The Alan Titchmarsh Show

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The Alan Titchmarsh Show
The Alan Titchmarsh Show titles
Genre	Entertainment chat show
Presented by	Alan Titchmarsh
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	90 and ongoing
Production
Producer(s)	Spun Gold TV
Running time	60 minutes (including adverts)
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original run	3 September 2007 – Present

The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British chat show on the ITV Network, airing weekdays at 2.30pm. However both UTV in Northern Ireland and STV in Central and North Scotland have moved the show to different time slots compaired to the rest of England and Wales who will continue to get it at 2.30pm. UTV now broadcast the show from 4.00-5.00pm, and STV broadcast the show from 3.00-4.00pm. Both of these regions now have a regional lifestyle programme at 5.30pm followed by their regional news at 6.00pm. It was announced in May 2007 that ITV had signed Alan Titchmarsh to host the show.^[1]

The show was first aired on 3 September 2007, the show involves Alan Titchmarsh celebrating the best of British, inviting choice celebrity guests and unsung heroes to have a chat and discuss their experiences and work with Titchmarsh. The show also involves discussing hot topics of the day, with Titchmarsh having debates with regular guests, such as Nick Ferrari, Ulrika Johnson, Gloria Hunniford and Carole Malone. The show is introduced by announcer Anthony Davis.

A range of experts join Titchmarsh to give tips and advice on everyday things like food and gardening.

Paul O'grady often makes references to Titchmarsh on his show, The Paul O'Grady Show.

The show is broadcast live from Studio TC4 in the BBC Television Centre in London, Monday to Wednesday, with the Thursday and Friday programmes being recorded earlier in the week. Titchmarsh announced on 26 October 2007, that the show will return in December.

It was announced on November 22, 2007, that Alan has signed up with ITV for another two years to continue to present his chat show. The show has proved to been so popular with viewers that ITV want him to continue with the show. The ITV Network's controller of daytime programmes Adam MacDonald has said "I'm sure the show will go from strength to strength over the next two years...The first series of The Alan Titchmarsh Show was a supremely confident, top quality programme, which established an instant rapport with the daytime audience". The new series will continue to be made in Studio TC4 at the BBC Television Centre in London, the same studio used for BBC One's Blue Peter and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

It was announced in December 2007 that BBC Resources have secured a three series deal to provide studio facilities for The Alan Titchmarsh Show for ITV. The first series and Christmas specials were recorded from BBC Television Centre and they will continue to be made at BBC Television Centre for series two, three and four. BBC Studios division will provide facilities to record 5 live shows and 5 recorded shows every fortnight.

The shows editor David Hall said "This show has very high production values and each show has its own specific requirements. The experience of series one demonstrated that BBC Resources is flexible and accommodating of all our needs. This facility has a rich history of strong programme making, has an exceptional team of talented individuals, and it was an easy decision for us to return".