Michael McIntyre's Big Show: Series 3, Episode 1 - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Ed Balls plays Celebrity Send to All, and there is music from chart sensation Emeli Sandé and stand-up comedy from rising star Joe Lycett. Michael plays the Midnight Game Show and performs some of his own unmissable new comedy material, and one unsuspecting member of the public gets the surprise of their life when they become the 'Unexpected Star of the Show'.
Broadcast details
Date
Saturday 18th November 2017
Time
8:10pm
Channel
Length
60 minutes
Cast & crew
Cast
| Michael McIntyre | Host / Presenter |
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Guest cast
| Ed Balls | Guest |
|---|---|
| Joe Lycett | Guest |
| Stella Brading | Self |
| Bill Oddie | Self |
| Emeli Sandé | Musical Performer |
Writing team
| Henry Paker | Writer (Additional Material) |
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Production team
| Chris Howe | Director |
|---|---|
| Christian Fletcher | Series Producer |
| Ed Daggett | Producer |
| Sarah Pack | Producer |
| Dan Baldwin | Executive Producer |
| Rachel Ashdown | Executive Producer |
| Claire Horton | Executive Producer |
| Claire Nash | Edit Producer |
| Clara Marshall | Edit Producer |
| Lucy Metcalfe | Edit Producer |
| Adrian Pegg | Line Producer |
| Ben Bacon | Strand Producer |
| Juliet Denison | Creative Director |
| Steve Andrews | Editor |
| Jamie Shemeld | Editor |
| George Winfield | Editor |
| Dominic Tolfts | Production Designer |
| Nigel Catmur | Lighting Designer |
| Paul Farrer | Composer |
Videos
Series 3 trailer
The wait is over... Michael McIntyre is back for a brand new series.
Featuring: Michael McIntyre.
Midnight Gameshow
Michael McIntyre brings a camera crew to Dean's house in the middle of the night to wake him up to play the Midnight Gameshow!
Featuring: Michael McIntyre & Bill Oddie.
Send To All with Ed Balls
Michael sends an embarrassing text from Ed Ball's phone to his contacts and the replies he gets are great.
Featuring: Michael McIntyre & Ed Balls.
Press
TV review: Michael McIntyre's Big Show, BBC1
This is a show that wants to be everything for everyone. It even harked back to McIntyre's Live at the Apollo roots with a stand-up set from special guest Joe Lycett, who did a winning routine about scamming a scammer who was trying to get him to pay a deposit on a possibly non-existent flat. I'd heard him do that gag so long ago it harked back to those happy carefree days before Brexit. But then in that way this is a show all about nostalgia. Apart from Send To All there is nothing truly new in it. But do you know what the weirdest thing is about it? It all happened so fast I was too busy enjoying it at the time to notice.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th November 2017
A third run of McIntyre's amiable funfest introduces a benign nightmare called The Midnight Gameshow: the host bursts into a sleeping fan's bedroom and stages a quiz, complete with celebrity guests. Back at the theatre, Emeli Sandé and Joe Lycett are the turns, while Ed Balls plays Celebrity Send to All. Before sending an awkward text, McIntyre has a peek at the intimidatingly extravagant Balls/Cooper Ocado order.