Chain Reaction (radio programme)

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Chain Reaction
Genre Chat show
Running time30 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home station BBC Radio 4
Produced by
  • Tilusha Ghelani
  • Sam Bryant (2009)
  • Lianne Coop (2010)
  • Ed Morrish (2011)
  • Carl Cooper (2012-14)
  • Arnab Chanda & Charlie Perkins (2015)
  • Richard Morris (2016/17)
  • Adnan Ahmed (2017)
Original release
Opening theme"I Do Not Fear Jazz" by Big Strides
Website Chain Reaction

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.

Contents

Episodes

This table has the episodes of Chain Reaction listed in it
No.
overall		No. in
series		InterviewerIntervieweeOriginal air date
11 Ralph Steadman John Cleese 31 December 1991 (1991-12-31)
22John Cleese William Goldman 1 January 1992 (1992-01-01)
33William Goldman Ian McKellen 2 January 1992 (1992-01-02)
44Ian McKellen Glenys Kinnock 3 January 1992 (1992-01-03)
51Glenys Kinnock Juliet Stevenson [1] 14 September 1992 (1992-09-14)
62Juliet Stevenson Helen Bamber [2] 15 September 1992 (1992-09-15)
73Helen Bamber John Sessions [3] 16 September 1992 (1992-09-16)
84John Sessions Ruby Wax [4] 17 September 1992 (1992-09-17)
95Ruby Wax Rob Newman [5] 18 September 1992 (1992-09-18)
101Rob Newman Spike Milligan [6] 2 November 1992 (1992-11-02)
112Spike Milligan John Wells [7] 3 November 1992 (1992-11-03)
123John Wells Paul Merton [8] 4 November 1992 (1992-11-04)
134Paul Merton George Best [9] 5 November 1992 (1992-11-05)
145George Best Joe Strummer [10] 6 November 1992 (1992-11-06)
151Joe Strummerunknown [11] 14 December 1992 (1992-12-14)
162Unknownunknown [12] 15 December 1992 (1992-12-15)
173Unknownunknown [13] 16 December 1992 (1992-12-16)
184Unknownunknown [14] 17 December 1992 (1992-12-17)
195Unknownunknown [15] 18 December 1992 (1992-12-18)
201 David Gedge John Peel [16] 6 August 1993 (1993-08-06)
212John Peel Ian Rush [17] 13 August 1993 (1993-08-13)
223Ian Rush Max Boyce [18] 20 August 1993 (1993-08-20)
234Max Boyce Pete Waterman [19] 27 August 1993 (1993-08-27)
245Pete Waterman Jimmy Savile [20] 3 September 1993 (1993-09-03)
251 Jenny Eclair Jimmy Carr [21] 30 December 2004 (2004-12-30)
262Jimmy Carr Matt Lucas [22] 6 January 2005 (2005-01-06)
273Matt Lucas Johnny Vegas [23] 13 January 2005 (2005-01-13)
284Johnny Vegas Stewart Lee [24] 20 January 2005 (2005-01-20)
295Stewart Lee Alan Moore [25] 27 January 2005 (2005-01-27)
306Alan Moore Brian Eno [26] 3 February 2005 (2005-02-03)
311 Jo Brand Barry Cryer [27] 15 February 2006 (2006-02-15)
322Barry Cryer Mark Thomas [28] 22 February 2006 (2006-02-22)
333Mark Thomas Alexei Sayle [29] 1 March 2006 (2006-03-01)
344Alexei Sayle Lenny Henry [30] 8 March 2006 (2006-03-08)
355Lenny Henry Bill Bailey [31] 15 March 2006 (2006-03-15)
366Bill Bailey Simon Pegg [32] 22 March 2006 (2006-03-22)
371 Marcus Brigstocke Clive Anderson [33] 10 January 2007 (2007-01-10)
382Clive Anderson John Lloyd [34] 17 January 2007 (2007-01-17)
393John Lloyd Phill Jupitus [35] 24 January 2007 (2007-01-24)
404Phill Jupitus John Hegley [36] 31 January 2007 (2007-01-31)
415John Hegley Jack Dee [37] 7 February 2007 (2007-02-07)
426Jack Dee Jeremy Hardy [38] 14 February 2007 (2007-02-14)
431 Catherine Tate David Tennant [39] 21 February 2008 (2008-02-21)
442David Tennant Richard Wilson [40] 28 February 2008 (2008-02-28)
453Richard Wilson Arabella Weir [41] 6 March 2008 (2008-03-06)
464Arabella Weir Paul Whitehouse [42] 13 March 2008 (2008-03-13)
471 Robert Llewellyn Dave Gorman [43] 2 September 2009 (2009-09-02)
482Dave Gorman Frank Skinner TBA
493Frank Skinner Eddie Izzard TBA
504Eddie Izzard Alastair Campbell TBA
515Alastair Campbell Alistair McGowan TBA
526Alistair McGowan Simon Callow TBA
531 Ronni Ancona Lee Mack 13 August 2010 (2010-08-13)
542Lee Mack Adrian Edmondson TBA
553Adrian Edmondson Ruby Wax TBA
564Ruby Wax Harry Shearer TBA
575Harry Shearer Stephen Merchant TBA
586Stephen Merchant Jarvis Cocker TBA
591 Rhys Thomas Simon Day 29 July 2011 (2011-07-29)
602Simon Day Peter Hook TBA
613Peter Hook John Cooper Clarke TBA
624John Cooper Clarke Kevin Eldon TBA
635Kevin Eldon Mark Steel TBA
646Mark Steel Barry Davies TBA
651Jeremy Fronthis sister Rebecca Front 27 July 2012 (2012-07-27)
662Rebecca Front Chris Addison TBA
673Chris Addison Derren Brown TBA
684Derren Brown Tim Minchin TBA
695Tim Minchin Caitlin Moran TBA
706Caitlin Moran Jennifer Saunders TBA
711 Terry Christian Kevin Bridges 27 December 2013 (2013-12-27)
722Kevin Bridges Frankie Boyle TBA
733Frankie Boyle Grant Morrison TBA
744Grant Morrison Neil Innes TBA
755Neil Innes Graham Linehan TBA
766Graham Linehan Adam Buxton. [44] TBA
771Adam Buxton Reece Shearsmith 18 February 2015 (2015-02-18)
782Reece Shearsmith Bob Mortimer TBA
793Bob Mortimer Vic Reeves TBA
804Vic Reeves Olivia Colman TBA
815Olivia Colman Sharon Horgan TBA
826Sharon Horgan Dennis Kelly TBA
831 Ed Byrne Al Murray 24 February 2016 (2016-02-24)
842Al Murray Ian Hislop TBA
853Ian Hislop Victoria Coren Mitchell TBA
864Victoria Coren Mitchell Sandi Toksvig TBA
875Sandi Toksvig Roy Hudd TBA
886Roy Hudd Alison Steadman TBA
891 Sara Cox Joe Lycett 13 February 2017 (2017-02-13)
902Joe Lycett Katherine Ryan TBA
913Katherine Ryan Sara Pascoe TBA
924Sara Pascoe Harry Hill TBA
935Harry Hill Tim Vine TBA
946Tim Vine Sir Ken Dodd TBA

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