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Genre:Comedy Panel game
Director:Ian Lorimer
Presenter:Matt Edmondson
Starring:Team captains:
Ellie Taylor
Joe Swash
Theme Music Composer:Dobs Vye
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:2
Num Episodes:18
List Episodes:List of Fake Reaction episodes
Executive Producer:Gary Chippington
Producer:Tommy Panays
Editor:Tim Ellison
Location:Riverside Studios (2013)
BBC Elstree Centre (2014)
Runtime:45 minutes (inc. adverts)
Company:STV Studios
Channel:ITV2

Fake Reaction is a British television comedy panel game shown on ITV2 that ran for two series from 3 January 2013 to 6 March 2014[1] [2] presented by Matt Edmondson with regular team captains Joe Swash and Ellie Taylor.[3]

Production

A pilot edition was recorded in April 2012 for BBC Three, however the show was picked up by ITV2 for an eight-episode run from 3 January 2013.[4] A second series of ten episodes began production in late 2013, and premiered on 2 January 2014.[5]

On 3 September 2014, Edmondson revealed that the programme had been axed after two series.[6]

Transmissions

See main article: List of Fake Reaction episodes.

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 3 January 2013 21 February 2013 8
2 2 January 2014 6 March 2014 10

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fake Reaction . Red Arrow International . 2013-06-18.
  2. Web site: ITV2 order comedy game show Fake Reaction . British Comedy Guide . 2012-11-08 . 2013-06-18.
  3. Web site: Fake Reaction . British Comedy Guide . 2013-06-18.
  4. Web site: Khalsa . Balihar . ITV2 picks up Matt Edmondson fronted panel show . Broadcast . 2012-11-16 . 2013-06-18.
  5. Web site: Fletcher . Alex . Matt Edmondson's 'Fake Reaction' gets second series on ITV2 . Digital Spy . 2013-06-18 . 2013-06-18.
  6. Web site: ITV2 axes Fake Reaction after two series. Digital Spy. 3 September 2014.