Big Star's Little Star

Big Star's Little Star is a British game show that has aired on ITV since 4 September 2013 and is presented by Stephen Mulhern. The show sees three celebrity contestants and their children or grandchildren answering questions about each other to win up to £15,000 for a charity of their choice.[1]

Big Star's Little Star
GenreGame show
Presented byStephen Mulhern
Voices ofJonathan Gould
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes33 (inc. 1 special)
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company12 Yard
DistributorITV Studios
Release
Original networkITV, STV, UTV
Picture formatHDTV: 16:9
Audio formatStereo
Original release4 September 2013 (2013-09-04) 
present

Format

Round 1

The celebrities (known as the 'Big Stars') are asked the same multiple choice questions as their children or grandchildren (known as the 'Little Stars') with the aim being to answer the same. Each of the celebrities is given three questions in turn with the children's or grandchildren's answers pre-recorded and shown on-screen.

Round 2

The celebrities watch a series of clips of their children or grandchildren describing several everyday items with the aim being to identify what their children or grandchildren are describing. They are awarded two points if they can identify the items after the first clue and one point after the second clue has been given.

Round 3

The celebrities and their children or grandchildren are given three pictures. They will then be asked a question about either the celebrity or their child/grandchild/children/grandchildren and both of them must answer A, B or C with the objective being that they will answer the same, despite not being able to see each other. At the end of the round, two celebrity pairs leave the show with £1,000 for their chosen charity, leaving the winning pair to play in the fourth and final round.

Round 4

The winning celebrity and their child/grandchild/children/grandchildren play for £15,000 for charity. As they have already made it through to the final, they automatically win £5,000. In the final round, they are given 10 pairs of images that mean something to the family that are hidden behind 20 squares on the screen. The images are displayed on the screen for five seconds and then, they must work together to match up as many pairs as they can before time runs out. Every pair that they match will earn them an extra £1,000 for their charity. If all 10 are matched, the team win £15,000 for their charity.

Transmissions

Series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
14 September 20139 October 20136
226 March 201414 May 20148
34 March 20158 April 20156
42 March 20166 April 20166
528 July 20181 September 20186

Special

Date airedTitle
30 December 2015Christmas Special

Episodes

Series 1

Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star(s)
14 September 2013Nina WadiaAidan
Will MellorRenee
JameliaTiani
211 September 2013SinittaMagdelena
Robbie SavageFreddie
Duncan JamesTianie-Finn
318 September 2013John BarnesIsy
Claire RichardsCharlie
Edwina CurrieZoe
425 September 2013Lucy PargeterLola
Andrew WhymentThomas
Rosemary ShragerFreddie
52 October 2013Tina HobleyOlivia
Jim MoirNell and Lizzie
Jenny FrostCaspar
69 October 2013Sally BercowJemima
Diarmuid GavinEppie
Suzanne ShawCorey

Series 2

Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star(s)
126 March 2014Ben CohenIsabelle and Harriet
Denise LewisRyan
Neil RuddockPebbles
22 April 2014Gary LucyIndia
Kaye AdamsBonnie
Neil FoxMartha
39 April 2014Sam BaileyTommy
Shane LynchBillie Rae
Alison HammondAiden
416 April 2014David DickinsonFinley
Samantha WomackLili-Rose
Michael OwenJames
523 April 2014Simon GregsonAlfie
Paula RadcliffeIsla
Natasha HamiltonHarry
630 April 2014Alex JamesArtie and Gally
Michaela StrachanOliver
Aldo ZilliTwiggy
77 May 2014Jake WoodBuster
Austin HealeyBetsy and Bibi-Dee
Sunetra SarkerNoah
814 May 2014Nicky ByrneJay and Rocco
Joe AbsolomLyla
Rachel AllenScarlett

Series 3

Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star(s)
14 March 2015Joe SwashHarry
Sharron DaviesFinley
Duncan BannatyneAva
211 March 2015Ronan KeatingAli
Sheree MurphyMatilda
Carl FrochRocco
318 March 2015Peter AndrePrincess
Saira KhanZac
Danny DyerSunnie
425 March 2015Jimmy BullardArchie
Tricia PenroseFreddy
Martin OffiahTyler
51 April 2015Mo FarahRhianna
Rita SimonsMaiya and Jaimee
John PrescottAva Grace
68 April 2015Jo WhileyCoco
Dominic BruntDanny
Nick HewerTheo

Special

Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star
Christmas Special30 December 2015Michael VaughanArchie
Fiona O'CarrollFelix
Robbie FowlerJacob

Series 4

Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star
12 March 2016Lee RyanRayn
Nitin GanatraSameer
Samantha GilesEve
29 March 2016Harry RedknappBobby
Vincent SimoneLuca
Debra StephensonZoe
316 March 2016Kym MarshPolly
Vince CableCharlie
Elliott WrightOlivia
423 March 2016Shaun RyderPearl
Diane ParishKaya
Mikey GrahamSienna
530 March 2016Jamie TheakstonSidney
Shappi KhorsandiCassius
James AndersonLola
66 April 2016Matthew WolfendenBuster
Nina HossainClara
David HayeCassius

Series 5

A fifth series was confirmed and filming took place during the summer of 2017.[2]

Episode Date aired Big Star Little Star
128 July 2018Stacey SolomonZachary
John ThomsonSophia
Jenny PowellPollyanna
24 August 2018Sally PhillipsTom
Samia GhadieFreya
Kian EganKoa
311 August 2018Abbey ClancySophia
Tristan GemmillWilfred
Sarah BeenyRafferty
418 August 2018Ken BruceCharlie
Faye TozerBenjamin
Jodie KiddIndio
525 August 2018James CracknellKiki
Karen BlickRuby
Vernie BennettAvery
61 September 2018Una FodenAoife
Kate SilvertonClemency
Kriss AkabusiAlanam

Big Star's Bigger Star

Big Star's Bigger Star
GenreGame show
Presented byStephen Mulhern
Voices ofJonathan Gould
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1 (inc. 1 special)
No. of episodes5
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company12 Yard
DistributorITV Studios
Release
Original networkITV, STV, UTV
Picture formatHDTV: 16:9
Audio formatStereo
Original release18 December 2015 (2015-12-18) 
present

In 2015, the series was reversioned as Big Star's Bigger Star for a Text Santa special with celebrities and their parents. A four-part series, for which filming took place during summer 2017, premiered on 15 December 2018.[2]

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
Special18 December 20151
115 December 2018[3]30 December 20184

Special

Episode Date aired Big Star Bigger Star
Text Santa Special[fn 1]18 December 2015Emma WillisBilly
Jennie McAlpineTom
George ShelleyToni

Series 1

Episode Date aired Big Star Bigger Star
115 December 2018Adam ThomasDougie
Frankie BridgeViv
Joel DommettPenny
222 December 2018Kym MarshPauline
Harry JuddEmma
Simon WebbeMarlene
329 December 2018Emma WillisCathy
Andrew WhymentFred
Andrea McLeanJack
430 December 2018Roman KempMartin Kemp
George LambLarry Lamb
Jess WrightCarol Wright

International versions

Country/language Local title Host Channel Date aired/premiered
 Belgium[4] Grote Ster, Kleine Ster
(Big Star, Little Star)
Koen Wauters vtm 3 September 2014
 Romania[5] Aici eu sunt vedeta!
(Here I am the star!)
Cosmin Seleşi Antena 1 12 October 2017
 Russia[6] Большая маленькая звезда
(Bolshaya Malegnkaya zvezda,
Big Little Star)
Nikolay Baskov STS 12 September 2015
 Spain[7] Jugando con las estrellas
(Playing with the Stars)
Jaime Cantizano La 1 11 March 2017
 USA[8][9] Big Star Little Star Cat Deeley USA Network
Universal Kids
31 May 2017
10 February 2018

Awards and nominations

In 2018, Big Star's Little Star made the longlist for the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award at the 2019 National Television Awards.[10] However, the programme did not end up making the shortlist.

Footnotes

  1. During the broadcast, Caroline Flack surprised Mulhern with an appearance by his father, Christopher.

References

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