Shrink Rap (TV series)

Shrink Rap is a British television series hosted by clinical psychologist Dr Pamela Stephenson in which she interviews various celebrities using psychotherapeutic techniques. The show focuses on relating various childhood experiences and traumas to the adult difficulties of the celebrities. While quasi-therapeutic in approach, the interviewees were briefed that the conversations were interviews and not strictly therapy.

Shrink Rap
Genre	Talk show
Presented by	Pamela Stephenson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Finestripe Productions
Release
Original network	More4
Original release	2 April 2007 – 2010
External links
Website

The programme premièred on More4 on 2 April 2007 and was aired in Australia on ABC2 in 2008.

Episodes

Series 1

#	Title	Original airdate
1	"Sharon Osbourne"	2 April 2007 [1][2]
Sharon Osbourne talks about her early life, how her father treated her, and her marriage to Ozzy Osbourne.
2	"Stephen Fry"	3 April 2007 [2]
3	"David Blunkett"	4 April 2007 [2]
4	"Sarah, Duchess of York"	5 April 2007 [2]
Sarah Ferguson talks about how she always feels like a child.
5	"Robin Williams"	6 April 2007 [2][3]

Special

#	Title	Original airdate
6	"Chris Langham"	15 January 2008 [4]
Chris Langham talks about his childhood sexual abuse, drug abuse, compulsive lying, and his conviction for possessing child pornography.

Series 2

#	Title	Original airdate
7	"Joan Rivers"	21 April 2008 [5]
8	"Gene Simmons"	28 April 2008 [6]
9	"Tony Curtis"	5 May 2008 [7]
10	"Salman Rushdie"	12 May 2008 [7]
Salman Rushdie talks about his death threats from the Ayatollah.
11	"Kathleen Turner"	19 May 2008 [7]

Series 3

#	Title	Original airdate
12	"Billy Connolly"	14 August 2009
Pamela interviews her husband, Billy Connolly, on his childhood and his views on the Catholic Church.
13	"Heather Mills"	17 February 2010
14	"Carrie Fisher"	24 February 2010

References

1. Cooke, Rachel (9 April 2007). "Private moments on display". New Statesman. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
2. Cowie, Eleanor (1 April 2007). "Celebrity surgery with Dr Pamela Connolly". The Herald. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
3. Smyth, Anna (6 April 2007). "Dr Connolly I presume?". The Scotsman. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
4. "Langham paid price, his wife says". BBC News. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
5. Deacon, Michael (19 April 2008). "Shrink Rap". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
6. "Satellite Pick of the Day". Daily Record. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
7. "Desperate Hollywood housewives". The Sunday Times. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2009.

External links

• Official website
• Shrink Rap at IMDb