10 O'clock Live
| 10 O'Clock Live | |
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| Genre |
Current affairs Comedy Satire |
| Presented by |
Charlie Brooker Jimmy Carr Lauren Laverne David Mitchell |
| Opening theme | "Bernie" by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 33 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Pinewood Studios |
| Running time |
Series 1: 65 minutes (inc. adverts) Series 2-3: 55 minutes(inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Zeppotron |
| Distributor | Endemol UK |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 |
| Original release | 20 January 2011 – 12 June 2013 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Channel 4's Alternative Election Night |
10 O'Clock Live was a British comedy/news television programme presented by Charlie Brooker, Jimmy Carr, Lauren Laverne and David Mitchell.
The programme was commissioned following the success of Channel 4's Alternative Election Night, fronted by the same four presenters, in May 2010. The first series appeared in 2011, with two subsequent series broadcast in 2012 and 2013. In October 2014 it was confirmed the show will not be continuing.
The song "Bernie" by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion was used for the show's theme.
The show has official Facebook and Twitter pages, to enable viewer interactivity whilst live on air. Polls were run via the Facebook page and comments received via both pages and read out by the presenters.
Much of the show relies on the talents and characteristics of its hosts to form each segment.
The show was introduced by the four hosts positioned, seated or standing, around an island table. In an order that changed with each show, they would each introduce themselves by name, with the last host to speak also introducing the show ("It's 10 o'clock, we're live on Channel 4, this is 10 O'Clock Live..."). The hosts would then sit down at another table and open the show on an introductory discussion and set-up to the planned topics for the week's show. This was always followed by Jimmy Carr explaining the news of the week in the form of one-liner jokes, then by Charlie Brooker examining the way in which an event, story or media-figure has been covered in the news, focusing his satire on the way the event was covered to the public. He did the same again later on, normally on a different subject (for example, if he covered a political story earlier on, he will examine coverage of a celebrity later). David Mitchell always had three sections: a panel-discussion with guests (such as journalists, activists, and MPs) discussing an issue; an interview with a more well-known or higher-ranking political figure, which he aimed to conduct as seriously as possible, but was able to satirize what the interviewee says unlike more serious political interviewers; and a "Listen to Mitchell" section, in the style of his panel-show rants and David Mitchell's Soapbox podcast series. Carr also had two more sections to himself in the style of one-liner stand-up, but usually while satirically playing a character or figure from the news, (such as George Osborne during the week of the 2011 United Kingdom budget). Lauren Laverne tended to introduce pre-recorded sketches and material, and chair the discussions amongst the four hosts.
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