Kate Garraway's Life Stories

*Kate Garraway's Life Stories*
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
Also known as	Piers Morgan's Life Stories
Genre	Talk show
Created by	Piers Morgan
Directed by	Paul Kirrage; Anna Edwinson; Jamie Batten
Presented by	Piers Morgan; Kate Garraway
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	22
No. of episodes	110
Production
Producers	Jeremy Phillips; Yvonne Alexander
Production locations	The London Studios (2010–17); Teddington Studios (2010–11); Television Centre (2009, 2013, 2019–)
Running time	60–90 minutes (including adverts)
Production company	Multistory Media
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	22 February 2009 –; present
Related
	The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan; John Bishop: In Conversation With...

Kate Garraway's Life Stories (formerly known as Piers Morgan's Life Stories until 2021 and also known as just Life Stories) is a British television chat show on ITV, presented by Kate Garraway and was formerly presented by Piers Morgan. Recorded in front of a studio audience, each episode is devoted to one celebrity guest. Episodes are filmed at Television Centre (although they were previously made at Teddington Studios and The London Studios) between one and two weeks before being broadcast on television. On 21 October 2021, it was confirmed that Morgan was leaving the show and would be replaced by Kate Garraway, his final guest.^[1]

Episode guide

Transmissions

Series	Episodes	Originally released
Series	Episodes	First released	Last released
1	6	22 February 2009 (2009-02-22)	5 April 2009 (2009-04-05)
2	6	10 October 2009 (2009-10-10)	14 November 2009 (2009-11-14)
3	7	14 February 2010 (2010-02-14)	10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)
4	7	9 October 2010 (2010-10-09)	27 November 2010 (2010-11-27)
5	6	16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)	21 May 2011 (2011-05-21)
6	5	29 October 2011 (2011-10-29)	24 December 2011 (2011-12-24)
7	7	13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)	25 May 2012 (2012-05-25)
8	6	14 September 2012 (2012-09-14)	26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)
9	6	22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)	5 April 2013 (2013-04-05)
10	6	20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)	1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)
11	7	3 January 2014 (2014-01-03)	14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)
12	3	5 September 2014 (2014-09-05)	19 September 2014 (2014-09-19)
13	6	4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)	11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)
14	4	3 February 2017 (2017-02-03)	24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)
15	4	23 October 2017 (2017-10-23)	10 March 2018 (2018-03-10)
16	5	25 May 2019 (2019-05-25)	22 June 2019 (2019-06-22)
17	3	5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)^[2]	25 October 2020 (2020-10-25)
18	5	11 February 2021 (2021-02-11)	18 March 2021 (2021-03-18)
19	4	30 May 2021 (2021-05-30)	5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)
20	3	3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)	17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)
21	3	2 August 2023 (2023-08-02)	16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)
22	TBA	1 April 2025 (2025-04-01)	TBA

Series 1

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
1	1	"Sharon Osbourne"	22 February 2009 (2009-02-22)
2	2	"Richard Branson"	1 March 2009 (2009-03-01)
3	3	"Katie Price"	8 March 2009 (2009-03-08)
4	4	"Sheila Hancock"	15 March 2009 (2009-03-15)
5	5	"Ulrika Jonsson"	29 March 2009 (2009-03-29)
6	6	"Richard Madeley"	5 April 2009 (2009-04-05)

Series 2

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
7	1	"Cilla Black"	10 October 2009 (2009-10-10)
8	2	"Boris Becker"	17 October 2009 (2009-10-17)
9	3	"Katherine Jenkins"	24 October 2009 (2009-10-24)
10	4	"Dannii Minogue"	31 October 2009 (2009-10-31)
11	5	"Ronnie Corbett"	7 November 2009 (2009-11-07)
12	6	"Vinnie Jones"	14 November 2009 (2009-11-14)

Series 3

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
13	1	"Gordon Brown"	14 February 2010 (2010-02-14)
14	2	"Simon Cowell"	6 March 2010 (2010-03-06)
15	3	"Kym Marsh"	13 March 2010 (2010-03-13)
16	4	"Bruce Forsyth"	20 March 2010 (2010-03-20)
17	5	"Joan Collins"	27 March 2010 (2010-03-27)
18	6	"Geri Halliwell"	3 April 2010 (2010-04-03)
19	7	"Michael Winner"	10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)

Series 4

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
20	1	"Barbara Windsor"	9 October 2010 (2010-10-09)
21	2	"Russell Watson"	16 October 2010 (2010-10-16)
22	3	"Cheryl Cole"	23 October 2010 (2010-10-23)
23	4	"Rod Stewart"	30 October 2010 (2010-10-30)
24	5	"Susan Boyle"	6 November 2010 (2010-11-06)
25	6	"Kelly Osbourne"	20 November 2010 (2010-11-20)
26	7	"Elton John"	27 November 2010 (2010-11-27)

Series 5

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
27	1	"Russell Brand"	16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)
28	2	"Patsy Palmer"	23 April 2011 (2011-04-23)
29	3	"Ann Widdecombe"	30 April 2011 (2011-04-30)
30	4	"David Hasselhoff"	7 May 2011 (2011-05-07)
31	5	"John Prescott"	14 May 2011 (2011-05-14)
32	6	"Des O'Connor"	21 May 2011 (2011-05-21)

Series 6

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
33	1	"James Corden"	29 October 2011 (2011-10-29)
34	2	"Rolf Harris"	5 November 2011 (2011-11-05)
35	3	"Paul Gascoigne"	12 November 2011 (2011-11-12)
36	4	"Peter Andre"	10 December 2011 (2011-12-10)
37	5	"Donny Osmond"	24 December 2011 (2011-12-24)

Series 7

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
38	1	"William Roache"	13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)
39	2	"Frank Bruno"	20 April 2012 (2012-04-20)
40	3	"Carol Vorderman"	27 April 2012 (2012-04-27)
41	4	"Jason Donovan"	4 May 2012 (2012-05-04)
42	5	"Dennis Waterman"	11 May 2012 (2012-05-11)
43	6	"Lulu"	18 May 2012 (2012-05-18)
44	7	"Jimmy Tarbuck"	25 May 2012 (2012-05-25)

Series 8

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
45	1	"Roger Moore"	14 September 2012 (2012-09-14)
46	2	"Kelly Holmes"	21 September 2012 (2012-09-21)
47	3	"Denise Welch"	28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)
48	4	"Ronan Keating"	5 October 2012 (2012-10-05)
49	5	"Felicity Kendal"	19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)
50	6	"Burt Reynolds"	26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)

Series 9

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
51	1	"Esther Rantzen"	22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)
52	2	"Lorraine Kelly"	1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)
53	3	"Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean"	8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)
54	4	"Bruno Tonioli"	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
55	5	"Britt Ekland"	29 March 2013 (2013-03-29)
56	6	"Karren Brady"	5 April 2013 (2013-04-05)

Series 10

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
57	1	"Julie Goodyear"	20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)
58	2	"Gloria Hunniford"	27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)
59	3	"Brian Blessed"	4 October 2013 (2013-10-04)
60	4	"Julian Clary"	18 October 2013 (2013-10-18)
61	5	"Pete Waterman"	25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
62	6	"Michael Flatley"	1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)

Series 11

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
63	1	"June Brown"	3 January 2014 (2014-01-03)
64	2	"Mary Berry"	10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)
65	3	"Neil Morrissey"	17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)
66	4	"Beverley Callard"	24 January 2014 (2014-01-24)
67	5	"Martin Kemp"	31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)
68	6	"Tony Blackburn"	7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)
69	7	"Ian Botham"	14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)

Series 12

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
70	1	"Alesha Dixon"	5 September 2014 (2014-09-05)
71	2	"Andrew Flintoff"	12 September 2014 (2014-09-12)
72	3	"Bear Grylls"	19 September 2014 (2014-09-19)

Series 13

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
73	1	"Lionel Richie"	4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
74	2	"Mo Farah"	11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)
75	3	"John Lydon"	25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
76	4	"Warwick Davis"	16 October 2015 (2015-10-16)
77	5	"Raquel Welch"	6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
78	6	"Timothy West"	11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)

Series 14

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
79	1	"Barry Gibb"	3 February 2017 (2017-02-03)
80	2	"Nigel Havers"	10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)
81	3	"Boy George"	17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
82	4	"Nigel Farage^[3]"	24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)

Series 15

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
83	1	"Kim Cattrall"	23 October 2017 (2017-10-23)
84	2	"Caitlyn Jenner^[4]"	4 January 2018 (2018-01-04)
85	3	"Pamela Anderson"	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
86	4	"Jim Davidson"	10 March 2018 (2018-03-10)

Series 16

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
87	1	"Mel B"	25 May 2019 (2019-05-25)
88	2	"Michael Parkinson"	1 June 2019 (2019-06-01)
89	3	"Michael Barrymore"	8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)
90	4	"Harry Redknapp"	15 June 2019 (2019-06-15)
91	5	"Alan Sugar"	22 June 2019 (2019-06-22)

Series 17

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
92	1	"Vinnie Jones"	5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)
93	2	"Captain Tom Moore^[2]"	13 September 2020 (2020-09-13)
94	3	"Cliff Richard^[5]"	25 October 2020 (2020-10-25)

Series 18

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
95	1	"Gemma Collins"	11 February 2021 (2021-02-11)
96	2	"Chris Eubank"	18 February 2021 (2021-02-18)
97	3	"Trisha Goddard"	25 February 2021 (2021-02-25)
98	4	"Rupert Everett"	4 March 2021 (2021-03-04)
99	5	"Coleen Nolan"	18 March 2021 (2021-03-18)

Series 19

Piers Morgan’s final series as host.

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
100	1	"Piers Morgan's 100 Life Stories"	30 May 2021 (2021-05-30)
101	2	"Keir Starmer"	1 June 2021 (2021-06-01)
102	3	"Joan Collins"	20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)
103	4	"Kate Garraway"	5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)

Series 20

Kate Garraway’s first series as host.

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
104	1	"John Barnes"	3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
105	2	"Nadiya Hussain"	10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
106	3	"Charlotte Church"	17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)

Series 21

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
107	1	"Anton Du Beke"	2 August 2023 (2023-08-02)
108	2	"Ruby Wax^[6]"	9 August 2023 (2023-08-09)
109	3	"Omid Djalili^[7]"	16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)

Series 22

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date
110	1	"Jeremy Kyle"	1 April 2025 (2025-04-01)

Special episodes

Three special episodes with Sir Cliff Richard, Lord Lloyd-Webber and Lord Sugar have aired.

References

↑ "Piers Morgan's Life Stories gets new host as he quits show". Digital Spy. 21 October 2021.
1 2 "Piers Morgan's Life Stories returns with two specials". Press Centre. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
↑ "Piers Morgan to interview Nigel Farage for Life Stories". Digital Spy. 16 January 2017.
↑ "Piers clashes with Caitlyn Jenner in awkward interview". Digital Spy. 10 November 2017.
↑ "Piers Morgan's Life Stories Episode 1".
↑ "Kate Garraway's Life Stories". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
↑ "Kate Garraway's Life Stories". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

External links

[1] "Piers Morgan's Life Stories gets new host as he quits show". Digital Spy. 21 October 2021.

[:0-2] 1 2 "Piers Morgan's Life Stories returns with two specials". Press Centre. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[3] "Piers Morgan to interview Nigel Farage for Life Stories". Digital Spy. 16 January 2017.

[4] "Piers clashes with Caitlyn Jenner in awkward interview". Digital Spy. 10 November 2017.

[5] "Piers Morgan's Life Stories Episode 1".

[6] "Kate Garraway's Life Stories". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

[7] "Kate Garraway's Life Stories". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

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