Get a Grip (TV series)

Get a Grip
Genre	Comedy, Satire
Starring	Ben Elton, Alexa Chung
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer(s)	Phil McIntyre Productions/ Big Bear Films
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	ITV, STV, UTV
Original release	4 April 2007 – 10 May 2007

Get a Grip is a television series shown on ITV in the United Kingdom. It aired on Wednesday nights in April/May 2007 and was hosted by Ben Elton and Alexa Chung.

The programme was made by Phil McIntyre Productions and Big Bear Films.

ITV dropped Get a Grip from its 10pm slot as it was not performing well in terms of ratings. The programme was moved to Monday nights after midnight for the rest of the series.

The show received an averaged audience of around 1.5 million, usually being beaten by rival channels BBC One and Channel 4.^[1]

References

↑ Chris Tryhorn. "TV ratings: May 9". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

Ben Elton

Television	The Young Ones (1982) There's Nothing to Worry About! (1982) Alfresco (1983) Happy Families (1985) Filthy Rich & Catflap (1986) Blackadder II (1986) Blackadder the Third (1987) Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie (1990) Mr. Bean (1990) Stark (1993) The Thin Blue Line (1995) The Ben Elton Show (1998) Blessed (2005) Get a Grip (2007) Ben Elton Live from Planet Earth (2011) The Wright Way (2013)

Theatre	Popcorn (1996) Blast From the Past (1998) The Beautiful Game (1998) We Will Rock You (2002) Love Never Dies (2010)

Novel	Stark (1989) Gridlock (1991) This Other Eden (1993) Popcorn (1996) Blast From the Past (1998) Inconceivable (1999) Dead Famous (2001) High Society (2002) Past Mortem (2004) The First Casualty (2005) Chart Throb (2006) Blind Faith (2007) Time and Time Again (2014)

Film	Maybe Baby (2000)

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