Kate Garraway's Life Stories

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Kate Garraway's Life Stories
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Genre Talk show
Created by Piers Morgan
Directed byPaul Kirrage
Anna Edwinson
Jamie Batten
Presented by Kate Garraway
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series21
No. of episodes109
Production
ProducersJeremy Phillips
Yvonne Alexander
Production locations The London Studios (2010—17)
Teddington Studios (2010–11)
Television Centre (2009, 2013, 2019—2023)
Running time60–90 minutes (including adverts)
Production company Multistory Media
Original release
Network ITV
Release22 February 2009 (2009-02-22) 
16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)
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Kate Garraway's Life Stories (formerly known as Piers Morgan's Life Stories until 2021) is a British television chat show on ITV, presented by Kate Garraway and was formerly presented by Piers Morgan. Recorded in front of a studio audience, each episode is devoted to one celebrity guest. Episodes are filmed at Television Centre (although they were previously made at Teddington Studios and The London Studios) between one and two weeks before being broadcast on television. On 21 October 2021, it was confirmed that Morgan was leaving the show and would be replaced by Kate Garraway, his final guest. [1]

Contents

Episode guide

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
1 22 February 20095 April 20096
2 10 October 200914 November 20096
3 14 February 201010 April 20107
4 9 October 201027 November 20107
5 16 April 201121 May 20116
6 29 October 201124 December 20115
7 13 April 201225 May 20127
8 14 September 201226 October 20126
9 22 February 20135 April 20136
10 20 September 20131 November 20136
11 3 January 201414 February 20147
12 5 September 201419 September 20143
13 4 September 201511 December 20156
14 3 February 201724 February 20174
15 23 October 201710 March 20184
16 25 May 201922 June 20195
17 [2] 5 September 202025 October 20203
18 11 February 202118 March 20215
19 30 May 20215 December 20214
20 3 February 202217 February 20223
21 2 August 202316 August 20233

Series 1

# Index Guest Date
11 Sharon Osbourne 22 February 2009 (2009-02-22)
22 Richard Branson 1 March 2009 (2009-03-01)
33 Katie Price 8 March 2009 (2009-03-08)
44 Sheila Hancock 15 March 2009 (2009-03-15)
55 Ulrika Jonsson 29 March 2009 (2009-03-29)
66 Richard Madeley 5 April 2009 (2009-04-05)

Series 2

# Index Guest Date
71 Cilla Black 10 October 2009 (2009-10-10)
82 Boris Becker 17 October 2009 (2009-10-17)
93 Katherine Jenkins 24 October 2009 (2009-10-24)
104 Dannii Minogue 31 October 2009 (2009-10-31)
115 Ronnie Corbett 7 November 2009 (2009-11-07)
126 Vinnie Jones 14 November 2009 (2009-11-14)

Series 3

# Index Guest Date
131 Gordon Brown 14 February 2010 (2010-02-14)
142 Simon Cowell 6 March 2010 (2010-03-06)
153 Kym Marsh 13 March 2010 (2010-03-13)
164 Bruce Forsyth 20 March 2010 (2010-03-20)
175 Joan Collins 27 March 2010 (2010-03-27)
186 Geri Halliwell 3 April 2010 (2010-04-03)
197 Michael Winner 10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)

Series 4

# Index Guest Date
201 Barbara Windsor 9 October 2010 (2010-10-09)
212 Russell Watson 16 October 2010 (2010-10-16)
223 Cheryl Cole 23 October 2010 (2010-10-23)
234 Rod Stewart 30 October 2010 (2010-10-30)
245 Susan Boyle 6 November 2010 (2010-11-06)
256 Kelly Osbourne 20 November 2010 (2010-11-20)
267 Elton John 27 November 2010 (2010-11-27)

Series 5

# Index Guest Date
271 Russell Brand 16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)
282 Patsy Palmer 23 April 2011 (2011-04-23)
293 Ann Widdecombe 30 April 2011 (2011-04-30)
304 David Hasselhoff 7 May 2011 (2011-05-07)
315 John Prescott 14 May 2011 (2011-05-14)
326 Des O'Connor 21 May 2011 (2011-05-21)

Series 6

# Index Guest Date
331 James Corden 29 October 2011 (2011-10-29)
342 Rolf Harris 5 November 2011 (2011-11-05)
353 Paul Gascoigne 12 November 2011 (2011-11-12)
364 Peter Andre 10 December 2011 (2011-12-10)
375 Donny Osmond 24 December 2011 (2011-12-24)

Series 7

# Index Guest Date
381 William Roache 13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)
392 Frank Bruno 20 April 2012 (2012-04-20)
403 Carol Vorderman 27 April 2012 (2012-04-27)
414 Jason Donovan 4 May 2012 (2012-05-04)
425 Dennis Waterman 11 May 2012 (2012-05-11)
436 Lulu 18 May 2012 (2012-05-18)
447 Jimmy Tarbuck 25 May 2012 (2012-05-25)

Series 8

# Index Guest Date
451 Roger Moore 14 September 2012 (2012-09-14)
462 Kelly Holmes 21 September 2012 (2012-09-21)
473 Denise Welch 28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)
484 Ronan Keating 5 October 2012 (2012-10-05)
495 Felicity Kendal 19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)
506 Burt Reynolds 26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)

Series 9

# Index Guest Date
511 Esther Rantzen 22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)
522 Lorraine Kelly 1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)
533 Jayne Torvill
Christopher Dean
8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)
544 Bruno Tonioli 15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
555 Britt Ekland 29 March 2013 (2013-03-29)
566 Karren Brady 5 April 2013 (2013-04-05)

Series 10

# Index Guest Date
571 Julie Goodyear 20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)
582 Gloria Hunniford 27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)
593 Brian Blessed 4 October 2013 (2013-10-04)
604 Julian Clary 18 October 2013 (2013-10-18)
615 Pete Waterman 25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
626 Michael Flatley 1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)

Series 11

# Index Guest Date
631 June Brown 3 January 2014 (2014-01-03)
642 Mary Berry 10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)
653 Neil Morrissey 17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)
664 Beverley Callard 24 January 2014 (2014-01-24)
675 Martin Kemp 31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)
686 Tony Blackburn 7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)
697 Ian Botham 14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)

Series 12

# Index Guest Date
701 Alesha Dixon 5 September 2014 (2014-09-05)
712 Andrew Flintoff 12 September 2014 (2014-09-12)
723 Bear Grylls 19 September 2014 (2014-09-19)

Series 13

# Index Guest Date
731 Lionel Richie 4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
742 Mo Farah 11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)
753 John Lydon 25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
764 Warwick Davis 16 October 2015 (2015-10-16)
775 Raquel Welch 6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
786 Timothy West 11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)

Series 14

# Index Title Date
791 Barry Gibb 3 February 2017 (2017-02-03)
802 Nigel Havers 10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)
813 Boy George 17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
824 Nigel Farage [3] 24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)

Series 15

# Index Title Date
831 Kim Cattrall 23 October 2017 (2017-10-23)
842 Caitlyn Jenner [4] 4 January 2018 (2018-01-04)
853 Pamela Anderson 3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
864 Jim Davidson 10 March 2018 (2018-03-10)

Series 16

# Index Title Date
871 Mel B 25 May 2019 (2019-05-25)
882 Michael Parkinson 1 June 2019 (2019-06-01)
893 Michael Barrymore 8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)
904 Harry Redknapp 15 June 2019 (2019-06-15)
915 Alan Sugar 22 June 2019 (2019-06-22)

Series 17

# Index Title Date
921 Vinnie Jones 5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)
932 Tom Moore [2] 13 September 2020 (2020-09-13)
943 Cliff Richard [5] 25 October 2020 (2020-10-25)

Series 18

# Index Title Date
951 Gemma Collins 11 February 2021 (2021-02-11)
962 Chris Eubank 18 February 2021 (2021-02-18)
973 Trisha Goddard 25 February 2021 (2021-02-25)
984 Rupert Everett 4 March 2021 (2021-03-04)
995 Coleen Nolan 18 March 2021 (2021-03-18)

Series 19

# Index Title Date
1001Piers Morgan's 100 Life Stories30 May 2021 (2021-05-30)
1012 Keir Starmer 1 June 2021 (2021-06-01)
1023 Joan Collins 20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)
1034 Kate Garraway 5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)

Series 20

# Index Title Date
1041 John Barnes 3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
1052 Nadiya Hussain 10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
1063 Charlotte Church 17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)

Series 21

# Index Title Date
1071 Anton Du Beke 2 August 2023 (2023-08-02)
1082 Ruby Wax [6] 9 August 2023 (2023-08-09)
1093 Omid Djalili [7] 16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)

Special episodes

Three special episodes with Sir Cliff Richard, Lord Lloyd-Webber and Lord Sugar have aired.

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