The Girlie Show (British TV programme)

The Girlie Show
Presented bySarah Cawood
Claire Gorham
Rachel Williams
Sara Cox
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time60 mins
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release26 January 1996 (1996-01-26) –
28 February 1997 (1997-02-28)

The Girlie Show is a British television programme that aired on Channel 4 from 26 January 1996 to 28 February 1997. Its presenters were Sarah Cawood, Claire Gorham, American model Rachel Williams and, in her first presenting job, Sara Cox.[1][2] The programme ran for two series in 1996 and 1997.

Format

Its magazine format allowed for interviews, live music, features, and stunts involving studio guests and the live audience.

Originally broadcast in the old The Word time slot of 11 pm on a Friday night, The Girlie Show later occupied Channel 4's traditional 'post-pub' time slot. As with The Word, the late-night scheduling meant guests and presenters encouraged each other to be controversial. In the tradition of The Word, the show's content and its presenters were heavily hyped as being more edgy, dangerous and 'ballsy' than other programmes on British television[citation needed].

The show also featured a group of four "Twentysomething" males from Sunderland in the north-east of England called "The Naked Apes" (named after the book by Desmond Morris of the same name). The four were filmed each week in a variety of situations including a trip to Amsterdam, trying to pick up women in a gay nightclub, and going to the greyhound races dressed up as the "Reservoir Dogs". This was an early format for what would later become "reality TV", and showed what "lads" got up to when they hung out together. The group gained notoriety[citation needed] due to continued scenes of drinking and their attitudes towards life and women.

Another regular feature of the show was 'Wanker of the Week', criticizing a celebrity who had done or said something during that particular week that made them worthy of the title. Recipients included Naomi Campbell and Jimmy Nail.

The series was notable for being the first to feature the girl group Spice Girls.[1]

There was considerable tabloid backlash against the show due to its often amateurish production standards[3] - the presenters had little experience of live television. It was similarly castigated in the broadsheets as 'witless'.[citation needed] Although the intention of the producers was to cash in on the Girl Power and ladette phenomena, feminist commentators complained that the show's style and content appealed to male chauvinistic stereotypes.[citation needed] Several so-called practical jokes on members of the audience were also clearly staged. Channel 4 subsequently placed the show at number 80 in its 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell list.

References

  1. ^ a b Imagiz @ Rapido Television. "The Girlie Show - Series 1". Rapido.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  2. ^ Sara Cox at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 October 2008)
  3. ^ Rees, Jasper (3 February 1996). "TELEVISION The Girlie Show, C4 - Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2009.


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