Living the Life (TV series)

Living the Life
Genre Talk
Created by Rosemary Reed
Directed by Jules Williams
Presented by Charles Dance (voice only)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 27
Production
Executive producer(s) Rosemary Reed
Location(s) Pinewood Studios
Running time 60 min
Production company(s) Back Door Productions
Release
Original network Sky Arts
Original release November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06) – January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08)
External links
Website

Living the Life is a British television talk show that features unmoderated conversations between two celebrities. It represents a divergence from the standard interviewer-subject talk show format. Living the Life airs on UK's Sky Arts network.

Format

The hour-long talk show provides a unique take on the genre by allowing the two guest celebrities to converse freely without an interviewer. In these conversations, the celebrities discuss how emotional experiences from their childhood, their early career, the onset of success and their subsequent journey through wealth and fame has shaped their lives. They also discuss their achievements and the effects of living life in the public eye.

The main hook of Living The Life is that, unlike the traditional interview formula, the participants, bonded by mutual accomplishment, chat to each other from a place of mutual respect and admiration and they relax into an intimate and unreserved exchange.

Production

Season 1

Living the Life is a production of Back Door Productions. Executive Producer Rosemary Reed and Director Jules Williams produce the show out of their Pinewood Studios location. The first season premiered on 6 November 2011,[1] and ran for 10 consecutive weeks.[2]

Season 1 of Living the Life was released on DVD exclusively through Tesco Entertainment. The DVD set included four bonus episodes and an accompanying behind-the-scenes book, Living the Life written by director Jules Williams.[3]

Living the Life has also been made available via UK based video on demand website Blinkbox,[4] where episodes (including the four DVD-only episodes) can be downloaded individually.[5] DVD box set.

Season 2

Living the Life returned for a second season that debuted in October 2012 on Sky Arts.[2]

Episodes

As of May 2013, Living the Life has produced 23 episodes, including four episodes available only online or on DVD.[2][4]

Series 1

Episode Guests Original Air date
1Stephen Fry & Bill Wyman6 November 2011 (2011-11-06)
2Joanna Lumley & Lord Melvyn Bragg13 November 2011 (2011-11-13)
3Leslie Phillips & Robin Gibb20 November 2011 (2011-11-20)
4Dylan Jones & George Lamb27 November 2011 (2011-11-27)
5Caitlin Moran & Fay Weldon4 December 2011 (2011-12-04)
6Brigitte Nielsen & Britt Ekland11 December 2011 (2011-12-11)
7Sir Tim Rice & Sir Ian Botham18 December 2011 (2011-12-18)
8Lord Sebastian Coe & Gary Newbon8 January 2012 (2012-01-08)
9Sir Peter Blake & Ken Russell15 January 2012 (2012-01-15)
10Paul McGann & Charles Dance22 January 2012 (2012-01-22)

Series 1 - Exclusive DVD Episodes

Episode Guests
1Jeremy Clarkson & Nick Mason
2Cilla Black & Daniel O'Donnell
3Des O'Connor & Alan Davies
4Howard Marks & Peter Stringfellow

Series 2

Episode Guests Original Air date
1Nicholas Evans & James Nesbitt30 October 2012 (2012-10-30)
2Anna Friel & Brenda Fricker6 November 2012 (2012-11-06)
3Timothy West CBE & Ken Livingstone13 November 2012 (2012-11-13)
4Dame Monica Mason DBE & Sir Derek Jacobi20 November 2012 (2012-11-20)
5John Hurt & Sir Alan Parker27 November 2012 (2012-11-27)
6Steven Berkoff & Martin Kemp4 December 2012 (2012-12-04)
7Des O'Connor CBE & Alan Davies11 December 2012 (2012-12-11)
8Mary Quant OBE & Alexandra Shulman OBE18 December 2012 (2012-12-18)
9David Bailey & Tim Marlow8 January 2013 (2013-01-08)

Series 3

Episode Guests Original Air date
1Dave Stewart and Elliott Gould2 October 2013 (2013-10-02)
2Susan George and Robert Lindsay9 October 2013 (2013-10-09)
3Gareth Edwards and Matthew Rhys16 October 2013 (2013-10-16)
4Hans Zimmer and Derren Brown23 October 2013 (2013-10-23)
5Marianne Faithfull and Ian La Frenais30 October 2013 (2013-10-30)
6Jeffrey Archer and Sir Donald Sinden6 November 2013 (2013-11-06)
7Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and A. R. Rahman15 November 2013 (2013-11-15)
8Elaine Paige and Twiggy20 May 2013 (2013-101-20)

References

  1. ↑ Wightman, Catriona (11 October 2011). "Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley for new Sky Arts celebrity interview series". Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Living the Life at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ Williams, Jules (2012). Living The Life. Tesco Entertainment. ISBN 978-0-9571170-0-6.
  4. ↑ "Living The Life / Tesco Entertainment". Back Door Productions & Management / Tesco Entertainment.
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