Chain_Reaction_(radio_programme)
Chain Reaction (radio programme)
British radio show
Chain Reaction (nicknamed "the tag-team talk show") is a hostless chat show first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991, and then revived on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. Each week an individual from the world of entertainment selects someone that they would like to interview. This interviewee goes on to be the next week's interviewer.
Quick Facts Genre, Running time ...
Genre | Chat show |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
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Opening theme | "I Do Not Fear Jazz" by Big Strides |
Website | Chain Reaction |
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More information No. overall, No. in series ...
No. overall | No. in series | Interviewer | Interviewee | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | Ralph Steadman | John Cleese | 31 December 1991 (1991-12-31) |
2 | 2 | John Cleese | William Goldman | 1 January 1992 (1992-01-01) |
3 | 3 | William Goldman | Ian McKellen | 2 January 1992 (1992-01-02) |
4 | 4 | Ian McKellen | Glenys Kinnock | 3 January 1992 (1992-01-03) |
5 | 1 | Glenys Kinnock | Juliet Stevenson[1] | 14 September 1992 (1992-09-14) |
6 | 2 | Juliet Stevenson | Helen Bamber[2] | 15 September 1992 (1992-09-15) |
7 | 3 | Helen Bamber | John Sessions[3] | 16 September 1992 (1992-09-16) |
8 | 4 | John Sessions | Ruby Wax[4] | 17 September 1992 (1992-09-17) |
9 | 5 | Ruby Wax | Rob Newman[5] | 18 September 1992 (1992-09-18) |
10 | 1 | Rob Newman | Spike Milligan[6] | 2 November 1992 (1992-11-02) |
11 | 2 | Spike Milligan | John Wells[7] | 3 November 1992 (1992-11-03) |
12 | 3 | John Wells | Paul Merton[8] | 4 November 1992 (1992-11-04) |
13 | 4 | Paul Merton | George Best[9] | 5 November 1992 (1992-11-05) |
14 | 5 | George Best | Joe Strummer[10] | 6 November 1992 (1992-11-06) |
15 | 1 | Joe Strummer | unknown [11] | 14 December 1992 (1992-12-14) |
16 | 2 | Unknown | unknown[12] | 15 December 1992 (1992-12-15) |
17 | 3 | Unknown | unknown[13] | 16 December 1992 (1992-12-16) |
18 | 4 | Unknown | unknown[14] | 17 December 1992 (1992-12-17) |
19 | 5 | Unknown | unknown[15] | 18 December 1992 (1992-12-18) |
20 | 1 | David Gedge | John Peel[16] | 6 August 1993 (1993-08-06) |
21 | 2 | John Peel | Ian Rush[17] | 13 August 1993 (1993-08-13) |
22 | 3 | Ian Rush | Max Boyce[18] | 20 August 1993 (1993-08-20) |
23 | 4 | Max Boyce | Pete Waterman[19] | 27 August 1993 (1993-08-27) |
24 | 5 | Pete Waterman | Jimmy Savile[20] | 3 September 1993 (1993-09-03) |
25 | 1 | Jenny Eclair | Jimmy Carr[21] | 30 December 2004 (2004-12-30) |
26 | 2 | Jimmy Carr | Matt Lucas[22] | 6 January 2005 (2005-01-06) |
27 | 3 | Matt Lucas | Johnny Vegas[23] | 13 January 2005 (2005-01-13) |
28 | 4 | Johnny Vegas | Stewart Lee[24] | 20 January 2005 (2005-01-20) |
29 | 5 | Stewart Lee | Alan Moore[25] | 27 January 2005 (2005-01-27) |
30 | 6 | Alan Moore | Brian Eno[26] | 3 February 2005 (2005-02-03) |
31 | 1 | Jo Brand | Barry Cryer[27] | 15 February 2006 (2006-02-15) |
32 | 2 | Barry Cryer | Mark Thomas[28] | 22 February 2006 (2006-02-22) |
33 | 3 | Mark Thomas | Alexei Sayle[29] | 1 March 2006 (2006-03-01) |
34 | 4 | Alexei Sayle | Lenny Henry[30] | 8 March 2006 (2006-03-08) |
35 | 5 | Lenny Henry | Bill Bailey[31] | 15 March 2006 (2006-03-15) |
36 | 6 | Bill Bailey | Simon Pegg[32] | 22 March 2006 (2006-03-22) |
37 | 1 | Marcus Brigstocke | Clive Anderson[33] | 10 January 2007 (2007-01-10) |
38 | 2 | Clive Anderson | John Lloyd[34] | 17 January 2007 (2007-01-17) |
39 | 3 | John Lloyd | Phill Jupitus[35] | 24 January 2007 (2007-01-24) |
40 | 4 | Phill Jupitus | John Hegley[36] | 31 January 2007 (2007-01-31) |
41 | 5 | John Hegley | Jack Dee[37] | 7 February 2007 (2007-02-07) |
42 | 6 | Jack Dee | Jeremy Hardy[38] | 14 February 2007 (2007-02-14) |
43 | 1 | Catherine Tate | David Tennant[39] | 21 February 2008 (2008-02-21) |
44 | 2 | David Tennant | Richard Wilson[40] | 28 February 2008 (2008-02-28) |
45 | 3 | Richard Wilson | Arabella Weir[41] | 6 March 2008 (2008-03-06) |
46 | 4 | Arabella Weir | Paul Whitehouse[42] | 13 March 2008 (2008-03-13) |
47 | 1 | Robert Llewellyn | Dave Gorman[43] | 2 September 2009 (2009-09-02) |
48 | 2 | Dave Gorman | Frank Skinner | TBA |
49 | 3 | Frank Skinner | Eddie Izzard | TBA |
50 | 4 | Eddie Izzard | Alastair Campbell | TBA |
51 | 5 | Alastair Campbell | Alistair McGowan | TBA |
52 | 6 | Alistair McGowan | Simon Callow | TBA |
53 | 1 | Ronni Ancona | Lee Mack | 13 August 2010 (2010-08-13) |
54 | 2 | Lee Mack | Adrian Edmondson | TBA |
55 | 3 | Adrian Edmondson | Ruby Wax | TBA |
56 | 4 | Ruby Wax | Harry Shearer | TBA |
57 | 5 | Harry Shearer | Stephen Merchant | TBA |
58 | 6 | Stephen Merchant | Jarvis Cocker | TBA |
59 | 1 | Rhys Thomas | Simon Day | 29 July 2011 (2011-07-29) |
60 | 2 | Simon Day | Peter Hook | TBA |
61 | 3 | Peter Hook | John Cooper Clarke | TBA |
62 | 4 | John Cooper Clarke | Kevin Eldon | TBA |
63 | 5 | Kevin Eldon | Mark Steel | TBA |
64 | 6 | Mark Steel | Barry Davies | TBA |
65 | 1 | Jeremy Front | his sister Rebecca Front | 27 July 2012 (2012-07-27) |
66 | 2 | Rebecca Front | Chris Addison | TBA |
67 | 3 | Chris Addison | Derren Brown | TBA |
68 | 4 | Derren Brown | Tim Minchin | TBA |
69 | 5 | Tim Minchin | Caitlin Moran | TBA |
70 | 6 | Caitlin Moran | Jennifer Saunders | TBA |
71 | 1 | Terry Christian | Kevin Bridges | 27 December 2013 (2013-12-27) |
72 | 2 | Kevin Bridges | Frankie Boyle | TBA |
73 | 3 | Frankie Boyle | Grant Morrison | TBA |
74 | 4 | Grant Morrison | Neil Innes | TBA |
75 | 5 | Neil Innes | Graham Linehan | TBA |
76 | 6 | Graham Linehan | Adam Buxton.[44] | TBA |
77 | 1 | Adam Buxton | Reece Shearsmith | 18 February 2015 (2015-02-18) |
78 | 2 | Reece Shearsmith | Bob Mortimer | TBA |
79 | 3 | Bob Mortimer | Vic Reeves | TBA |
80 | 4 | Vic Reeves | Olivia Colman | TBA |
81 | 5 | Olivia Colman | Sharon Horgan | TBA |
82 | 6 | Sharon Horgan | Dennis Kelly | TBA |
83 | 1 | Ed Byrne | Al Murray | 24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) |
84 | 2 | Al Murray | Ian Hislop | TBA |
85 | 3 | Ian Hislop | Victoria Coren Mitchell | TBA |
86 | 4 | Victoria Coren Mitchell | Sandi Toksvig | TBA |
87 | 5 | Sandi Toksvig | Roy Hudd | TBA |
88 | 6 | Roy Hudd | Alison Steadman | TBA |
89 | 1 | Sara Cox | Joe Lycett | 13 February 2017 (2017-02-13) |
90 | 2 | Joe Lycett | Katherine Ryan | TBA |
91 | 3 | Katherine Ryan | Sara Pascoe | TBA |
92 | 4 | Sara Pascoe | Harry Hill | TBA |
93 | 5 | Harry Hill | Tim Vine | TBA |
94 | 6 | Tim Vine | Sir Ken Dodd | TBA |
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