Kilroy (TV series)

Kilroy
Also known as	Day to Day
Genre	Daytime chat show
Presented by	Robert Kilroy-Silk
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Kilroy Productions
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	24 November 1986 (1986-11-24) – 29 January 2004 (2004-01-29)

Kilroy was a BBC One daytime chat show hosted by Robert Kilroy-Silk that began on 24 November 1986 and finished on 23 January 2004 after 17 years. Originally called Day to Day, the programme was renamed to Kilroy in September 1987.

The format featured the host moving among an audience made up of experts and members of the public, speaking to them one by one on a different topical or moral issue per episode.

Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	24 November 1986
2	12 October 1987
3	17 October 1988
4	16 October 1989
5	15 October 1990
6	14 October 1991
7	12 October 1992
8	11 October 1993
9	19 September 1994
10	16 October 1995
11	2 September 1996
12	1 September 1997
13	7 September 1998
14	6 September 1999
15	4 September 2000
16	3 September 2001
17	2 September 2002
18	1 September 2003	23 January 2004

Controversy and cancellation

The show was taken off the air in 2004 after Kilroy-Silk made allegedly racist remarks. Kilroy-Silk questioned what contribution Arabs have made to civilisation beyond oil. ^[1] The Commission for Racial Equality reported him to the police. ^[2]

The BBC cancelled the show, stating that his views were a threat to the network's impartiality. Kilroy claimed afterwards on the BBC's Question Time that he had been under a six-month investigation when this happened. He stated that his show was cancelled because he was anti-religion, rather than racist. ^[3] However, panellist Shaparak Khorsandi claimed that his views were about Arabs as a people rather than their religion. Kilroy-Silk had previously claimed to have apologised in 2004. It was rejected primarily because Kilroy-Silk himself twisted his words. Iqbal Sacranie (secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain) claimed that Kilroy-Silk had not retracted his views but skimmed over the apology and changed a few words. ^[4]

The programme was replaced by Now You're Talking!, which followed a similar format and was presented by Nicky Campbell and Nadia Sawalha. The show was also produced by Kilroy-Silk's production company. ^[5] Though contemporary reports suggested that his agent had offered the show to Channel 5, the broadcaster did not commission it. ^[6]

References

1. "BBC halts Kilroy for race 'rant'". BBC . Retrieved 10 March 2012.
2. "Kilroy apology 'not good enough'". BBC . Retrieved 10 March 2012.
3. "The Saturday Profile: Robert Kilroy-Silk; the self-styled saviour of Britain". The Independent. 5 June 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
4. "Kilroy Silk loses his cool at 00.58". YouTube. 17 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
5. "BBC - Press Office - Now You're Talking!". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
6. Wells, Matt (17 January 2004). "Kilroy-Silk agrees to quit BBC in face-saving deal". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 10 June 2025.

External links

• Kilroy at IMDb