Davina (talk show)

Davina
Created by	BBC
Presented by	Davina McCall
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8 (list of episodes)
Production
Production location	BBC Television Centre
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	15 February –; 12 April 2006

Davina is a British chat show hosted by Davina McCall. It first aired on BBC One on 15 February 2006, however, the show ended on 12 April 2006 at the end of its first series due to low ratings.[1]

The series was announced in December 2005.[2] One show attracted fewer than 2.3 million viewers, when it was moved to 7pm. The series received a poor critical reception, with Gareth Maclean saying that McCall "... found herself floundering and foundering, struggling through "interviews" with stars of the calibre of Girls Aloud, Westlife and Patrick Kielty...", and "... demonstrated a complete lack of talent as a chatshow host",[3] with McCall herself saying that the programme was "the worst mistake of her life".[4]

Guests

The guests for the series were:

Episode	Air date	Guests	Musical guests
1	15 February 2006	Max Beesley Julian Clary Vernon Kay Tess Daly	Charlotte Church KT Tunstall
2	22 February 2006	Pierce Brosnan Patrick Kielty Martin Shaw	Westlife Corrine Bailey Rae
3	1 March 2006	Gloria Hunniford Zöe Lucker Neil Morrissey Gordon Ramsay	Sugababes Orson
4	8 March 2006	Ed Byrne Katie Price Eamonn Holmes	Girls Aloud Vittorio Grigolo
5	15 March 2006	Michelle Collins Alistair McGowan Omid Djalili	Beverley Knight Cyndi Lauper
6	29 March 2006	Dawn French Jill Halfpenny Louis Walsh	Mary J. Blige Will Young
7	5 April 2006	Jenny Eclair Lulu Russell Watson	Shayne Ward David Gray
8	12 April 2006	Jade Goody Kacey Ainsworth Richard Wilson Piers Morgan Peter Grant	Katie Melua Kubb

Ratings

This is a table displaying the averages of each show for the chatshow, which aired on BBC1. These figures are made available from MediaGuardian.

Episode	Air Date	Viewers	Share
1	15 February 2006	3.5m	14%
2	22 February 2006	2.7m	11%
3	1 March 2006	3.0m	13%
4	8 March 2006	2.5m	11%
5	15 March 2006	2.3m	10.4%
6	29 March 2006	2.6m	12%
7	5 April 2006	2.4m	11%
8	12 April 2006	2.2m	11%

References

"BBC drops Davina's flop chat show". BBC News. 24 April 2006.
"BBC One launches McCall chat show". BBC News. BBC News. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Why is Davina's chatshow such a disaster? The Guardian, Gareth McLean, 15 March 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
Before The Nightly Show: remembering Davina McCall's disastrous talk show, Davina The Daily Telegraph, Rebecca Hawkes, 14 March 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

External links

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[1] "BBC drops Davina's flop chat show". BBC News. 24 April 2006.

[2] "BBC One launches McCall chat show". BBC News. BBC News. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[3] Why is Davina's chatshow such a disaster? The Guardian, Gareth McLean, 15 March 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[4] Before The Nightly Show: remembering Davina McCall's disastrous talk show, Davina The Daily Telegraph, Rebecca Hawkes, 14 March 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.