Jackson Booth-Millard
I saw the trailer for this series, and instantly thought it was a brilliant idea, I've only seen bits and pieces of these kinds of revealing things, so it was going to be great to see a whole programme based on it. Narrated by Robert Webb, this documentary series delves into the archives, some thought to be lost or damaged, and reveals where some of the present day's best and well-loved television and film celebrities, actors/actresses, singers, comedians, presenters, sportsmen, chefs and others were first seen. These celebrities all appear much younger, often as children or teenagers, and there are many types of programmes they were first seen on, including game shows, documentaries, news items, advertisements, music videos, dramas, comedy shows and much more. Also celebrities are taken into a Video Vault to be shown their first appearances on television, and we get to see their reactions to the three or more clips from the archives. Celebrities seen in the series included: Charlotte Church – This Morning (1997), Will Young – This Morning (1999), Halle Berry – Miss USA Pageant (1986), Daniel Craig – Boon (1992), Gordon Ramsay – This Morning (1996) and Britain's Unbearable Bosses (1998), The Saturdays' Mollie King – The X Factor (2007) with Fallen Angelz, The Wanted's Max George – The X Factor (2005), The Saturdays' Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Humes – S Club Search (2002); Keira Knightley – Royal Celebration (1993), A Village Affair (1995) and Treasure Seekers (1996), Amanda Holden – Blind Date (1991) and In Suspicious Circumstances (1993), Louis Walsh – SBB Talent Show (1983); Simon Cowell – Saturday Action (1982), Right to Reply (1987) and Sale of the Century (1990), Jessie J (real surname Cornish) – Britain's Brilliant Prodigies (2003), Emeli Sandé (real name Adele) – Trevor Nelson's Lowdown (2003), JLS's Aston Merrygold – Stars in Their Eyes (2002) and Fun Song Factory (2006), Cheryl Cole – Gimme 5 (1993), Ewan McGregor – Kavanagh QC (1995), Sir Patrick Stewart – Coronation Street (1967), Sir Ian McKellen – Sunday Out of Season (1967), Russell Crowe – The Young Doctors (1976), Olly Murs – Deal or No Deal (2007), Paddy McGuiness – God's Gift (1997), Ricky Gervais – Razzmatazz (1983), Russell Brand – The Bill (1994), Catherine Tate – London's Burning (1994 and 1998) and The Bill (1994), Harry Hill – What's New (1992), Eddie Izzard – First Exposure (1988), Colin Firth – Crown Court (1984), Dame Helen Mirren – Doing Her Own Thing (1970), Sir Michael Caine – The Adventures of William Tell (1958), Duncan Bannatyne – The Hothouse (2003), David Tennant – The Bill (1995), Phillip Schofield – Street Dance Champs (1984), Richard Madeley – Calendar (1981), Vernon Kay – Babewatch (1998), Jude Law – The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1991), Families (1990) and The Marshall (1993), Danny Dyer – The Ward (1995), Mila Kunis – Baywatch (1994), Beverley Callard (before becoming Liz McDonald) – Coronation Street (1984), Malcolm Hebden (before becoming Norris Cole) – Coronation Street (1974), David Beckham – Daytime (1986), Andy Murray – Andy Murray, STV News (1999), Lewis Hamilton – Blue Peter (1992 and 1997), Tom Daley – Tom Daley, BBC News (2005), Coronation Street's Natalie Gumede – Wire in the Blood (2005), Jennifer Lopez – Hotel Malibu (1994), Graham Norton – Growing Rich (1992), Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul – The Price Is Right (2000), Rylan Clark – Confessions of… The Beauty Trade (2006), Jonathan Ross – Trak Trix (1984), Paul Potts – BBC Points West (1999) and My Kind of Music (1999), Christian Bale – Chatterbox (1988), Hugh Jackman – Correlli (1995), Ryan Gosling – Young Hercules (1998), Miley Cyrus – Country Showdown Finals (2004), Claudia Winkleman – Anglia News (1992) and Granada Breeze (1996-97), Emma Willis – Central News (2001), James Blunt – Girls on Top (2001), Alan Carr – Lunchtime Live (2002), Sacha Baron Cohen – Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (1995) and F2F (1996), Mark Wright – Lock, Stock… (2000), Coronation Street's Alan Halsall – The Ward (1995 & 1998), Katherine Kelly – Last of the Summer Wine (2003), Peter Capaldi – Crown Court (1984), James Corden – Out of Tune (1996) and many more. Celebrities watching themselves in the Video Vault and their clips included: Michelle Collins – David Essex Showcase (1982), Morgan's Boy (1984) with Gary Oldman and Good Neighbours (1984), Stephen Mulhern – HTV News (1995) at Butlins, a screen test for SSVC TV (1995) and The Big Big Talent Show (1996), Arlene Phillips – Bruce Forsyth's Big Night (1978), Calendar (1980), Lynda Lee's People (1983) and Britannia High (2008) with Pixie Lott and Ed Sheeran, Eamonn Holmes – Farming Ulster (1981), Ulster TV News (1984 and 1985) and Miss Northern Ireland (1985), Janet Street-Porter – The London Weekend Show (pilot 1975) and (1977) with Arnold Schwarzenegger and The 6 O'clock Show (1983), Coronation Street's Sue Nicholls – Crossroads (1964-1968), ITV Playhouse: Seventeen Per Cent Said Push Off (1972), Village Hall (1975), The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976-79) and Rentaghost (1981-84), Brian Blessed – The Valiant (1961), Z-Cars (1962- 65) with Dame Judi Dench, The Three Musketeers (1966), Ghost Squad (1963) and Space: 1999 (1975), Alison Steadman – Bel Ami (1971), Frost's Weekly (1973), Second City Firsts: Girl (1974) and Two's Company (1979), Patsy Kensit – Ad Campaign (1972-1979), The Brothers (1973), Z Cars (1974), Armchair Thriller (1978), Luna (1983) with Robbie Coltrane and "Nobody's Fool" video (1982) by Haircut One Hundred with Nick Heyward, Kimberley Walsh – This Morning (1989), The Book Tower (1989), Read About (1992), Adam's Family Tree (1997), Focus Citizenship (2000) with Kelli Young from Liberty X, Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000) and Stan the Man (2002), Shameless's David Threlfall – Here I Stand…: Margaret Clitherow (1977), King Lear (1983), I Want to Be Like You (1977), Scum (1977) and Pratt Outta Hell (1986), Sir Tony Robinson – Sunday Night Theatre: Big Soft Nellie (1971), Words and Pictures: Sam on Boff's Island (1972), Doctor in Charge (1972) and Play Away (1977), and many more. Very good!
