The One Show: 2011
Season 6 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 The One Show Season 5.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Davina McCall
Jan 10, 2011 · 30 min
Fitness guru and former Big Brother host Davina McCall joins Alex Jones and Matt Allwright in the studio. Plus the pensioners who are boycotting the flu vaccine, and an amazing exe
Trevor Eve
Jan 11, 2011 · 30 min
Matt Allwright and Alex Jones are joined by Shoestring and Waking the Dead actor Trevor Eve. Carrie Grant celebrates 50 years of Gerry Anderson's puppetry by talking to the man him
Richard and Judy
Jan 12, 2011 · 30 min
Alex and Alexander Armstrong are joined by the King and Queen of the Sofa - Richard and Judy. We look at how the rise in VAT will affect your household bills, Dr Phil Hammond shows
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Jan 13, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones and Alexander Armstrong are joined by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, who brings his Big Fish Fight to The One Show. Mike Dilger finds out how hedgehogs are reducing bird n
Keanu Reeves
Jan 14, 2011 · 30 min
Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves speeds in to join Alex Jones and Alexander Armstrong on the sofa. Plus the people who taste your supermarket food before you do, and why we all roo
David Mitchell
Jan 17, 2011 · 30 min
Matt Allwright and Alex Jones are joined by comedian and actor David Mitchell. On the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Gulf War, former RAF navigator John Nichol looks bac
Vanessa Feltz
Jan 18, 2011 · 30 min
Matt Allwright and Alex Jones are joined by Vanessa Feltz. Meanwhile, Justin Rowlatt finds out what's really going on with our petrol pumps, Dom Littlewood investigates why directo
Ruth Jones
Jan 19, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones and Alexander Armstrong are joined by actress Ruth Jones to talk about her new drama Hattie - based on the life of Carry On actress Hattie Jacques. Matt Allwright invest
Andrew Neil
Jan 20, 2011 · 30 min
Presenter and journalist Andrew Neil joins Chris Evans and Alex Jones in the studio. With reports on the underwater forests in Northern Ireland and the enduring legacy of Winnie th
Ruby Wax
Jan 21, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones and Chris Evans are joined by comedienne Ruby Wax. Michael Douglas tracks down the guilty hairdresser who invented the iconic beehive hairdo and Jay Rayner looks at how
Dermot O'Leary
Jan 24, 2011 · 30 min
Matt Allwright and Alex Jones are joined by X Factor presenter Dermot O'Leary. Lucy Siegle investigates what will happen if our national forests are sold off, Sir Gerry Robinson ex
Gilbert and George
Jan 26, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones, Alexander Armstrong and the team present the stories that matter from across the country. Gilbert and George, the godfathers of modern British art, join Alex Jones and
Pamela Stephenson
Jan 27, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones and Chris Evans are joined by Strictly Come Dancing finalist Pamela Stephenson. Justin Rowlatt looks into what the NHS reforms mean for you, and Joe Crowley remembers wh
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jan 28, 2011 · 30 min
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber joins Chris Evans and Alex Jones to chat about his stage adaptation of the Wizard of Oz. Jay Rayner tucks into venison, Gyles Brandreth put the story of th
Jeremy Irons
Jan 31, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones and Matt Allwright are joined by film star Jeremy Irons. Former spin-doctor Alastair Campbell looks into the phone-hacking scandal, which he believes he was a victim of,
Roy Barraclough
Feb 1, 2011 · 30 min
Ex-Coronation Street star Roy Barraclough joins Alex Jones and Matt Allwright in the studio. Plus a look at the wristbands that claim to improve sporting performance and the story
John Hurt
Feb 2, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones and Alexander Armstrong are joined by veteran actor John Hurt. Bug man George McGavin examines the king of the parasites - the tape worm, and Dr Mark Porter tells us why
Richard Curtis
Feb 3, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones and Chris Evans are joined by comedy writer and one of the founders of Comic Relief, Richard Curtis. Justin Rowlatt looks at how effective a tax on fast food restaurant
Bob Geldof
Feb 4, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones and Chris Evans are joined by Sir Bob Geldof. Louise Minchin is live in Cardiff for the build up to England v. Wales in the Six Nations rugby, and Jay Rayner goes in sea
Sigourney Weaver
Feb 7, 2011 · 30 min
Hollywood star Sigourney Weaver joins Matt Allwright and Louise Minchin in the studio. With reports on the dangerous life of undercover cops and the history of Fleet Street exclus
Will Young
Feb 8, 2011 · 30 min
Matt Allwright and Louise Minchin are joined by singer Will Young. Andrew Neil looks back on the birth of chequebook journalism and Ruth Goodman discovers how clean the ancient Rom
Sarah Lancashire
Feb 9, 2011 · 30 min
Louise Minchin and Alexander Armstrong are joined by actress Sarah Lancashire. Matt Allwright looks at the obesity crises, Ben Fogle goes on another of his Island adventures and Gy
Ed Byrne
Feb 10, 2011 · 30 min
Chris Evans and Louise Minchin are joined by comedian Ed Byrne. Joe Crowley travels to Sark in search of the perfect night sky, Anita Rani bravely goes up the tallest building in t
Gregg Wallace & John Torode
Feb 11, 2011 · 30 min
MasterChef judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode join Chris Evans and Louise Minchin on the sofa. Plus the café that caters for red kites and the enduring appeal of the Western.
Neil Morrissey
Feb 14, 2011 · 30 min
Matt Baker returns to the sofa cuddling up alongside Alex Jones. They are joined by actor Neil Morrissey. Carrie Grant investigates the story behind one of the most successful love
Gok Wan
Feb 15, 2011 · 30 min
Matt Baker and Alex Jones are joined by fashion guru Gok Wan. Anita Rani investigates the stalling of housing regeneration schemes in some of the country's most deprived areas, and
Sheila Hancock
Feb 16, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones and Matt Baker are joined by actress Sheila Hancock. Simon Boazman investigates a new tactic used by high street retailers to recover costs lost due to shoplifting, and
Griff Rhys Jones
Feb 17, 2011 · 30 min
Alex Jones and Matt Baker are joined on the sofa by comedian and adventurer Griff Rhys Jones. Plus how cyclists are fighting back against dangerous motorists.
Anne Robinson
Feb 18, 2011 · 30 min
Chris Evans and Alex Jones are joined by the Queen of Mean, Anne Robinson. Jay Rayner tries a Welsh delicacy and Jamie Crawford attempts to photograph a Scottish wildcat.