Through the Keyhole
| Through the Keyhole | |
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| Also known as | Keith Lemon’s Through The Keyhole |
| Genre | Comedy panel game |
| Created by | Kevin Simpson David Frost |
| Presented by |
David Frost (1987–2008) Keith Lemon (2013–) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 8 (ITV) 1 (Sky 1) 9 (BBC) 3 (Revival) |
| No. of episodes | 115 (ITV) 14 (Sky 1) ??? (BBC) 23 (Revival) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
The Leeds Studios (1987–2008) Pinewood Studios (2013–) |
| Running time | 30 minutes (1987–2006) 45 minutes (2007–08) 60 minutes (2013–) |
| Production company(s) |
Yorkshire Television (1987–95) Paradine Productions (1996–2008) Talkback (2013–) |
| Distributor |
ITV Studios FremantleMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ITV (1987–95; 2013–) Sky 1 (1996) BBC1 (1997–2004) BBC Two (2006–08) |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1987–2000) 16:9 (2001–08; 2013–) |
| Original release |
Original Series 3 April 1987 – 4 June 2008 Revived Series 31 August 2013–present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Through the Keyhole is a British comedy panel game show created (and originally presented) by Sir David Frost. It features the host going around celebrities' houses and then getting a panel of other celebrities to try to guess who the famous homeowner is.
The show originally aired on ITV from 3 April 1987 to 1 May 1995, then it aired on Sky 1 from 22 February to 23 May 1996 before moving to BBC1 from 7 April 1997 to 2004 and then its sister channel BBC Two from 26 February 2006 to 4 June 2008.
In 2013, the show was revived for ITV with Keith Lemon as the host.
Through the Keyhole originally started as a segment on TV-am, first being broadcast on its launch day on 1 February 1983. The idea was created by Kevin Simpson and David Frost as a chance to look around some of the most influential homes with Loyd Grossman at the helm as the tour presenter. Grossman was mistakenly given the job after someone confused him with a journalist. It became a regular feature of TV-am throughout 1983.
In 1987, Frost transferred the concept to Yorkshire Television and produced a full half-hour programme for ITV where a celebrity panel tries to guess whose house is being looked at. It ran in primetime on Friday nights for eight years on ITV and was rarely out of the top ten entertainment programmes on TV. The executive producers were Kevin Sim and Chantal Rickards. From 1996, it was produced by Frost's own production company, Paradine Productions at Yorkshire Television. That same year, the show also moved to Sky 1 for one series. It was then moved to BBC1 Daytime in 1997 until 2004. The final three BBC series were aired on BBC Two from 2006 to 2008, when it was finally axed by the BBC. However, a special aired in March 2011 for Red Nose Day 2011, as part of the marathon panel show 24 Hour Panel People.
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