Angela and Friends

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Angela and Friends
Presented by Angela Griffin
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes180
Production
ProducerCrackit Productions
Running time90 minutes
Original release
Network Sky One
Release9 November 2009 (2009-11-09) –
2 July 2010 (2010-07-02)

Angela and Friends is a British talk show which was produced by Crackit Productions for Sky One. The show aired at 12pm, Monday to Friday, and was presented by actress Angela Griffin, who was joined by three "friends" in each show to discuss the latest news, celebrity gossip as well as other topical issues.

Contents

The show was the centrepiece of Sky One's first foray into daytime television and was originally commissioned for 90 episodes – 18 weeks – each of 90 minutes. [1]

Viewers were encouraged to contact Angela and her "friends". They could do this by text, email, Facebook or Twitter. [2] Griffin read out these messages during the show.

In March 2010, after the show finished for a two-week Easter break, it was announced that the series had been recommissioned for a second series, [3] at the slightly later time of 2.30pm on Monday, 12 April. [4] The duration of the show was reduced to 60 minutes.

For the last six weeks of the second series, it was brought forward to the time of 12:00pm. The series ended on 2 July 2010.

Friends and Experts

Three "friends" join Griffin on the sofa every week. Each friend has a topic that they will be discussing on the show. These friends include: Josie d'Arby, Sarah Cawood, Jeff Brazier, Jeremy Edwards, Zoe Salmon, Lisa Faulkner, Sara Cox, Amanda Lamb, Tara Newley and Marc Bannerman. [5]

Angela and Friends also includes a group of experts who appear regularly on the show. The experts are:

Ratings

Angela and Friends premiered amid much publicity in the media, yet only managed to attract an audience figure of 35,000 viewers (or a 0.6% share) for its first episode. [16] However, Griffin remained hopeful, stating that she would not read reviews of the show or worry over how many people viewers it attracts, stating "I'll cope by not reading any reviews. And if people don't watch, I'll go back to acting." [17]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Angela & Friends". Angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. ↑ http://angela.sky.com/fashion/see-you-soon [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/#!/AngelaAndFriends?v=feed&story_fbid=113845275295998 [ user-generated source ]
  5. ↑ "Friends – Angela & Friends". Angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Sam Mann – Angela & Friends". Angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  7. ↑ "Niki Wibrow - Angela & Friends". angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Dean Piper – Angela & Friends". Angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "Chantal Denny-Harrow - Angela & Friends". angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010.
  10. ↑ http://angela.sky.com/friends/alexandra-heminsley/ [ dead link ]
  11. ↑ "Dr Christian Jessen – Angela & Friends". Angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  12. ↑ "James King – Angela & Friends". Angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  13. ↑ "Toby Amies - Angela & Friends". angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2009.
  14. ↑ "Nathalie Eleni – Angela & Friends". Angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  15. ↑ "Andrew Barton – Angela & Friends". Angela.sky.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  16. ↑ "1.2 million see Gary Glitter 'hanged' – TV News". Digital Spy. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  17. ↑ "Griffin: 'I won't read show reviews' – TV News". Digital Spy. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
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