Celebrity: A 21st Century Story Ordinary People (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Celebrity: A 21st Century Story

Ordinary People (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

Charting the first few years of the new millennium, 2000 - 2006, the first episode examines the phenomenon in the early noughties that saw a whole host of people from everyday backgrounds transformed, overnight, into celebrities.

Director

Stephen Finnigan

Producer

Stephen Finnigan

Editor

Nico Bee

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Release date

Dec 29, 2020 (United Kingdom)

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Nicholas Bateman Self (as Nick Bateman) Self (as Nick Bateman) See fewer	Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins
Kevin Blatt Self Self See fewer	The Ultimate Ultimate Challenge (2006)
Jennie Bond Self Self See fewer	Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)
Lucie Cave Self Self See fewer	Hollyoaks (1995)
Gareth Gates Self Self See fewer	S Club Seeing Double (2003)
Paris Hilton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hottie & the Nottie (2008)
Chantelle Houghton Self Self See fewer	Hotel Babylon (2006)
Kate Lawler Self Self See fewer	Playdate (2006)
Rebecca Loos Self Self See fewer	Rosa rosae (1993)
Richard Macer Self Self See fewer	The Dealership (2013)
Diane Morgan Narrator Narrator See fewer	Me Before You (2016)
Dawn Neesom Self Self See fewer	GB News Saturday (2023)
Katie Price Self Self See fewer	Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)
Nancy Jo Sales Self Self See fewer	The Bling Ring (2013)
Jeany Savage Self Self See fewer	Wannabe Popstar (2008)
Eva Simpson Self Self See fewer	The Money Maker (2021)
Alan Sugar Self Self See fewer	The Survival Club (1999)
Martin Townsend Self Self See fewer	Hustle (2004)
Pete Waterman Self Self See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
David Yelland Self Self See fewer	The Rock Pile (2025)
Will Young Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)