Chain Reaction (radio programme)

Chain Reaction
Genre	Chat show
Running time	30 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Produced by	Tilusha Ghelani; Sam Bryant (2009); Lianne Coop (2010); Ed Morrish (2011); Carl Cooper (2012-14); Arnab Chanda & Charlie Perkins (2015); Richard Morris (2016/17); Adnan Ahmed (2017);
Original release	1991-2 (BBC Radio 5); 2004 (BBC Radio 4);
Opening theme	"I Do Not Fear Jazz" by Big Strides
Website	Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction (nicknamed "the tag-team talk show") is a hostless chat show first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991, and then revived on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. Each week an individual from the world of entertainment selects someone that they would like to interview. This interviewee goes on to be the next week's interviewer.

Episodes

This table has the episodes of Chain Reaction listed in it
No. overall	No. in series	Interviewer	Interviewee	Original air date
1	1	Ralph Steadman	John Cleese	31 December 1991 (1991-12-31)
2	2	John Cleese	William Goldman	1 January 1992 (1992-01-01)
3	3	William Goldman	Ian McKellen	2 January 1992 (1992-01-02)
4	4	Ian McKellen	Glenys Kinnock	3 January 1992 (1992-01-03)
5	1	Glenys Kinnock	Juliet Stevenson^[1]	14 September 1992 (1992-09-14)
6	2	Juliet Stevenson	Helen Bamber^[2]	15 September 1992 (1992-09-15)
7	3	Helen Bamber	John Sessions^[3]	16 September 1992 (1992-09-16)
8	4	John Sessions	Ruby Wax^[4]	17 September 1992 (1992-09-17)
9	5	Ruby Wax	Rob Newman^[5]	18 September 1992 (1992-09-18)
10	1	Rob Newman	Spike Milligan^[6]	2 November 1992 (1992-11-02)
11	2	Spike Milligan	John Wells^[7]	3 November 1992 (1992-11-03)
12	3	John Wells	Paul Merton^[8]	4 November 1992 (1992-11-04)
13	4	Paul Merton	George Best^[9]	5 November 1992 (1992-11-05)
14	5	George Best	Joe Strummer^[10]	6 November 1992 (1992-11-06)
15	1	Joe Strummer	unknown ^[11]	14 December 1992 (1992-12-14)
16	2	Unknown	unknown^[12]	15 December 1992 (1992-12-15)
17	3	Unknown	unknown^[13]	16 December 1992 (1992-12-16)
18	4	Unknown	unknown^[14]	17 December 1992 (1992-12-17)
19	5	Unknown	unknown^[15]	18 December 1992 (1992-12-18)
20	1	David Gedge	John Peel^[16]	6 August 1993 (1993-08-06)
21	2	John Peel	Ian Rush^[17]	13 August 1993 (1993-08-13)
22	3	Ian Rush	Max Boyce^[18]	20 August 1993 (1993-08-20)
23	4	Max Boyce	Pete Waterman^[19]	27 August 1993 (1993-08-27)
24	5	Pete Waterman	Jimmy Savile^[20]	3 September 1993 (1993-09-03)
25	1	Jenny Eclair	Jimmy Carr^[21]	30 December 2004 (2004-12-30)
26	2	Jimmy Carr	Matt Lucas^[22]	6 January 2005 (2005-01-06)
27	3	Matt Lucas	Johnny Vegas^[23]	13 January 2005 (2005-01-13)
28	4	Johnny Vegas	Stewart Lee^[24]	20 January 2005 (2005-01-20)
29	5	Stewart Lee	Alan Moore^[25]	27 January 2005 (2005-01-27)
30	6	Alan Moore	Brian Eno^[26]	3 February 2005 (2005-02-03)
31	1	Jo Brand	Barry Cryer^[27]	15 February 2006 (2006-02-15)
32	2	Barry Cryer	Mark Thomas^[28]	22 February 2006 (2006-02-22)
33	3	Mark Thomas	Alexei Sayle^[29]	1 March 2006 (2006-03-01)
34	4	Alexei Sayle	Lenny Henry^[30]	8 March 2006 (2006-03-08)
35	5	Lenny Henry	Bill Bailey^[31]	15 March 2006 (2006-03-15)
36	6	Bill Bailey	Simon Pegg^[32]	22 March 2006 (2006-03-22)
37	1	Marcus Brigstocke	Clive Anderson^[33]	10 January 2007 (2007-01-10)
38	2	Clive Anderson	John Lloyd^[34]	17 January 2007 (2007-01-17)
39	3	John Lloyd	Phill Jupitus^[35]	24 January 2007 (2007-01-24)
40	4	Phill Jupitus	John Hegley^[36]	31 January 2007 (2007-01-31)
41	5	John Hegley	Jack Dee^[37]	7 February 2007 (2007-02-07)
42	6	Jack Dee	Jeremy Hardy^[38]	14 February 2007 (2007-02-14)
43	1	Catherine Tate	David Tennant^[39]	21 February 2008 (2008-02-21)
44	2	David Tennant	Richard Wilson^[40]	28 February 2008 (2008-02-28)
45	3	Richard Wilson	Arabella Weir^[41]	6 March 2008 (2008-03-06)
46	4	Arabella Weir	Paul Whitehouse^[42]	13 March 2008 (2008-03-13)
47	1	Robert Llewellyn	Dave Gorman^[43]	2 September 2009 (2009-09-02)
48	2	Dave Gorman	Frank Skinner	TBA
49	3	Frank Skinner	Eddie Izzard	TBA
50	4	Eddie Izzard	Alastair Campbell	TBA
51	5	Alastair Campbell	Alistair McGowan	TBA
52	6	Alistair McGowan	Simon Callow	TBA
53	1	Ronni Ancona	Lee Mack	13 August 2010 (2010-08-13)
54	2	Lee Mack	Adrian Edmondson	TBA
55	3	Adrian Edmondson	Ruby Wax	TBA
56	4	Ruby Wax	Harry Shearer	TBA
57	5	Harry Shearer	Stephen Merchant	TBA
58	6	Stephen Merchant	Jarvis Cocker	TBA
59	1	Rhys Thomas	Simon Day	29 July 2011 (2011-07-29)
60	2	Simon Day	Peter Hook	TBA
61	3	Peter Hook	John Cooper Clarke	TBA
62	4	John Cooper Clarke	Kevin Eldon	TBA
63	5	Kevin Eldon	Mark Steel	TBA
64	6	Mark Steel	Barry Davies	TBA
65	1	Jeremy Front	his sister Rebecca Front	27 July 2012 (2012-07-27)
66	2	Rebecca Front	Chris Addison	TBA
67	3	Chris Addison	Derren Brown	TBA
68	4	Derren Brown	Tim Minchin	TBA
69	5	Tim Minchin	Caitlin Moran	TBA
70	6	Caitlin Moran	Jennifer Saunders	TBA
71	1	Terry Christian	Kevin Bridges	27 December 2013 (2013-12-27)
72	2	Kevin Bridges	Frankie Boyle	TBA
73	3	Frankie Boyle	Grant Morrison	TBA
74	4	Grant Morrison	Neil Innes	TBA
75	5	Neil Innes	Graham Linehan	TBA
76	6	Graham Linehan	Adam Buxton.^[44]	TBA
77	1	Adam Buxton	Reece Shearsmith	18 February 2015 (2015-02-18)
78	2	Reece Shearsmith	Bob Mortimer	TBA
79	3	Bob Mortimer	Vic Reeves	TBA
80	4	Vic Reeves	Olivia Colman	TBA
81	5	Olivia Colman	Sharon Horgan	TBA
82	6	Sharon Horgan	Dennis Kelly	TBA
83	1	Ed Byrne	Al Murray	24 February 2016 (2016-02-24)
84	2	Al Murray	Ian Hislop	TBA
85	3	Ian Hislop	Victoria Coren Mitchell	TBA
86	4	Victoria Coren Mitchell	Sandi Toksvig	TBA
87	5	Sandi Toksvig	Roy Hudd	TBA
88	6	Roy Hudd	Alison Steadman	TBA
89	1	Sara Cox	Joe Lycett	13 February 2017 (2017-02-13)
90	2	Joe Lycett	Katherine Ryan	TBA
91	3	Katherine Ryan	Sara Pascoe	TBA
92	4	Sara Pascoe	Harry Hill	TBA
93	5	Harry Hill	Tim Vine	TBA
94	6	Tim Vine	Sir Ken Dodd	TBA

References

^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
^ "Chain Reaction - Episode guide". BBC Radio 4. 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

External links

[1] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[2] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[3] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[4] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

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[19] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[20] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[21] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[22] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[23] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[24] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[25] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[26] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[27] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[28] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[29] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[30] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[31] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[32] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[33] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[34] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[35] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[36] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

[37] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

[38] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

[39] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

[40] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

[41] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[42] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[43] "Chain Reaction". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[44] "Chain Reaction - Episode guide". BBC Radio 4. 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

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