The Keith Barret Show

"The Keith Barret Show" is a spoof BBC chat show hosted by Keith Barret (Rob Brydon) who interviews celebrity couples in the hope of finding the secret to a successful marriage (though in fact many of his interviewee couples were not married; see below). It was devised by Paul Duddridge and co written with Rob Brydon. In each programme, there are a selection of clips from venues such as speed dating or interviews with relationship experts.

Rob Brydon's character Keith first appeared on TV in the cult comedy series "Marion and Geoff".

Using Keith to present a programme on a subject such as relationships is extremely ironic, given that for most of the first series of "Marion and Geoff", he was completely oblivious of the affair between the two title characters.

This was not the first BBC interview programme to be hosted by a fictional character - Brydon's close collaborator, Steve Coogan used the character of Alan Partridge with much more disastrous on-screen effect several years earlier (though Partridge's "guests" were characters played by actors, whereas Barret's guests were real people, albeit often ones whom Brydon knew personally).

Episode list

eries 1

# Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan (5 July, 2004)
# Bryan McFadden and Kerry McFadden (12 July, 2004)**
# Ronnie Corbett and Anne Corbett (19 July, 2004)
# Darren Day and Suzanne Shaw (26 July, 2004)*, **
# Lembit Opik and Siân Lloyd (3 August, 2004)*, **
# Tony Wilson and Yvette Livesey (10 August, 2004)*

Christmas Special
#Ulrika Jonsson and Lance Gerrard-Wright (20 December, 2004)**

eries 2

# Leslie Ash and Lee Chapman (7 January, 2005)
# Richard Whiteley and Kathryn Apanowicz (14 January, 2005)*
# Justin Ryan and Colin McAllister (21 January, 2005)*
# Vinnie Jones and Tanya Jones (28 January, 2005)
# Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford (4 February, 2005)*
# David Dickinson and Lorne Lesley (11 February, 2005)

* unmarried couples

** have since split

External links

* [http://www.keithbarret.com Keith Barret Fan Site]