Celebrities Under Pressure

Celebrities Under Pressure
Presented by	Melanie Sykes (Series 1 & 2) Vernon Kay (Series 3)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	14
Production
Running time	60mins (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Granada Productions
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9
Original release	13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) – 7 August 2004 (2004-08-07)
Chronology
Related shows	The Moment of Truth
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Celebrities Under Pressure is a Saturday night entertainment show which aired in the United Kingdom on ITV.

The show follows families allowing a celebrity to live with them for a week as they attempt to learn a new skill from their hosts. The celebrity's progress is followed through a video diary, before they are tested in a live studio situation. If successful, the celebrity will win a string of prizes for the family they stayed with, however, if they fail, the family goes home with nothing. The show relates strongly to an earlier ITV game show The Moment of Truth, which is the same concept, but with one member of the family, not celebrities.

The first two series were presented by Melanie Sykes, with Vernon Kay presenting the newer episodes.

Participants

Series 1

• Show 1 - Samantha Fox, Tara Palmer Tomkinson, Brian Dowling
• Show 2 - Samia Ghadie, Uri Geller, Kerry McFadden
• Show 3 - Phil Tufnell, Fiona Phillips, Bruce Jones
• Show 4 - Jono Coleman, Catalina Guirado, Linda Lusardi
• Show 5 - Antony Audenshaw, Tony Hadley, Sonia
• Show 6 - Ben Freeman, Lesley Joseph, Andrew Whyment

Series 2

• Show 1 - Terri Dwyer, John Fashanu, Ken Morley
• Show 2 - Jodie Marsh, John Barnes, Tamara Beckwith
• Show 3 - Amy Nuttall, Ben Shephard, Antony Worrall Thompson
• Show 4 - Kate Garraway, Alan Halsall, James Hewitt

Series 3

• Show 1 - Chris Finch, The Cheeky Girls, Nell McAndrew
• Show 2 - Dominic Brunt, Jennie McAlpine, Barry McGuigan
• Show 3 - Alison Hammond, Daniel MacPherson, Caprice Bourret
• Show 4 - Stephen Mulhern, Linda Robson, Jenni Falconer

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	13 September 2003	18 October 2003	6
2	10 January 2004	31 January 2004	4
3	17 July 2004	7 August 2004	4

Ratings

Episode Viewing figures from BARB.

Series 1

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking
1	13 September 2003	Under 3,830,000	Outside Top 30
2	20 September 2003	Under 3,870,000	Outside Top 30
3	27 September 2003	4,770,000	26
4	4 October 2003	4,860,000	22
5	11 October 2003	4,730,000	26
6	18 October 2003	5,400,000	25

Series 2

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking
1	10 January 2004	5,110,000	30
2	17 January 2004	Under 4,870,000	Outside Top 30
3	24 January 2004	Under 4,490,000	Outside Top 30
4	31 January 2004	5,600,000	28

Series 3

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking
1	17 July 2004	3,850,000	24
2	24 July 2004	4,030,000	20
3	31 July 2004	3,400,000	27
4	7 August 2004	3,100,000	27

External links

• Celebrities Under Pressure at UKGameshows.com