Michael Ball (TV programme)

For the programme broadcast in 2010, see The Michael Ball Show.

Michael Ball is a British music entertainment television programme presented by Michael Ball that aired on ITV from July 1993 to December 1995.

Michael Ball
Genre	Entertainment
Directed by	Ian Hamilton (season 1) Jonathan Glazier (season 2) Gavin Taylor (Christmas special)
Presented by	Michael Ball
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2 (and a Christmas special)
No. of episodes	13 (and a Christmas special)
Production
Executive producers	Trish Kinane Stephen Leahy
Producer	Ian Hamilton
Running time	30 minutes (including advertisements)
Production companies	Action Time Carlton Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	8 July 1993 (1993-07-08) – 24 December 1995 (1995-12-24)

Format

Each episode featured 2 special guests singing live in the studio. The guests were introduced as being "one of the best" within their genre of music which resulted in some high-profile guests like Ray Charles, James Brown, The Bee Gees and Take That to name a few. The show also featured performances from its host Michael Ball.^[1]

Transmissions

Series	Episodes	Premiere	Finale
1	6	8 July 1993	12 August 1993
2	7	27 July 1994	7 September 1994
Christmas special	1	24 December 1995

Guests

Season 1

Episode #	Series #	Title	Original air date
1	1	"Episode #1.1"	8 July 1993 (1993-07-08)
Guests: Ray Charles & Wet Wet Wet
2	1	"Episode #1.2"	15 July 1993 (1993-07-15)
Guests: Montserrat Caballe & Chris Isaak
3	1	"Episode #1.3"	22 July 1993 (1993-07-22)
Guests: Take That & Tammy Wynette
4	1	"Episode #1.4"	29 July 1993 (1993-07-29)
Guests: Elaine Paige & Cliff Richard
5	1	"Episode #1.5"	5 August 1993 (1993-08-05)
Guests: Harry Connick Jr. & Gloria Estefan
6	1	"Episode #1.6"	12 August 1993 (1993-08-12)
Guests: Dionne Warwick & The Bee Gees

Season 2

Episode #	Series #	Title	Original air date
1	2	"Episode #2.1"	27 July 1994 (1994-07-27)
Guests: Cher & Tony Bennett
2	2	"Episode #2.2"	3 August 1994 (1994-08-03)
Guests: Erasure & Joe Cocker
3	2	"Episode #2.3"	10 August 1994 (1994-08-10)
Guests: James Brown & Lulu
4	2	"Episode #2.4"	17 August 1994 (1994-08-17)
Guests: Marcella Detroit & Julio Iglesias
5	2	"Episode #2.5"	24 August 1994 (1994-08-24)
Guests: Montserrat Caballe & Robert Palmer
6	2	"Episode #2.6"	31 August 1994 (1994-08-31)
Guests: D Ream & Emmylou Harris
7	2	"Episode #2.7"	7 September 1994 (1994-09-07)
Guests: Shirley Bassey & Daryl Hall

Christmas special

Episode #	Series #	Title	Original air date
1	-	"Episode #3.1"	24 December 1995 (1995-12-24)
Guests: Michael Bolton & Dusty Springfield