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Al Murray's Happy Hour is a chat show presented by comedian Al Murray and produced by Avalon Television that aired on ITV1.
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Al Murray's Happy Hour is a chat show presented by comedian Al Murray and produced by Avalon Television that aired on ITV1.
| Overall | No. | Guest(s) | Musical Guest/Songs performed | Original air date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Katie Melua ("Nine Million Bicycles" & "Crazy Little Thing Called Love") | 13 January 2007 | ||
| 2 | 2 | The Feeling ("Rosé" & "Fat Bottomed Girls") | 20 January 2007 | ||
| 3 | 3 | McFly ("Transylvania" & "Don't Stop Me Now") | 27 January 2007 | [lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | 4 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor ("Catch You" & "Radio Ga Ga") | 3 February 2007 | ||
| 5 | 5 | The Ordinary Boys ("I Luv U" & "I Want to Break Free") | 10 February 2007 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Lemar ("Tick Tock" & "A Kind of Magic") | 17 February 2007 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Melanie C ("I Want Candy" & "One Vision") | 24 February 2007 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Madness ("Sorry" & "Killer Queen") | 3 March 2007 | ||
| 9 | 9 | We Will Rock You cast Queen ("We Will Rock You") | 10 March 2007 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Overall | No. | Guest(s) | Musical Guest/Songs performed | Original air date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | New Kids on the Block ("Summertime" & "We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions") | 12 September 2008 | [lower-alpha 8] | |
| 24 | 2 | Estelle ("Pretty Please (Love Me)" & "A Kind of Magic") | 19 September 2008 | ||
| 25 | 3 | The Kooks ("Sway" & "Crazy Little Thing Called Love") | 26 September 2008 | ||
| 26 | 4 | John Legend ("Killer Queen") | 3 October 2008 | ||
| 27 | 5 | Sugababes ("Girls" & "Bohemian Rhapsody") | 10 October 2008 | ||
| 28 | 6 | Stereophonics ("You're My Star", "The Bartender and the Thief" & "Tie Your Mother Down") | 17 October 2008 | ||
| 29 | 7 | Des O'Connor ("I Want to Break Free") | 24 October 2008 | [lower-alpha 9] |
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