Big Star's Little Star was a British game show that was broadcast on ITV from 4 September 2013 to 1 September 2018 and was presented by Stephen Mulhern. The show saw three celebrity contestants and their children or grandchildren answering questions about each other to win up to £15,000 for a charity of their choice.
Format
Round 1 The celebrities (known as the 'Big Stars') were asked the same multiple choice questions as their children or grandchildren (known as the 'Little Stars') with the aim being to answer the same. Each of the celebrities were given three questions in turn with the children's or grandchildren's answers pre-recorded and shown on screen.
Round 2 The celebrities watched a series of clips of their children or grandchildren describing several everyday items with the aim being to identify what their children or grandchildren were describing. They were awarded two points if they could identify the items after the first clue and one point after the second clue was given.
Round 3 The celebrities and their children or grandchildren were given three pictures. They would then be asked a question about either the celebrity or their child/grandchild/children/grandchildren and both of them would have needed to answer A, B or C with the objective being that they would answer the same, despite not being able to see each other. At the end of this round, two celebrity pairs left the programme with £1,000 for their chosen charities, leaving the winning pair to play in the fourth and final round.
Round 4 The winning celebrity and their child/grandchild/children/grandchildren played for £15,000 for charity. As they would have already made it through to the final, they would automatically win £5,000. In the final round, the two were given 10 pairs of images that mean something to the family that are hidden behind 20 squares on the screen. The images are displayed on the screen for five seconds and then they had to work together to match up as many pairs as they can before time ran out. Every pair that they match would earn them an extra £1,000 for their charity. If all 10 were matched, the team won £15,000 for their charity.
Transmissions
Series Series Start date End date Episodes 1 4 September 2013 9 October 2013 6 2 26 March 2014 14 May 2014 8 3 4 March 2015 8 April 2015 6 4 2 March 2016 6 April 2016 5 28 July 2018 1 September 2018
Special Date aired Title 30 December 2015 Christmas Special
Episodes
Series 1 Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star(s)1 4 September 2013 Nina Wadia Aidan Will Mellor Renee Jamelia Tiani 2 11 September 2013 Sinitta Magdelena Robbie Savage Freddie Duncan James Tianie-Finn3 18 September 2013 John Barnes Isy Claire Richards Charlie Edwina Currie Zoe 4 25 September 2013 Lucy Pargeter Lola Andrew Whyment Thomas Rosemary Shrager Freddie 5 2 October 2013 Tina Hobley Olivia Jim Moir Nell and Lizzie Jenny Frost Caspar 6 9 October 2013 Sally Bercow Jemima Diarmuid Gavin Eppie Suzanne Shaw Corey
Series 2 Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star(s)1 26 March 2014 Ben Cohen Isabelle and Harriet Denise Lewis Ryan Neil Ruddock Pebbles2 2 April 2014 Gary Lucy India Kaye Adams Bonnie Neil Fox Martha 3 9 April 2014 Sam Bailey Tommy Shane Lynch Billie Rae Alison Hammond Aiden4 16 April 2014 David Dickinson Finley Samantha Womack Lili-Rose Michael Owen James5 23 April 2014 Simon Gregson Alfie Paula Radcliffe Isla Natasha Hamilton Harry6 30 April 2014 Alex James Artie and Gally Michaela Strachan Oliver Aldo Zilli Twiggy7 7 May 2014 Jake Wood Buster Austin Healey Betsy and Bibi-Dee Sunetra Sarker Noah8 14 May 2014 Nicky Byrne Jay and Rocco Joe Absolom Lyla Rachel Allen Scarlett
Series 3 Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star(s)1 4 March 2015 Joe Swash Harry Sharron Davies Finley Duncan Bannatyne Ava2 11 March 2015 Ronan Keating Ali Sheree Murphy Matilda Carl Froch Rocco3 18 March 2015 Peter Andre Princess Saira Khan Zac Danny Dyer Sunnie 4 25 March 2015 Jimmy Bullard Archie Tricia Penrose Freddy Martin Offiah Tyler5 1 April 2015 Mo Farah Rhianna Rita Simons Maiya and Jaimee John Prescott Ava Grace6 8 April 2015 Jo Whiley Coco Dominic Brunt Danny Nick Hewer Theo
Special Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star Christmas Special 30 December 2015 Michael Vaughan Archie Fiona O'Carroll Felix Robbie Fowler Jacob
Series 4 Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star1 2 March 2016 Lee Ryan Rayn Nitin Ganatra Sameer Samantha Giles Eve2 9 March 2016 Harry Redknapp Bobby Vincent Simone Luca Debra Stephenson Zoe3 16 March 2016 Kym Marsh Polly Vince Cable Charlie Elliott Wright Olivia4 23 March 2016 Shaun Ryder Pearl Diane Parish Kaya Mikey Graham Sienna5 30 March 2016 Jamie Theakston Sidney Shappi Khorsandi Cassius James Anderson Lola6 6 April 2016 Matthew Wolfenden Buster Nina Hossain Clara David Haye Cassius
Series 5 A fifth series was confirmed and filming took place during the summer of 2017.
Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star1 28 July 2018 Stacey Solomon Zachary John Thomson Sophia Jenny Powell Pollyanna2 4 August 2018 Sally Phillips Tom Samia Ghadie Freya Kian Egan Koa3 11 August 2018 Abbey Clancy Sophia Tristan Gemmill Wilfred Sarah Beeny Rafferty4 18 August 2018 Ken Bruce Charlie Faye Tozer Benjamin Jodie Kidd Indio5 25 August 2018 James Cracknell Kiki Karen Blick Ruby Vernie Bennett Avery6 1 September 2018 Una Foden Aoife Kate Silverton Clemency Kriss Akabusi Alanam
Big Star's Bigger Star
In 2015, the series was reversioned as Big Star's Bigger Star for a Text Santa special with celebrities and their parents. A four-part series, for which filming took place during summer 2017, premiered on 15 December 2018 and ended on 30 December 2018.
Transmissions Series Start date End date Episodes Special 18 December 2015 1 1 15 December 201830 December 2018 4
Episodes Special Episode Date aired Big Star Bigger Star Text Santa SpecialDuring the broadcast, Caroline Flack surprised Mulhern with an appearance by his father, Christopher.18 December 2015 Emma Willis Billy Jennie McAlpine Tom George Shelley Toni
Series 1 Episode Date aired Big Star Bigger Star1 15 December 2018 Adam Thomas Dougie Frankie Bridge Viv Joel Dommett Penny2 22 December 2018 Kym Marsh Pauline Harry Judd Emma Simon Webbe Marlene3 29 December 2018 Emma Willis Cathy Andrew Whyment Fred Andrea McLean Jack4 30 December 2018 Roman Kemp Martin Kemp George Lamb Larry Lamb Jess Wright Carol Wright
International versions Country/language Local title Host Channel Date aired/premiered Grote Ster, Kleine Ster(Big Star, Little Star) Koen Wauters vtm 3 September 2014 Vigyázat, gyerekkel vagyok!(Watch out, I'm with a child!) Nóra Ördög TV2 1 March 2017Aici eu sunt vedeta!(Here I am the star!) Cosmin SeleşiAntena 1 12 October 2017Большая маленькая звезда(Bolshaya malegnkaya zvezda, Big Little Star)Nikolay BaskovSTS12 September 2015Jugando con las estrellas(Playing with the Stars)Jaime CantizanoLa 111 March 2017Обережно:) діти!(Oberezhno:) dity!Be careful:) children!)Andriy DomanskyiInter12 April 2014Big Star Little StarCat DeeleyUSA NetworkUniversal Kids31 May 201710 February 2018Biệt tài tí hon(Little but special)Trấn ThànhVTV31 January 2017
Awards and nominations In 2018, Big Star's Little Star made the longlist for the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award at the 2019 National Television Awards. However, the programme did not end up making the shortlist.
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