ITV Specials

ITV Specials
Genre	Entertainment
Presented by	Various
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	66 (as of 26 December 2015) (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	60–90 minutes (inc. adverts)
Release
Original network	ITV, STV, UTV
Original release	15 December 2007 (2007-12-15) – present

ITV Specials are a selection of programmes which focus on some of the biggest stars in music, dance and magic.

Since December 2007, stars including Cheryl, Michael Flatley, Spice Girls and Duran Duran have featured in these special programmes. They are presented by a various presenters including Christine Bleakley, Ben Shephard, Fearne Cotton, Holly Willoughby, Reggie Yates and Steve Jones.

Music specials

There are six main "types" or "series" of music specials aired on ITV. The basic format remains the same for most shows. Occasionally, the star/s of the show may also present their special (such as Michael Bublé on all occasions). The first special aired was The Westlife Show: Live on 15 December 2007, hosted by Holly Willoughby.

One Night Only – since 20 December 2008, fifth episode aired in March 2011. The first "series" of the franchise and was hosted by Myleene Klass in 2008, followed by Ben Shephard, Fearne Cotton in 2010 and most recently, Christine Bleakley in 2011. Stars featured include Tom Jones, Rod Stewart and Bon Jovi.
For the Last Time – since 25 September 2010, second episode aired in December 2011. Both episodes have been hosted by Christine Bleakley.
This is... – since 4 December 2010, fourth episode in April 2012. Third episode was hosted by Reggie Yates, starring Justin Bieber, and the fourth was hosted by Christine Bleakley, starring Lionel Richie.
The Nation's Favourite – a documentary series, celebrating music by a particular artist, group or theme. Viewers are able to vote for their favourite song in the category. Aired since 5 December 2010, it has been narrated by Kate Thornton, Amanda Holden, Fearne Cotton, Liza Tarbuck, Rufus Hound and more recently Zoë Ball in 2013.
A Night with... – two episodes aired in 2011. Featured artists were Will Young and Beyoncé Knowles, respectively. Hosted by Kate Thornton and later Steve Jones.
The One and Only – two episodes, first starring Des O'Connor in April 2012, second starring Cilla Black and hosted by Paul O'Grady in October 2013.

Other specials

Other specials have included Michael Flatley: A Night to Remember and Darcy Oake: Edge of Reality, both presented by Christine Bleakley in 2014.

Stephen Mulhern has presented/narrated a few specials including The Magic Show Story and The Saturday Night Story, both of which aired in 2015.

Episodes

Episode	Air date	Programme	Presenter(s)	Starring
1	10 November 2007	The Kylie Show	Kylie Minogue	Dannii Minogue, Jason Donovan, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Crazy Horse Girls, Dame Joan Collins & Simon Cowell
2	15 December 2007	The Westlife Show: Live^[1]	Holly Willoughby	Kian Egan, Brian McFadden, Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan & Mark Feehily
2	13 December 2008	The Girls Aloud Party	Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts & Kimberley Walsh	Paul O'Grady, Cilla Black, Julie Goodyear, James Morrison & Kaiser Chiefs
3	20 December 2008	Tom Jones: One Night Only	Myleene Klass	Tom Jones
4	18 November 2009	Celebrating the Carpenters	Amanda Holden & Ronan Keating	Karen Carpenter & Richard Carpenter
5	5 December 2009	Rod Stewart: One Night Only	Ben Shephard	Rod Stewart
6	12 December 2009	Cheryl Cole's Night In	Holly Willoughby	Cheryl Cole, Alexandra Burke, will.i.am, Will Young, Rihanna & Snow Patrol
7	13 December 2009	I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story	Piers Morgan	Susan Boyle & Elaine Paige
8	18 September 2010	Phil Collins: One Night Only	Ben Shephard	Phil Collins
9	25 September 2010	Simply Red: For the Last Time	Christine Bleakley	Mick Hucknall, Ian Kirkham, Steve Lewinson, Kenji Suzuki, Pete Lewinson, Dave Clayton & Kevin Robinson
10	6 November 2010	Bon Jovi: One Night Only	Fearne Cotton	Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres & Richie Sambora
11	4 December 2010	This is Michael Bublé	Michael Bublé
12	5 December 2010	The Nation's Favourite ABBA Song	Kate Thornton	ABBA
13	11 December 2010	This is JLS	Oritsé Williams, Marvin Humes, J.B. Gill & Aston Merrygold	Kylie Minogue
14	20 March 2011	Duran Duran: One Night Only	Christine Bleakley	Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor & Simon Le Bon
15	27 August 2011	A Night with Will Young	Kate Thornton	Will Young
16 ^[2]	4 December 2011	A Night with Beyoncé	Steve Jones	Beyoncé Knowles
17	9 December 2011	The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song	Amanda Holden	Bee Gees
18	10 December 2011	This is Justin Bieber	Reggie Yates	Justin Bieber
19	17 December 2011	Westlife: For the Last Time	Christine Bleakley	Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan & Brian McFadden
20	18 December 2011	Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas	Michael Bublé	Gary Barlow, Dawn French, Gino D'Acampo & Kelly Rowland
21	6 April 2012	This is Lionel Richie	Christine Bleakley	Lionel Richie
22	8 April 2012	The One & Only Des O'Connor	Paul O'Grady	Des O'Connor, Melanie Sykes, Bradley Walsh, Michelle Keegan, Katherine Kelly, Matt Lucas & Robert Lindsay
23	8 July 2012	The Nation's Favourite Number One Single	Fearne Cotton
24	14 July 2012
25	15 July 2012
26	2 November 2012	Jonathan and Charlotte	Hugh Bonneville	Jonathan Antoine & Charlotte Jaconelli
27	2 December 2012	Steppin' Out	Katherine Jenkins	Mark Benton, Il Divo, Stooshe, Andre Rieu, The Overtones, Tom Chambers, Only Boys Aloud & Kev Orkian
28	8 December 2012	The McFly Show	Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter & Harry Judd	Al Murray & Michelle Keegan
29	9 December 2012	Rod Stewart's Christmas^[3]	Rod Stewart	Kylie Minogue, Michael Bublé & Nicola Benedetti
30	15 December 2012	Girls Aloud - Ten Years at the Top	Davina McCall	Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts & Kimberley Walsh
31	22 December 2012	The Nation's Favourite Christmas Song	Liza Tarbuck
32	24 December 2012	Viva Forever: The Spice Girls Story	Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown, Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell & Jennifer Saunders
33	26 December 2012	That Dog Can Dance	Christine Bleakley	Sharon Osbourne, Bill Bailey, Ashleigh and Pudsey
34	1 January 2013	Gary Barlow & Friends	Gary Barlow	Peter Kay, James Corden, Mark Owen, Nicole Scherzinger, Oritsé Williams, Marvin Humes, J.B. Gill & Aston Merrygold.
35	31 March 2013	Andrew Lloyd Webber: 40 Musical Years	Michael Ball	Andrew Lloyd Webber, Kimberley Walsh, Nicole Scherzinger, Melanie Chisholm, Tim Minchin, Myleene Klass, Il Divo & Denise van Outen
36	27 May 2013	The Story of Now	Doon Mackichan	Brian McFadden, Richard Branson, Dom Joly, Pete Waterman, Mark Wright, Gordon Smart, Limahl, The Saturdays, Glenn Gregory, Steve Levine, Gabrielle, Scott Robinson, Liz McClarnon, Dermot O'Leary, Jon Webster, Bill Smith & Timmy Mallett
37	30 June 2013	Michael Bublé's Day Off	Michael Bublé
38	13 September 2013	BRITs Icon: Elton John	Dermot O'Leary	Elton John, Rod Stewart
39	16 October 2013 4 August 2015 (edited tribute version)	The One & Only Cilla Black	Paul O'Grady	Cilla Black, Christopher Biggins, Amanda Holden, Ringo Starr, Alison Moyet & Katie Melua
40	8 November 2013	The Nation's Favourite Elvis Song	Zoë Ball	Michael Bublé & Cliff Richard
41	13 December 2013	Boyzone at 20: No Matter What	Dannii Minogue	Keith Duffy, Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch & Melanie Chisholm
42	21 December 2013	The Illusionists^[4]	Stephen Mulhern	Various magicians, Wendi Peters & David Seaman
43	2 May 2014	The Beatles: The Night that Changed America: Grammy Salute	Kate Beckinsale, Jeff Bridges, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, LL Cool J	Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry, Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams, Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr
44	1 June 2014	Michael Flatley: A Night to Remember^[5]	Christine Bleakley	Michael Flatley & Nadine Coyle
45	6 July 2014	The Nation's Favourite Motown Song	Craig Charles	Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch, Pete Waterman, Smokey Robinson & Tony Blackburn
46	14 October 2014	Spandau Ballet: True Gold	Christine Bleakley	Martin Kemp, Tony Hadley, Gary Kemp, Steve Norman & John Keeble
47	11 November 2014^[6]	The Nation's Favourite Queen Song	Matt Lucas	Katy Perry, Tony Hadley, Melanie Chisholm, Tony Iommi, Al Murray, Noddy Holder, Zandra Rhodes, Tom Fletcher, Arlene Phillips Brian May & Roger Taylor
48	13 November 2014^[7]	Neil Diamond: One Night Only	Rob Brydon	Neil Diamond
49	1 December 2014	Phillip's Live 24 Hour TV Marathon for Text Santa	Phillip Schofield	Amanda Holden, Ruth Langsford, Penny Lancaster, Jane Moore, Steve Scott, Christine Bleakley, Vincent Simone, Flavia Cacace, Frank Lampard, Joe Pasquale, Todd Carty, Myleene Klass, Peter Dixon, Sarah Jane Crawford, Lucy Verasamy, Linda Robson, Michael Ball, Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Ashley Roberts, Christopher Biggins, Kerry Katona, Tony Blackburn, Amy Willerton, Janet Street-Porter, Pixie Lott, Wayne Sleep, Chico Slimani, Ashleigh and Pudsey, Liz McClarnon, Heidi Range, Lydia Rose Bright, Ferne McCann, Rav Wilding, Lauren Goodger, Bobby Norris, The Vamps, Ben Hanlin, Davina McCall, Denise Robertson, Susanna Reid, Charlotte Hawkins, Ben Shephard, David Cameron and Lorraine Kelly
50	12 December 2014	A Night In with Olly Murs^[8]^[9]	Olly Murs	Nicole Scherzinger, John Bishop & Caroline Flack
51	15 December 2014	Bette Midler: One Night Only^[10]^[11]	Joanna Lumley	Bette Midler
52	27 December 2014	Darcy Oake: Edge of Reality^[12]	Christine Bleakley	Darcy Oake
53	4 January 2015	Diversity Live^[13]	Ashley Banjo, Jordan Banjo, Mitchell Craske, Sam Craske, Ike Ezekwugo, Perri Kiely, Warren Russell & Terry Smith
54	5 March 2015^[14]	The Nation's Favourite 70s Number One	Zoë Ball	Art Garfunkel, Blondie, Brian May & Roger Taylor
55	30 May 2015^[15]	The Magic Show Story	Stephen Mulhern	Darcy Oake, Dynamo, Paul Daniels, Anita Harris, Penn and Teller, Geoffrey Durham & Ben Hanlin
56	25 July 2015^[16]	The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One	Zoë Ball	Jason Donovan, Carol Decker, Tony Hadley & Pete Waterman
57	15 August 2015^[17]	The Saturday Night Story	Stephen Mulhern	Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Jonathan Ross, Vernon Kay, Bruce Forsyth, Ricky Wilson, Dermot O'Leary, Amanda Holden, Ulrika Jonsson, Alesha Dixon, Petula Clark, Tommy Cannon, Bobby Ball, Marty Wilde, John Anderson, Michael Van Wijk, Kim Betts, Diane Youdale, Warren Furman, James Crossley, Mike Lewis, Henry Kelly & Matthew Kelly
58	22 August 2015^[18]	The Saturday Night Story	Stephen Mulhern	Jon Culshaw & Debra Stephenson
59	16 September 2015^[19]	The Sound of ITV – The Nation's Favourite Theme Tune	Victoria Wood
60	11 November 2015^[20]	The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One^[21]	Alison Steadman	Ricky Wilson
61	13 December 2015	The World According to Kenny Everett^[22]	N/A	Peter Brown, Roger Taylor, Steve Norman, Cleo Rocos & Lee Everett Alkin
62	17 December 2015	The Nation's Favourite Bond Song^[23]	David Walliams	Sam Smith, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G Wilson, Jonathan Ross, Piers Morgan, Jools Holland, Roger Moore, Honor Blackman, Joanna Lumley, Britt Ekland & Naomie Harris.
63	20 December 2015^[24]	The Sound of Music Live	Kara Tointon, Julian Ovenden, Maria Friedman, Alexander Armstrong, Katherine Kelly, Paul Copley, Mel Giedroyc, David Bamber, Paul Jesson, Evelyn Hoskins, Jon Tarcy, Julie Atherton, Norma Atallah & Imelda De Los Reyes
64	24 December 2015	The ABBA Christmas Party^[25]	Paddy McGuinness^[26]	Nadine Coyle, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Alexandra Burke, Union J, Daniel O'Donnell, Gemma Atkinson, Scouting for Girls, Shayne Ward, Michelle Hardwick, Amy Walsh, Catherine Tyldesley & Susan Boyle
65	25 December 2015	Our Cilla^[27]	Cilla Black, Paul O'Grady, Ringo Starr, Cliff Richard, Elaine Paige, Christopher Biggins & Lynda la Plante
66	26 December 2015	The Nation's Favourite Disney Song^[28]	Stephen Mulhern	Margaret Kerry, Paul Collins, Holly Foster Wells, Tom Fletcher, Harry Judd, Lorraine Kelly, Rosie Kelly-Smith, Matthew Wolfenden, Buster Wolfenden & Arlene Phillips

References

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