Star Stories | |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Phil Clarke and Andrew O'Connor |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Objective Productions |
Distributor | All3Media |
Release | |
Original network | Channel 4 |
Original release | 15 September 2006 – 7 September 2008 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | The Kevin Bishop Show |
External links | |
Website |
Star Stories is a British television comedy programme that takes a satirical look at celebrities and their lives. It was first shown on Channel 4 on 15 September 2006.
Star Stories is made by Objective Productions commissioned for Channel 4 by Shane Allen and Andrew Newman with Lee Hupfield producing, Elliot Hegarty directing and Phil Clarke and Andew O'Connor as executive producers.
The Sun reported that Channel 4 had axed Star Stories to free up cash to invest in other shows.
The main theme of the show is the theme from the film Gone with the Wind.
Guest Starring:
Narration was commonly by Simon Greenall. However the second and third episodes of the third series were narrated by Dolly Wells and Kevin Bishop in the guise of the lead characters Heather Mills and Peter Andre respectively.
The show's second series attracted over 2 million viewers.
In the UK a DVD containing all six episodes from Series One, an on-set diary, out-takes, music videos, deleted scenes and rehearsals was released on 30 July 2007. The second series was released on DVD on 17 November 2008. On the same day a boxset was also released containing both series. A DVD with all five episodes from Series 3 was released on 27 July 2009.
In the United States, Star Stories began airing on BBC America on 15 August 2008.
In Australia it is shown on ABC1 and repeated on ABC2.