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Michael Ball | |
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Genre | Entertainment |
Directed by | Ian Hamilton (season 1) Jonathan Glazier (season 2) Gavin Taylor (Christmas special) |
Presented by | Michael Ball |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 (and a Christmas special) |
No. of episodes | 13 (and a Christmas special) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Trish Kinane Stephen Leahy |
Producer | Ian Hamilton |
Running time | 30 minutes (including advertisements) |
Production companies | Action Time Carlton Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 8 July 1993 24 December 1995 | –
Michael Ball is a British music entertainment television programme presented by Michael Ball that aired on ITV from July 1993 to December 1995.
Each episode featured 2 special guests singing live in the studio. The guests were introduced as being "one of the best" within their genre of music which resulted in some high-profile guests like Ray Charles, James Brown, The Bee Gees and Take That to name a few. The show also featured performances from its host Michael Ball. [1]
Series | Episodes | Premiere | Finale |
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1 | 6 | 8 July 1993 | 12 August 1993 |
2 | 7 | 27 July 1994 | 7 September 1994 |
Christmas special | 1 | 24 December 1995 |
Episode # | Series # | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Episode #1.1" | 8 July 1993 | |
Guests:
Ray Charles &
Wet Wet Wet | ||||
2 | 1 | "Episode #1.2" | 15 July 1993 | |
Guests:
Montserrat Caballe &
Chris Isaak | ||||
3 | 1 | "Episode #1.3" | 22 July 1993 | |
Guests:
Take That &
Tammy Wynette | ||||
4 | 1 | "Episode #1.4" | 29 July 1993 | |
Guests:
Elaine Paige &
Cliff Richard | ||||
5 | 1 | "Episode #1.5" | 5 August 1993 | |
Guests:
Harry Connick Jr. &
Gloria Estefan | ||||
6 | 1 | "Episode #1.6" | 12 August 1993 | |
Guests:
Dionne Warwick &
The Bee Gees |
Episode # | Series # | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | 2 | "Episode #2.1" | 27 July 1994 | |
Guests:
Cher &
Tony Bennett | ||||
2 | 2 | "Episode #2.2" | 3 August 1994 | |
Guests:
Erasure &
Joe Cocker | ||||
3 | 2 | "Episode #2.3" | 10 August 1994 | |
Guests:
James Brown &
Lulu | ||||
4 | 2 | "Episode #2.4" | 17 August 1994 | |
Guests:
Marcella Detroit &
Julio Iglesias | ||||
5 | 2 | "Episode #2.5" | 24 August 1994 | |
Guests:
Montserrat Caballe &
Robert Palmer | ||||
6 | 2 | "Episode #2.6" | 31 August 1994 | |
Guests:
D Ream &
Emmylou Harris | ||||
7 | 2 | "Episode #2.7" | 7 September 1994 | |
Guests:
Shirley Bassey &
Daryl Hall |
Episode # | Series # | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | - | "Episode #3.1" | 24 December 1995 | |
Guests:
Michael Bolton &
Dusty Springfield |