Bring Back...

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Bring Back is a series of one-off shows where Justin Lee Collins tries to locate people from music, TV or film backgrounds to reunite them for a one-off performance or get together.

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[edit] Bring Back...Grange Hill

Collins looks back at the successful television series Grange Hill and particular its anti-drugs campaign in 1986 which led to the production of the pop record "Just Say No". Justin Lee Collins tries to track down the original actors in the show at the time and reunite them for a one-off performance of the song. Justin has a problem in that he has just 10 days to trace them, but many have abandoned their acting careers altogether and are reluctant to relive their brush with adolescent stardom.

[edit] Bring Back...The Christmas Number One

Justin attempts to make a Christmas-themed song to the Christmas number one single slot - a feat not accomplished since Cliff Richard's Saviour's Day in 1990, excluding the re-release of the 1984 song Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 20 in 2004.

In the end, they produced the song "I'm Goin' Home", featuring the following musicians:

Liz Mitchell of Boney M and Aled Jones expressed interest in the project, but were ultimately unable to attend.

The song was to be released so it could compete to be Christmas number 1 but the record company axed the release. However it was available for download for the Channel 4 website and where it reached number 1 in the site's download chart.

[edit] Bring Back...One Hit Wonders

JLC attempts to reunite former pop artists from past decades whom have only had one big, well known hit, to play at a one off gig. He asked Joe Dolce, Aneka, Doctor and the Medics and Carl Douglas.

[edit] Bring Back...The A-Team

Justin attempts to re-unite the cast of his favourite show as a child, The A-Team. Justin has to secure interviews and appearances with the stars of the show who have not spoken to each other for some time.

Justin met with the below people to discuss the show and asked them to attend a reunion. All of them bar Mr. T made it to the meeting, which took place at the Friar's Club in Beverly Hills.

The below people although not being interviewed by Justin appeared at the meeting.

Justin often used very unorthodox methods, such as ambushing the actors in their homes, hotel rooms, or even while out shopping, without any prior warning and, for Mr. T, attempting to gatecrash his way into the Latin Grammy Awards.

During every interview, Collins would inquire about the rumored tension between Peppard and Mr T. Although Peppard was an established star of Hollywood movies, Mr. T was relatively new to on-screen acting yet, in a short time, he was generally regarded as the main star of the show. It was suggested that tension did indeed exist between the two and was most probably due to Peppard's bitterness of Mr. T's status in the show. During the interview with Mr. T, the trademark gold chains worn by his character were discussed. Mr. T stated that they were symbolic of the iron chains of his African slave-ancestors but made from gold because he thinks of himself as being a 'slave' except with a higher price now. As a lighthearted joke for the show, a medium attempted to contact the deceased George Peppard via seance.

The program never touched upon the fifth season of the series in any way, with no mention of Eddie Velez' and Robert Vaughn's characters, and neither actor appearing at the reunion itself. Additionally, the episode in which Jack Ging's character General Fullbright is shot and killed is specifically described as the series' final episode (it was in fact, the final episode of season four).

[edit] Bring Back...Dallas

Bring Back... Dallas was a one-off special shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 27 May 2007. The show it featured Justin Lee Collins attempting to track down the retired stars of Dallas and reunite them together at his Oil Barons Ball. At the end of the show he managed to find most of the Dallas cast, only Victoria Principal turning him down. However at the ball, no one turned up. Until finally Eric Farlow who played Baby Christopher in the show turned up much to Justin Lee Collins' delight. He was the only one to turn up.

[edit] Bring Back...Star Wars

This is currently in production. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046895/

[edit] Bring Back...Fame

On The Paul O'Grady Show on 21st March 2008 Justin Lee Collins said the he was just about to start recording Bring Back... Fame.


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