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An Audience with...: An Audience With...

53 episodes Premiered Dec 16, 1980 Updated Sep 30, 2026
Previously on An Audience with...

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of An Audience with... Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Dame Edna Everage

Dec 16, 1980

Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career.

S2·E2 Core

Dudley Moore

Dec 26, 1981

Dudley Moore "meets" and entertains celebrity audience including: Shirley Bassey, Adam Faith, Stanley Baxter, Martin Shaw, Robert Powell, Tom Conti, Lulu, Clive James, Bob Hoskins

S2·E3 Core

Kenneth Williams

Dec 23, 1983

A virtuoso performance from the comic actor, here recalling some of the funniest moments of his long and varied show-business career in front of a celebrity audience.

S2·E4 Core

Mel Brooks

Feb 4, 1984

Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne Bancroft, writer comedian Ronny Graham, and British Shakespearean actor Jonathan Pryce.

S2·E5 Core

Joan Rivers

Mar 17, 1984

Comedienne Joan Rivers talks to a specially invited celebrity audience.

S2·E6 Core

Another Audience With Dame Edna Everage

Dec 31, 1984

Special featuring the characters created by Barry Humphries, Dame Edna Everage and Les Patterson, KBE -with a live, celebrity-packed studio audience.

S2·E7 Core

Billy Connolly

Oct 26, 1985

Billy Connolly offers his unique brand of stand-up humour to a star-studded audience including Twiggy, Clive James, Michael Brandon, Ringo Starr and Samantha Fox.

S2·E8 Core

Peter Ustinov

Jan 3, 1988

Peter Ustinov talks to a specially invited celebrity audience.

S2·E9 Core

Victoria Wood

Dec 10, 1988

Comedian Victoria Wood performs before a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Dave Allen, Judi Dench and Dawn French, treating her guests to a selection of her celebrated

S2·E11 Core

Jackie Mason

Dec 27, 1990

American comic Jackie Mason entertains a celebrity audience.

S2·E12 Core

Bob Monkhouse

May 21, 1994

Bob Monkhouse answers questions from a studio audience that includes Stephen Fry, Mandy Smith, Bill Treacher, comedians Little and Large, and Sir John Mills.

S2·E13 Core

Jimmy Tarbuck

Oct 22, 1994

Jimmy Tarbuck entertains an audience of celebrity guests from the worlds of showbiz and sport with anecdotes about his life and career. The show ends with a jam session with Jimmy

S2·E14 Core

Ken Dodd

Dec 3, 1994

Ken Dodd entertains a celebrity audience to celebrate 40 years in show business. Guests include Frank Carson, Paul Daniels, Warren Mitchell, Kevin Whately and Coronation Street sta

S2·E15 Core

Shirley Bassey

Oct 21, 1995 · 52 min

Shirley Bassey sings and answers questions from a celebrity audience. Songs include Big Spender; Never Never Never and I Am What I Am.

S2·E16 Core

Freddie Starr

Mar 2, 1996

An evening with the outrageous and unpredictable Freddie Starr, as he performs in front of a celebrity audience. Those in the front few rows will no doubt be on their guard.

S2·E17 Core

Sooty

Oct 24, 1996

To mark 44 years in show business, Sooty entertains an audience of celebrities and their children with magic, music and comedy.

S2·E18 Core

Bruce Forsyth

Feb 1, 1997

Bruce Forsyth celebrates more than 50 years in show business by hosting a variety show in front of a celebrity audience.

S2·E19 Core

Alf Garnett

Apr 5, 1997

Actor Warren Mitchell performs as Alf Garnett, the outrageous Cockney bigot, giving forthright opinions on subjects including the royal family, women's rights, religion and cricket

S2·E20 Core

Elton John

Sep 27, 1997

Elton John entertains a celebrity studio audience, answering questions from the audience and singing songs with his guests.

S2·E22 Core

Ronnie Corbett

Oct 25, 1997

Multi-talented Ronnie Corbett entertains a star-studded audience - including Ronnie Barker, Frank Skinner, Damien Hirst, Samantha Janus and Lord Parkinson - with his singing, danci

S2·E23 Core

The Spice Girls

Nov 29, 1997

The pop group the Spice Girls perform in front of a celebrity, and predominantly female, audience. In addition to performing nine of their songs, the members of the group answer qu

S2·E24 Core

Rod Stewart

May 30, 1998

The rock legend performs several of his classic hits, including Maggie May, D'Ya Think I'm Sexy and Sailing; he also duets with Emma Bunton on Tonight's The Night, and with Mick Hu

S2·E25 Core

The Bee Gees

Nov 7, 1998

Veteran pop trio The Bee Gees perform some of their greatest hits and take questions from a celebrity audience.

S2·E26 Core

Simply Red

Dec 12, 1998

Mick Hucknall and co perform their hits in front of a specially invited audience.

S2·E27 Core

Lennox Lewis

Apr 3, 1999

The British boxer answers questions from a studio audience.

S2·E28 Core

Tom Jones

Sep 25, 1999

An entertainment special in which the singer performs a selection of his greatest hits from his long career before an invited celebrity audience.

S2·E29 Core

Sir Cliff Richard

Nov 13, 1999

An evening in the company of a star-studded audience and the musical legend Cliff Richard. Featuring contributions from Another Level, Elaine Paige, Vincenza La Scola, Chicken Shed

S2·E30 Core

Diana Ross

Dec 11, 1999

Soul diva Diana Ross performs classic songs from her back catalogue and takes questions from the celebrity audience.

S2·E31 Core

Des O'Connor

Jan 20, 2001

Des entertains a packed celebrity studio audience.

S2·E32 Core

Ricky Martin

Feb 10, 2001

Latin superstar Ricky Martin performs in front of an audience of TV celebrities. He performs She Bangs, Maria and Loaded. He also duets with Kylie Minogue (Livin' La Vida Loca) and

S2·E33 Core

Kylie Minogue

Oct 6, 2001

The Australian songstress talks to a packed celebrity audience and performs a selection of her best loved hits.

S2·E35 Core

Lulu

May 18, 2002

Lulu sings duets with Elton John and Sting, respectively Teardrops and Sail On Sailor. She teams up with Enrique Iglesias and Ronan Keating in a set including The Man Who Sold The

S2·E36 Core

Brian Conley

May 25, 2002

All-round entertainer Brian Conley entertains a celebrity guest audience including Edward Woodward, Ron Atkinson and Coleen Nolan.

S2·E37 Core

Donny Osmond

Nov 23, 2002

Donny Osmond is joined by Blue and Westlife in renditions of One Love and Crazy Horses, and is re-united on stage for a performance with his brothers Wayne, Jay, Merrill and Alan.

S2·E38 Core

Harry Hill

Oct 16, 2004 · 48 min

The comedian entertains an all-star audience.

S2·E39 Core

Joe Pasquale

Feb 19, 2005

The comedian, fresh out of the I'm A Celebrity jungle, plays to a host of well-known faces from the worlds of TV, sport and music.

S2·E40 Core

Al Murray - The Pub Landlord

Mar 19, 2005

The Pub Landlord entertains a packed celebrity audience with his musings on world affairs, the British Empire, alcohol, and the national anthem.

S2·E43 Core

Coronation Street

Apr 22, 2006

The Coronation Street cast entertain a celebrity audience.

S2·E44 Core

Take That: Live!

Dec 2, 2006

The recently re-formed band sing their old hits before a celebrity studio audience.

S2·E45 Core

Lionel Richie: Live!

Dec 9, 2006

Lionel Richie performs a selection of his greatest hits plus tracks from his new album in this star-studded event and invites the celebrity audience to ask him questions. Including

S2·E46 Core

Another Audience with Al Murray - The Pub Landlord

Oct 27, 2007

The Pub Landlord, aka comedian Al Murray, performs for a second time in front of an audience of celebrity fans. Recorded only a week before transmission, there's no telling what su

S2·E47 Core

Celine Dion

Dec 22, 2007

Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion performs her greatest hits in front of a star-studded audience, and fields questions from famous faces who have a chance to find out what makes one o

S2·E49 Core

Neil Diamond

May 31, 2008

Neil Diamond treats his celebrity fans including Dame Judi Dench, the Zutons, Blur's Alex James, Alison Steadman, Ben Miller, Michelle Collins and Samantha Janus, plus the viewers

S2·E50 Core

Donny and Marie

Nov 11, 2009

Donny and Marie Osmond bring us a taste of their hugely successful Las Vegas show and answer questions from a celebrity audience about three decades as showbiz superstars. It is ov

S2·E51 Core

Michael Bublé

May 23, 2010

Superstar singer Michael Bublé hosts a very special show in which he performs some of his best-loved songs including Everything, Home and Haven't Met You Yet as well as his version

S2·E52 Mytharc

Barry Manilow

Oct 28, 2011 · 46 min

Barry Manilow, accompanied by his orchestra, performs many of his best-loved songs including Copacabana, Mandy, Could It Be Magic, and I Write The Songs. The international supersta

S2·E53 Mytharc

An Audience with Les Dawson That Never Was

Jun 1, 2013

On the 20th anniversary of the comedian's untimely death, ITV decided to mark the occasion with the use of a technology which gave the illusion that he was on stage. Revisit the or

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