Fake Reaction

Fake Reaction
GenreComedy Panel game
Written byJames Menzies
Christopher Davies
Phil Kerr
Dan Swimer
Simon Bullivant
Dominic English
Kevin Day
Will Ing
Directed byIan Lorimer
Presented byMatt Edmondson
StarringTeam captains:
Ellie Taylor
Joe Swash
Theme music composerDobs Vye
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerGary Chippington
ProducerTommy Panays
Production locationsRiverside Studios (2013)
BBC Elstree Centre (2014)
EditorTim Ellison
Running time45 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companySTV Studios
Original release
NetworkITV2
Release3 January 2013 (2013-01-03) –
6 March 2014 (2014-03-06)

Fake Reaction is a British television comedy panel game shown on ITV2 that ran for two series from 3 January 2013 to 6 March 2014[1][2] presented by Matt Edmondson with regular team captains Joe Swash and Ellie Taylor.[3]

Production

A pilot edition was recorded in April 2012 for BBC Three, however the show was picked up by ITV2 for an eight-episode run from 3 January 2013.[4] A second series of ten episodes began production in late 2013, and premiered on 2 January 2014.[5]

On 3 September 2014, Edmondson revealed that the programme had been axed after two series.[6]

Transmissions

Main article: List of Fake Reaction episodes
Series Start date End date Episodes
1 3 January 2013 21 February 2013 8
2 2 January 2014 6 March 2014 10

References

  1. ^ "Fake Reaction". Red Arrow International. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. ^ "ITV2 order comedy game show Fake Reaction". British Comedy Guide. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Fake Reaction". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. ^ Khalsa, Balihar (16 November 2012). "ITV2 picks up Matt Edmondson fronted panel show". Broadcast. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  5. ^ Fletcher, Alex (18 June 2013). "Matt Edmondson's 'Fake Reaction' gets second series on ITV2". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  6. ^ "ITV2 axes Fake Reaction after two series". Digital Spy. 3 September 2014.