Through the Keyhole

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Through the Keyhole
File:Through the Keyhole logo.png
Also known as 'Keith Lemon’s Through The Keyhole'
Genre Comedy panel game
Created by Kevin Sim
Presented by David Frost (1987–2008)
Keith Lemon (2013–)
Starring Loyd Grossman (1983–2003)
Catherine Gee (2004–06)
Lisa Snowdon (2007–08)
Stefanie Powers (2007–08)
Dave Berry (2013–)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 23
No. of episodes 500 (inc. 9 specials)
Production
Production location(s) The Leeds Studios (1987–2008)
Pinewood Studios (2013–)
Running time 30 minutes (1987–2006)
45 minutes (2007–08)
60 minutes (2013–)
Production company(s) Yorkshire Television (1987–95)
Paradine Productions (1996–2008)
Talkback (2013–)
Distributor ITV Studios
FremantleMedia
Release
Original network ITV (1987–95; 2013–)
Sky 1 (1996)
BBC One (1997–2006)
BBC Two (2007–08)
Picture format 4:3 (1987–2000)
16:9 (2001–08; 2013–)
Original release Original series:
3 April 1987 (1987-04-03) – 4 June 2008 (2008-06-04)
Revived series:
31 August 2013 (2013-08-31) –
present
External links
Website

Through the Keyhole is a British comedy panel game show created (and originally presented) by Sir David Frost. It features the host going around celebrities' houses and then getting a panel of other celebrities to try to guess who the famous homeowner is.

The show originally aired on ITV from 3 April 1987 to 1 May 1995, then it aired on Sky 1 from 22 February to 23 May 1996 before moving to BBC One from 7 April 1997 to 31 March 2006 and then its sister channel BBC Two from 26 March 2007 to 4 June 2008.

In 2013, it was announced that the show would be revived for ITV with Keith Lemon as the host.[1]

History

Original series

Through the Keyhole originally started as a segment on TV-am, first being broadcast on its launch day on 1 February 1983.[2] The idea was created by Kevin Simpson and David Frost as a chance to look around some of the most influential homes with Loyd Grossman at the helm as the tour presenter. Grossman was mistakenly given the job after someone confused him with a journalist.[3] It became a regular feature of TV-am throughout 1983.[4]

In 1987, Frost transferred the concept to Yorkshire Television and produced a full half-hour programme for ITV where a celebrity panel tries to guess whose house is being looked at. It ran in primetime on Friday nights for eight years on ITV and was rarely out of the top ten entertainment programmes on TV. The executive producers were Kevin Sim and Chantal Rickards. From 1996, it was produced by Frost's own production company, Paradine Productions at Yorkshire Television. That same year, the show also moved to Sky1 for one series. It was then moved to BBC One Daytime in 1997 until 2006. The final two BBC series were aired on BBC Two in 2007 until 2008, when it was finally axed by the BBC. However, a special aired in March 2011 for Red Nose Day 2011, as part of the marathon panel show 24 Hour Panel People.

Revival

The programme returned in 2013 on its original broadcast channel ITV with Leigh Francis as Keith Lemon taking up the role of presenter and house detective. The new series was filmed at Pinewood Studios.[5][6] Dave Berry was a regular panellist during the first series. Celebrity guests on the show are a closely guarded secret until transmission. The first episode of the revived series aired on the day that former host Sir David Frost died, although the news did not break until the following morning.[7]

Before his death in August 2013, Frost gave his backing to ITV's remake saying "I am delighted that the Keyhole format is now entering its fourth decade on TV. I know the pilot show went down very well with the studio audience and I wish Keith and his team the very best of luck for the series."[8]

Format

At the start of each episode, Frost introduces a panel of three celebrities, with the catchphrase "And what a panel they are ..." and some gently humorous or mocking descriptions. He then hands over to the location presenter who gives the panellists a guided tour of the property, noting particular items, though, there is typically a large amount of misdirection involved as the items pointed out by the presenter are not necessarily the most pertinent clues to the person's identity. Items not specifically mentioned may provide much more useful clues. Once completed, Frost reveals the identity of the guest to the audience, and the panel are given turns at guessing their identity. The audience participate with varying degrees of clapping according to the accuracy of the panellists' guesswork.

The panellists are either successful at identifying the guest or Frost has to reveal their identity, after which they are interviewed and given a key-shaped trophy as a memento. Starting during Loyd Grossman's reign as location presenter, the geographic spread of the properties was extended with one of the properties on each show being located in the US and one in Europe. When Stefanie Powers took over her role in 2007, she was based in the US and conducted the US property tours, whilst UK based Lisa Snowdon conducted the European property tours.

Celebrity panellists and homeowners

Series 1

# Celebrity panellists Celebrity homeowners Original air date
1 Alan Coren
Mary Parkinson
Kenneth Williams		 Spike Milligan
Stirling Moss		 3 April 1987[9]
2 Willie Rushton
Eve Pollard
Chris Tarrant		 Linda Lusardi
Freddie Starr		 10 April 1987[10]
3 Chris Tarrant
Nina Myskow
Lord Lichfield		 Tony Blackburn
Robert Maxwell		 17 April 1987[11]
4 Alan Coren
Mary Parkinson
Kenneth Williams		 Lynsey de Paul
Magnus Pike		 24 April 1987[12]
5 Chris Tarrant
Nina Myskow
Lord Lichfield		 Bryan Robson
Beryl Reid		 1 May 1987[13]
6 Willie Rushton
Eve Pollard
Chris Tarrant		 Molly Parkin
Vince Hill		 8 May 1987[14]
7 Alan Coren
Moira Stuart
Willie Rushton		 Five Star
Mary Whitehouse		 15 May 1987[15]
8 Chris Tarrant
Eve Pollard
Kenneth Williams		 Suzanne Dando
Lennie Bennett		 22 May 1987[16]
9 Steve Blacknell
Anna Raeburn
Willie Rushton		 Rick Wakeman
Sandy Gall		 29 May 1987[17]
10 Alan Coren
Moira Stuart
Willie Rushton		 Jack Charlton
Stan Boardman		 5 June 1987[18]
11 Chris Tarrant
Eve Pollard
Kenneth Williams		 Denis Healey
Janet Brown		 12 June 1987[19]
12 Chris Tarrant
Nina Myskow
Lord Lichfield		 Tessa Sanderson
George Melly		 19 June 1987[20]
13 Chris Tarrant
Eve Pollard
Kenneth Williams		 Harvey Smith
Margaret Campbell		 26 June 1987[21]

Series 2

# Celebrity panellists Celebrity homeowners Original air date
1 Chris Tarrant
Emma Freud
Willie Rushton		 David Steel
Ruby Wax		 15 April 1988[22]
2 Patti Coldwell
Lord Lichfield
Eve Pollard		 Uri Geller
Bob Carolgees		 22 April 1988[23]
3 Willie Rushton
Clare Rayner
Chris Tarrant		 Michael Fish
Su Pollard		 29 April 1988[24]
4 Chris Tarrant
Anna Raeburn
Nigel Dempster		 Jane Rossington
Freddie Truman		 6 May 1988[25]
5 Willie Rushton
Sarah Kennedy
Alan Coren		 Clive Sinclair
Kenny Everett		 13 May 1988[26]
6 Willie Rushton
Eve Pollard
Judith Chalmers		 Katie Boyle
Bernard Manning		 20 May 1988[27]
7 Willie Rushton
Clare Rayner
Chris Tarrant		 Bob Champion
Debbie Greenwood		 27 May 1988[28]
8 Patti Coldwell
Lord Lichfield
Eve Pollard		 Gordon Honeycombe
Liz Dawn		 3 June 1988[29]
9 Willie Rushton
Sarah Kennedy
Alan Coren		 Bill Oddie
Clare Francis		 24 June 1988[30]
10 Chris Tarrant
Anna Raeburn
Nigel Dempster		 Mike Reid
Mike Read		 1 July 1988[31]
11 Chris Tarrant
Emma Freud
Willie Rushton		 Kenny Ball
Lucinda Green		 8 July 1988[32]
12 Willie Rushton
Eve Pollard
Alan Coren		 Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu
Fatima Whitbread		 15 July 1988[33]
13 Eve Pollard
Chris Tarrant
Alan Coren		 Jean Rogers
Clement Freud		 5 August 1988[34]

Series 3

# Celebrity panellists Celebrity homeowners Original air date
1 Chris Tarrant
Alan Titchmarsh
Debbie Rix		 Henry Cooper
Ruth Madoc		 17 February 1989[35]
2 Willie Rushton
Chris Tarrant
Eve Pollard		 Bruce Kent
Jimmy Savile		 24 February 1989[36]
3 Willie Rushton
Patti Coldwell
Ned Sherrin		 Bernie Clifton
Delia Smith		 3 March 1989[37]
4 Sue Lloyd
Bill Oddie
Chris Tarrant		 Lance Percival
Maria Whittaker		 10 March 1989[38]
5 Alan Coren
Debbie Rix
Chris Tarrant		 Nina Myskow
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards		 17 March 1989[39]
6 Chris Tarrant Jim Bowen
Ossie Ardilles		 24 March 1989[40]
7 Clement Freud
Anna Raeburn
Willie Rushton		 Victor & Marilyn Lownes
Paddy & Jane Ashdown		 31 March 1989[41]
8 Chris Tarrant
Eve Pollard
Alan Coren		 Rachael Heyhoe Flint
Russell Grant		 7 April 1989[42]
9 Katie Boyle
Willie Rushton
Carol Vorderman		 Mary Peters
Screaming Lord Sutch		 14 April 1989[43]
10 Judi Spiers
Chris Tarrant
Sue Lloyd		 Sharron Davies
Bernard Matthews		 21 April 1989[44]
11 Patti Coldwell
Willie Rushton
Ned Sherrin		 Annabel Croft
Kenny Lynch		 28 April 1989[45]
12 Willie Rushton
Anna Raeburn
Clement Freud		 Norman St John-Stevas
Steve Wright		 5 May 1989[46]
13 Judi Spiers
Chris Tarrant
Bill Oddie		 Eddy Shah
Kathy Staff		 12 May 1989[47]

24 Hour Panel People Special

Celebrity
panellists		 Celebrity
homeowner		 Original
air date
David Tennant
Patricia Hodge
David Walliams		 Ann Widdecombe 5 March 2011

Series 21

# Celebrity
panellists		 Celebrity
homeowners		 Original
air date		 Viewers
(millions)[48]
1 Dave Berry
Eamonn Holmes
Martine McCutcheon		 Louis Smith
John Prescott
Duncan James
Lee Ryan		 31 August 2013 5.13
2 Dave Berry
Jonathan Ross
Denise van Outen		 Mary Berry
Carol McGiffin
Tom Fletcher		 7 September 2013 4.21
3 Dave Berry
Cilla Black
Holly Willoughby		 Louis Walsh
Kerry Katona
Greg Rutherford		 14 September 2013 4.25
4 Dave Berry
Terry Wogan
Catherine Tyldesley		 Bruno Tonioli
Stacey Solomon
Kelly Hoppen		 21 September 2013 3.95
5 Dave Berry
Emma Bunton
Larry Lamb		 Linda Robson
Mel B
Joey Essex		 28 September 2013 3.27
6 Dave Berry
Simon Gregson
Mollie King		 Amir Khan
Daryl Hannah
Sarah Harding		 5 October 2013 3.64
7 Dave Berry
Julian Clary
Barbara Windsor		 Gino D'Acampo
Neil Morrissey
Denise Welch		 15 December 2013 3.58
  • Note: Episode 7 was a Christmas special

Series 22

# Celebrity
panellists		 Celebrity
homeowners		 Original
air date		 Viewers
(millions)[48]
1 Alan Carr
Ruth Langsford
Jonathan Ross		 Sinitta
Shaun Ryder
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen		 30 August 2014 3.35
2 Joe Swash
Gabby Logan
Paddy McGuinness		 Harry Judd
George Takei
John Thomson		 6 September 2014 3.31
3 Jimmy Carr
Natalie Anderson
Dave Berry		 Will Mellor
Chris Packham
Claire Richards		 13 September 2014 3.61
4 Kian Egan
Christine Bleakley
Warwick Davis		 Gene Simmons
Sam Bailey
Duncan Bannatyne		 20 September 2014 3.59
5 Craig Charles
Fearne Cotton
Dave Berry		 David Dickinson
JB Gill
Claire Sweeney		 27 September 2014 3.24
6 Vernon Kay
Carol Vorderman
Joey Essex		 Rylan Clark
Hilary Devey
Nicky Clarke		 4 October 2014 3.39
7 Des O'Connor
Myleene Klass
Dave Berry		 Dave Myers
Verne Troyer
Toyah Willcox		 11 October 2014 2.85
8 Jonathan Ross
Kym Marsh
Louis Walsh		 Jane Seymour
Louie Spence
Alex James		 26 December 2014 2.65
  • Note: Episode 8 was a Christmas special

Series 23

# Celebrity
panellists		 Celebrity
homeowners		 Original
air date		 Viewers
(millions)[48]
1 Gino D'Acampo
Sue Cleaver
Johnny Vegas		 Germaine Greer
James Argent
Lou Ferrigno		 29 August 2015 2.85
2 Jonathan Ross
Kimberley Walsh
Andi Peters		 Penn Jillette
Carl Fogarty
James and Ola Jordan		 5 September 2015 2.69
3 Paddy McGuinness
Tess Daly
Jerry Springer		 Craig Revel Horwood
Bill Oddie
Yvette Fielding		 12 September 2015 3.09
4 Bruno Tonioli
Davina McCall
Dave Berry		 David Haye
Vanessa Feltz
Charlotte Crosby		 19 September 2015 2.71
5 Antony Cotton
Sara Cox
Jimmy Carr		 Sharon Osbourne
Dom Joly
Kimberly Wyatt		 26 September 2015 2.01
6 Mark Wright
Janet Street-Porter
Vernon Kay		 Peter Andre
Kate Silverton
Simon Webbe		 3 October 2015
7 Michael Buerk
Ashley Roberts
Dave Berry		 Anthea Turner
Ken Hom
Georgia May Foote		 10 October 2015
8 Jimmy Carr
Stephen Mulhern
Claudia Winkleman		 Russell Grant
Jack Osbourne
Jo Wood		 24 December 2015
  • Note: Episode 8 was a Christmas special.

Transmissions

Series

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 3 April 1987[9] 26 June 1987[21] 13[21]
2 15 April 1988[22] 5 August 1988[34] 13[34]
3 17 February 1989[35] 12 May 1989[47] 13[47]
4 9 March 1990 25 May 1990 12
5 5 April 1991 12 July 1991 15
6 8 May 1992 18 December 1992 13
7 14 May 1993 3 September 1993 17
8 10 April 1994 19 June 1994 11
9 22 February 1996 23 May 1996 14
10 7 April 1997 24 October 1997 60
11 5 May 1998 5 October 1998 42
12 29 March 1999 10 December 1999 54
13 3 April 2000 7 December 2000 52
14 14 May 2001 15 June 2001 20
15 7 January 2002 9 August 2002 41
16 3 March 2003 14 March 2003 10
17 1 March 2004 2 August 2004 30
18 27 February 2006 31 March 2006 25
19 26 March 2007 9 May 2007 18
20 6 May 2008 4 June 2008 20
21 31 August 2013 5 October 2013 6
22 30 August 2014 11 October 2014 7
23 29 August 2015 10 October 2015 7

Specials

Date Entitle
14 August 1988[49] The Best of Through the Keyhole[49]
21 August 1988[50] The Best of Through the Keyhole[50]
28 August 1988[51] The Best of Through the Keyhole[51]
19 May 1989[52] The Best of Through the Keyhole[52]
11 January 1990[53] The Best of Through the Keyhole[53]
26 June 1994 Classic Quiz
1 May 1995 Classic Quiz
5 March 2011 24 Hour Panel People Special
15 December 2013 Christmas Special
26 December 2014 Christmas Special
24 December 2015 Christmas Special

References

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