John Bishop's Britain Explained

Runtime:30 minutes (original showing)
45 minutes (extended repeats)
Presenter:John Bishop
Producer:Kenton Allen
Matthew Justice
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Network:BBC One
Location:Granada Studios (series 1)
dock10 studios (series 2)[1]
Company:Objective Productions
3 Amigos[2]
First Aired:[3]
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:12 (+1 Christmas special)

John Bishop's Britain is a British television programme presented by comedian John Bishop. Each programme has a theme, for example food. It features stand-up, sketches and real-life stories from celebrity guests and members of the public on that particular topic.[4] There have been two series filmed to date. A 2011 Christmas special was filmed and broadcast around the Christmas period of that year.[5]

The show is filmed in front of an audience, where the audience are shown the interviews via video link as part of the filming. The sketches are not shown to the audience at the time of filming but Bishop's narration of the sketch is included in the filming. In the sketches, Bishop is portrayed by model Tommy Maxwell. TV host Rylan Clark-Neal rose to fame from this show.

Episode list

Series 1 (2010)

Episode No. Airdate Theme Total viewersWeekly channel ranking
1 24 July 2010 'Love and Marriage' 4.34m 19
2 31 July 2010 'Growing Up' 4.23m 18
3 7 August 2010 'Sport' 3.92m 29
4 14 August 2010 'Work' 4.38m 19
5 21 August 2010 'Parenthood and Family' 4.22m 21
6 28 August 2010 'Holidays' Under 4.04m Outside top 30

Series 2 (2011)

Episode No. Airdate Theme Total viewersWeekly channel ranking
1 30 July 2011 'Music and Fashion' 4.28m 17
2 6 August 2011 'Food' 4.56m 16
3 13 August 2011 'Hobbies' 4.55m 25
4 20 August 2011 'Animals' 4.00m 28
5 27 August 2011 'Friends' Under 4.04m Outside top 30
6 3 September 2011 'Being British' Under 3.89m Outside top 30
7 27 December 2011 'Christmas' Under 5.00m Outside top 30

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JOHN BISHOP'S BRITAIN - WAITING LIST: FREE TICKETS from Lost in TV . 24 March 2012 . lostinTV.com . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324134110/http://www.lostintv.com/tv_show.cfm?f=1313147471958&content_type_id=187&k=&CFID=4023211&CFTOKEN=a8edbda3adba1205-A118DDC7-D513-6FE9-2C6D5D6E2FD19913 . 24 March 2012 .
  2. Web site: BBC - Press Office - John Bishop's Britain returns to BBC One for second series.
  3. Web site: John Bishop's Britain. 24 July 2010. IMDb.
  4. Web site: Series 1, John Bishop's Britain - BBC One.
  5. Web site: John Bishop. .