Fame in the Family

Fame in the Family is a British reality series that aired on Channel 4 over three weeks beginning 14 March 2022. It is narrated by Pippa Haywood. All episodes are currently available to stream on-demand on All 4.[1]

Fame in the Family
GenreGame show
Narrated byPippa Haywood
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes15
Production
Executive producersSally Evans, Amanda De Freitas
Running time23 minutes
Production companySalamanda Media
Release
Original networkChannel 4
Original release14 March (2022-03-14) –
1 April 2022 (2022-04-01)

Format

Four strangers meet up in Manchester Hall for dinner with a surprise celebrity host. At least one of the guests will be related to the host.

Over dinner they talk about their families and play fact-finding games to help them decide whether they could be related to one another.

At the end of the dinner party, the diners hold up a card on which they have written the name or names of who they think is a cousin of the celebrity. The host opens an envelope to reveal the DNA results. If anyone guesses correctly they win a share of a £1,000 cash prize.

The relevant parts of the family tree are then shown on-screen as the narrator explains how the guest or guests share a DNA match.

The show has been both praised[2] and panned [3] by the press. There has been no announcement yet as to whether it will return for a second series.

Episodes

Series 1 (2022)
# Celebrity Original air date
1Craig Revel Horwood14 March 2022 (2022-03-14)
2Shaun Ryder15 March 2022 (2022-03-15)
3Neil Ruddock16 March 2022 (2022-03-16)
4Rustie Lee17 March 2022 (2022-03-17)
5Kerry Katona18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)
6AJ and Curtis Pritchard21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)
7Joe Pasquale22 March 2022 (2022-03-22)
8Toyah Wilcox23 March 2022 (2022-03-23)
9James Argent24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)
10Ann Widdecombe25 March 2022 (2022-03-25)
11Hayley Tamaddon28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)
12Will Bayley29 March 2022 (2022-03-29)
13Christopher Biggins30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)
14Martin Offiah31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)
15Carl Fogarty1 April 2022 (2022-04-01)

Similar programmes

The show borrows heavily from another Channel 4 daytime show Come Dine with Me mixed in with the long-running BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? and a touch of the ITV1 series Long Lost Family. According to the end credits, and in line with most genealogy programmes, the DNA results are provided by Ancestry with assistance from family history expert Brad Argent.

References
  1. "Fame in the Family on All 4".
  2. "500 more episodes please! Fame in the Family is perfect teatime TV". The Guardian. 12 March 2022.
  3. "Fame in the Family fans switch off after one episode due to 'pointless' format". Birmingham Mail. 16 March 2022.
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