in ratings particularly after major cast and production changes towards the end and was axed in mid-2003. Furthermore, daytime versions of popular gameshows ''
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'' and '' Family Fortunes'' had also been tried out within teatime during 2002 but had also failed to succeed, leading to their subsequent original cancellations. ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' was seen as the saviour of this teatime slot. ITV commissioned ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' in October 2004 following O'Grady's appearance as a guest presenter for the (somewhat similar formatted) lunch-time entertainment show '' Today with Des and Mel''. ITV management were so impressed by his initial standing in – a replacement for regular host Des O'Connor – that he was brought back several more times, and subsequently O'Grady was given his own show (O'Grady also became good friends with co-presenter Melanie Sykes, who has since stood in for him on O'Grady's own show on occasion). ''Guess the Tune'' (known as ''The Organ Game'' on the Channel 4 version, and the second on ITV), a phone-in-competition where O'Grady plays tunes on his organ and the contestant has to guess them correctly to win up to £2,000, became a popular feature of the programme. The tune that O'Grady played leading into the game was a truncated version of " Sing As We Go", by
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. Also a stalwart of the show was O'Grady's Shih Tzu/
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cross dog, Buster, who appeared for a full five minutes at the start of each programme since the ITV incarnation of the show.


2006–09: Channel 4

On 10 January 2006, in an unexpected announcement, O'Grady said that he had decided to leave ITV for
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, following a dispute between O'Grady and
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(who made ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' for ITV) after Granada 'forgot' to renew O'Grady's ITV contract. O'Grady was believed to have left ITV not only due to his contract renewal issues nor his salary, but rather he wanted more creative control over the show (Granada had promptly refused when the show was under their production). His own television production company,
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(named after one of his pet dogs), subsequently took over production of the programme. The programme began its run on Channel 4 in March 2006, in the same 5:00–6:00 pm early evening slot, alternating in this slot every three months or so with '' Richard & Judy''. In response, initially ITV decided to air repeats of the original show in the same slot. This was partially the reason why, for its first few series on the new channel, Channel 4 billed the programme as ''The New Paul O'Grady Show''. During its time on both ITV from 2004 to 2005 and Channel 4, ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' was broadcast live on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, but Thursday's and Friday's episode were pre-recorded on the Tuesday and Wednesday of that week, respectively, at 12:30 pm.


2013–2015: ITV revival

After four years off-air, the show returned on 11 November 2013, in the same teatime slot from 5–6pm, on its original channel ITV, with a new theme tune written and performed by
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. Games including ''Guess the Tune'', also known as "The Organ Game", also returned. It was a phone-in-competition where O'Grady plays tunes on his organ and the contestant has to guess them correctly, it was played live on Wednesdays show. O'Grady announced that the show would return for another series, beginning on 28 April 2014. A third and final revived series began airing on 20 April 2015. Similarly to the
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show, ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' was broadcast live on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 5:00pm; Thursday's and Friday's episode were pre-recorded on the Tuesday and Wednesday of that week, respectively, at 12:30pm.


Series overview


ITV (2004–05)

The series began broadcasting on
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on 11 October 2004. The show ran several different features, including a competition to decide the country's best meat and potato pie, with the efforts of the Denby Dale Pie Company voted as the winner. Series two aired from 14 March to 27 May 2005 and the final original ITV1 series ended on 23 December that same year. Repeats of the original ITV1 series were shown for some time in direct competition with new episodes on Channel 4 after O'Grady left ITV.


Channel 4 (2006–09)

The first
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series of ''The New Paul O'Grady Show'' began airing on 27 March 2006 and ran until 16 June 2006 (repeats of the show were broadcast on
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the following lunchtime). The new show was recorded at the
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instead of the original home,
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, due to an apparent dispute with ITV. The second series was planned to start on 4 September 2006, but was pushed back to 25 September due to O'Grady suffering a second heart attack. The second series ran until 26 January 2007. Buster did not appear for the first two weeks due to a serious eye infection, so O'Grady's other pet dog Olga took his place instead. On 16 January 2007, viewers noticed that instead of the scheduled live show, a repeat show was aired instead. This was due to O'Grady pulling out of the show at the last minute due to illness, later discovered as a sickness bug. O'Grady returned live the next day. The third series on Channel 4 aired from 2 April to 15 June 2007. The show returned for the seventh series (the fourth on Channel 4) on 17 September 2007, running until December of that year. The ''New'' from the show title was dropped from this series and the show went back to its original ITV title. The show's opening titles were retinted red, and subsequently the set backdrop was made red. The programme returned to
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from
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. Following news of premium rate phone in scandals, ''The Organ Game'' was suspended (as it relied on people calling in to enter the game). On the first episode of the new series (broadcast on 17 September 2007), Paul went over to play ''The Organ Game'' near the end of the show to find it tied up and him unable to use it. He invited viewers to telephone or e-mail Channel 4 bosses to allow him to play the phone-in game. On 22 October 2007, O'Grady announced on his show that ''The Organ Game'' would be returning; however there were only four special organ games leading up to Christmas, primarily for people who deserve the cash prize being offered (the phone line entries which used to be on the show have remained suspended). On 19 November 2007, the first of the four special ''Organ Game''s aired. The fifth series on Channel 4 began on 17 March 2008. The new series ran throughout the spring until 16 June, at which point '' Richard & Judy'' returned for its last series. The studio set was given a slight revamp with added studio lights on the floor and walls. On 15 April 2008, Melanie Sykes hosted the show, although it was not announced that she would be hosting. Sykes informed the audience that O'Grady was ill with the flu, and as such was unable to present. Sykes hosted that week's shows before O'Grady returned on 21 April. However, O'Grady had not fully recovered, and Sykes had to be called in to do the following show on Tuesday. It was announced that
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would host Wednesday's show,
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would host Thursday's show, and Shane Richie would host Friday's show. O'Grady finally returned on 28 April. The show returned on 22 September 2008 for a new series which ended on 19 December. Brand new titles were introduced as well as a slight revamp to the set. Series 7 of the Channel 4 show began on Channel 4 on 23 February 2009 and concluded its run on 22 May. Series 8 of the Channel 4 show began on 21 September 2009. The series concluded on 18 December and was the last to air on
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. During this series, it was announced that the popular pet, Buster, had retired, and on 23 November it was announced that Buster had died aged fourteen on 19 November 2009. A spokesman for the comedian confirmed the news by telling The ''
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'' that O'Grady was "absolutely gutted". On 18 December 2009, O'Grady presented his final show with an array of special guests; including Beverley Callard and William Roache, Honor Blackman,
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, JLS, Scott Maslen, Joe McFadden, Linda Thorson, Melanie Sykes,
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(appearing as Joannie "Nan" Taylor),
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and The Teletubbies. Plus, other celebrities including
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. O'Grady's own daughter, her partner and his grandchildren made a special good luck VT to say goodbye to O'Grady. All of O'Grady's best bits were also shown, as was the viewers' favourite ever clip of the show.


ITV revival (2013–2015)

The twelfth series (fourth on ITV) began airing on 11 November 2013 on ITV. It featured a new theme tune by
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and a new, but similar set with features from previous series. A thirteenth series (fifth on ITV) was broadcast from 28 April until 30 May 2014. A third and final revived series on ITV began airing on 20 April 2015.


Guest hosts

While recovering from his second heart attack,
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insisted O'Grady should take a week off from presenting the show. This break occurred from 23 to 27 October 2006 and guest presenters hosted the programme for a day each. Since then, there have been three more scheduled guest-hosted weeks and in total there have been 27 different celebrity guest hosts. In April 2008, there were two unscheduled guest-hosted weeks. O'Grady hosted the Monday show during these two weeks, but was taken ill after contracting a flu virus for the remainder of the weeks. Melanie Sykes guest-hosted five of the eight remaining shows, having previously hosted the show three times. In total she has been guest host 11 times. On 15 October 2009, O'Grady had to go to the dentist for some dental work, with Joe Pasquale substituting for him as host. On 18 November 2013, O'Grady was taken ill with a suspected
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attack meaning he was unable to present the live show from that day. He was replaced by singer and entertainer Michael Ball for that episode and presenter and magician Stephen Mulhern the following day.
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hosted on 20 November, followed by
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the next day, and finally comedian
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guest hosted on 22 November. On 25 November 2013, O'Grady returned and thanked the five stand-ins for filling in for him over the previous week. He paid particular thanks to Michael Ball who found out he was to host with only 40 minutes' notice.


2006


2007


2008

Note: For the episode hosted by
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, O'Grady himself was the guest along with
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.


2009


2013


The Paul O'Grady Players annual pantomime

Every year, the show had an annual Christmas
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. Roughly 15 guest stars appeared in the panto. There was always one narrator, who told the story throughout the panto. This had been Antony Cotton,
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,
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,
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and
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. The panto ran roughly for the whole show, with usually five minutes left at the end when O'Grady and the stars answered the questions that had been e-mailed in by the viewers. However, in the 2006 panto, Peter Pan, the panto only ran for roughly 40 minutes, ending around 5.40 pm. After this, O'Grady interviewed Dawn French, who was the narrator, as he would do on a normal show. There was then, as usual, the organ game and O'Grady and all the stars then answered e-mails sent in by the viewers. The panto was always on the last Wednesday before Christmas, meaning that it was always broadcast live. The pantos were: * 2005: '' The Wizard of Oz'' * 2006: ''
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'' * 2007: ''
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'' * 2008: ''
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'' * 2009: ''
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'' (broadcast on 14 December instead of 16 December)
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was the only celebrity who appeared in the panto every year. O'Grady thanked Brand for her appearance in every annual panto on the show after the fifth and final panto on 14 December 2009. The pantomime did not return in the 2013 revival.


Guest appearances

''The Paul O'Grady Show'' appeared in a series 3 episode of '' The Catherine Tate Show'', where Tate's character Joannie "Nan" Taylor made an appearance. Originally she acted very sweet, but later revealed her true colours. When O'Grady mentioned that they had replaced Joannie's old chair with a new one and placed it in her flat, she became enraged at them for intruding her flat. Nan started swearing and walked off the set, much to the disgust of O'Grady. The show made a brief appearance in the ''
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'' episode " The Stolen Earth".


Transmissions


Controversies

* In light of O'Grady's love of dogs, and the fact that O'Grady rescued Buster, the show ran a ''"Find a Dog a Home"'' slot where abandoned dogs from various charities were featured. Viewers could then call in to request they be placed on a list to give the dog a permanent home. A direct telephone number was given to connect viewers to the appropriate charity. On moving to Channel 4, the slot remained but now viewers had to initially call a 10p-per-call information service to get the direct number of the charity. Calls dropped dramatically, and charity groups including
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and Battersea Dogs and Cats Home told producers that they would no longer be involved with the show. The premium rate line was quickly dropped from 29 May 2006, and the original format reintroduced with the full support of the charities.


See also

* '' Paul O'Grady Live''


References


External links

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