# Big Star's Little Star

Big Star's Little Star is a British game show that began on ITV on 4 September 2013 and is presented by Stephen Mulhern. The show sees three celebrity contestants and their children or grandchildren answering questions about each other to win up to £15,000 for a charity of their choice.

## Format
### Round 1

The celebrities (known as the 'Big Stars') are asked the same multiple choice questions as their children or grandchildren (known as the 'Little Stars') with the aim being to answer the same. Each of the celebrities is given three questions in turn with the children's or grandchildren's answers pre-recorded and shown on screen.

### Round 2

The celebrities watch a series of clips of their children or grandchildren describing several everyday items with the aim being to identify what their children or grandchildren are describing. They are awarded two points if they can identify the items after the first clue and one point after the second clue has been given.

### Round 3

The celebrities and their children or grandchildren are given three pictures. They will then be asked a question about either the celebrity or their child/grandchild/children/grandchildren and both of them must answer A, B or C with the objective being that they will answer the same, despite not being able to see each other. At the end of this round, two celebrity pairs leave the programme with £1,000 for their chosen charities, leaving the winning pair to play in the fourth and final round.

### Round 4

The winning celebrity and their child/grandchild/children/grandchildren play for £15,000 for charity. As they have already made it through to the final, they automatically win £5,000. In the final round, the two are given 10 pairs of images that mean something to the family that are hidden behind 20 squares on the screen. The images are displayed on the screen for five seconds and then they must work together to match up as many pairs as they can before time runs out. Every pair that they match will earn them an extra £1,000 for their charity. If all 10 are matched, the team win £15,000 for their charity.

## Transmissions
### Series

| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
| 1 | 4 September 2013 | 9 October 2013 | 6 |
| 2 | 26 March 2014 | 14 May 2014 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 March 2015 | 8 April 2015 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 March 2016 | 6 April 2016 | 6 |
| 5 | 28 July 2018 | 1 September 2018 | 6 |

### Special

| Date aired | Title |
| 30 December 2015 | Christmas Special |

## Episodes
### Series 1

| Episode | Date aired | Big Star | Little Star(s) |
| 1 | 4 September 2013 | Nina Wadia | Aidan |
| 1 | 4 September 2013 | Will Mellor | Renee |
| 1 | 4 September 2013 | Jamelia | Tiani |
| 2 | 11 September 2013 | Sinitta | Magdelena |
| 2 | 11 September 2013 | Robbie Savage | Freddie |
| 2 | 11 September 2013 | Duncan James | Tianie-Finn |
| 3 | 18 September 2013 | John Barnes | Isy |
| 3 | 18 September 2013 | Claire Richards | Charlie |
| 3 | 18 September 2013 | Edwina Currie | Zoe |
| 4 | 25 September 2013 | Lucy Pargeter | Lola |
| 4 | 25 September 2013 | Andrew Whyment | Thomas |
| 4 | 25 September 2013 | Rosemary Shrager | Freddie |
| 5 | 2 October 2013 | Tina Hobley | Olivia |
| 5 | 2 October 2013 | Jim Moir | Nell and Lizzie |
| 5 | 2 October 2013 | Jenny Frost | Caspar |
| 6 | 9 October 2013 | Sally Bercow | Jemima |
| 6 | 9 October 2013 | Diarmuid Gavin | Eppie |
| 6 | 9 October 2013 | Suzanne Shaw | Corey |

### Series 2

| Episode | Date aired | Big Star | Little Star(s) |
| 1 | 26 March 2014 | Ben Cohen | Isabelle and Harriet |
| 1 | 26 March 2014 | Denise Lewis | Ryan |
| 1 | 26 March 2014 | Neil Ruddock | Pebbles |
| 2 | 2 April 2014 | Gary Lucy | India |
| 2 | 2 April 2014 | Kaye Adams | Bonnie |
| 2 | 2 April 2014 | Neil Fox | Martha |
| 3 | 9 April 2014 | Sam Bailey | Tommy |
| 3 | 9 April 2014 | Shane Lynch | Billie Rae |
| 3 | 9 April 2014 | Alison Hammond | Aiden |
| 4 | 16 April 2014 | David Dickinson | Finley |
| 4 | 16 April 2014 | Samantha Womack | Lili-Rose |
| 4 | 16 April 2014 | Michael Owen | James |
| 5 | 23 April 2014 | Simon Gregson | Alfie |
| 5 | 23 April 2014 | Paula Radcliffe | Isla |
| 5 | 23 April 2014 | Natasha Hamilton | Harry |
| 6 | 30 April 2014 | Alex James | Artie and Gally |
| 6 | 30 April 2014 | Michaela Strachan | Oliver |
| 6 | 30 April 2014 | Aldo Zilli | Twiggy |
| 7 | 7 May 2014 | Jake Wood | Buster |
| 7 | 7 May 2014 | Austin Healey | Betsy and Bibi-Dee |
| 7 | 7 May 2014 | Sunetra Sarker | Noah |
| 8 | 14 May 2014 | Nicky Byrne | Jay and Rocco |
| 8 | 14 May 2014 | Joe Absolom | Lyla |
| 8 | 14 May 2014 | Rachel Allen | Scarlett |

### Series 3

| Episode | Date aired | Big Star | Little Star(s) |
| 1 | 4 March 2015 | Joe Swash | Harry |
| 1 | 4 March 2015 | Sharron Davies | Finley |
| 1 | 4 March 2015 | Duncan Bannatyne | Ava |
| 2 | 11 March 2015 | Ronan Keating | Ali |
| 2 | 11 March 2015 | Sheree Murphy | Matilda |
| 2 | 11 March 2015 | Carl Froch | Rocco |
| 3 | 18 March 2015 | Peter Andre | Princess |
| 3 | 18 March 2015 | Saira Khan | Zac |
| 3 | 18 March 2015 | Danny Dyer | Sunnie |
| 4 | 25 March 2015 | Jimmy Bullard | Archie |
| 4 | 25 March 2015 | Tricia Penrose | Freddy |
| 4 | 25 March 2015 | Martin Offiah | Tyler |
| 5 | 1 April 2015 | Mo Farah | Rhianna |
| 5 | 1 April 2015 | Rita Simons | Maiya and Jaimee |
| 5 | 1 April 2015 | John Prescott | Ava Grace |
| 6 | 8 April 2015 | Jo Whiley | Coco |
| 6 | 8 April 2015 | Dominic Brunt | Danny |
| 6 | 8 April 2015 | Nick Hewer | Theo |

### Special

| Episode | Date aired | Big Star | Little Star |
| Christmas Special | 30 December 2015 | Michael Vaughan | Archie |
| Christmas Special | 30 December 2015 | Fiona O'Carroll | Felix |
| Christmas Special | 30 December 2015 | Robbie Fowler | Jacob |

### Series 4

| Episode | Date aired | Big Star | Little Star |
| 1 | 2 March 2016 | Lee Ryan | Rayn |
| 1 | 2 March 2016 | Nitin Ganatra | Sameer |
| 1 | 2 March 2016 | Samantha Giles | Eve |
| 2 | 9 March 2016 | Harry Redknapp | Bobby |
| 2 | 9 March 2016 | Vincent Simone | Luca |
| 2 | 9 March 2016 | Debra Stephenson | Zoe |
| 3 | 16 March 2016 | Kym Marsh | Polly |
| 3 | 16 March 2016 | Vince Cable | Charlie |
| 3 | 16 March 2016 | Elliott Wright | Olivia |
| 4 | 23 March 2016 | Shaun Ryder | Pearl |
| 4 | 23 March 2016 | Diane Parish | Kaya |
| 4 | 23 March 2016 | Mikey Graham | Sienna |
| 5 | 30 March 2016 | Jamie Theakston | Sidney |
| 5 | 30 March 2016 | Shappi Khorsandi | Cassius |
| 5 | 30 March 2016 | James Anderson | Lola |
| 6 | 6 April 2016 | Matthew Wolfenden | Buster |
| 6 | 6 April 2016 | Nina Hossain | Clara |
| 6 | 6 April 2016 | David Haye | Cassius |

### Series 5

A fifth series was confirmed and filming took place during the summer of 2017.
| Episode | Date aired | Big Star | Little Star |
| 1 | 28 July 2018 | Stacey Solomon | Zachary |
| 1 | 28 July 2018 | John Thomson | Sophia |
| 1 | 28 July 2018 | Jenny Powell | Pollyanna |
| 2 | 4 August 2018 | Sally Phillips | Tom |
| 2 | 4 August 2018 | Samia Ghadie | Freya |
| 2 | 4 August 2018 | Kian Egan | Koa |
| 3 | 11 August 2018 | Abbey Clancy | Sophia |
| 3 | 11 August 2018 | Tristan Gemmill | Wilfred |
| 3 | 11 August 2018 | Sarah Beeny | Rafferty |
| 4 | 18 August 2018 | Ken Bruce | Charlie |
| 4 | 18 August 2018 | Faye Tozer | Benjamin |
| 4 | 18 August 2018 | Jodie Kidd | Indio |
| 5 | 25 August 2018 | James Cracknell | Kiki |
| 5 | 25 August 2018 | Karen Blick | Ruby |
| 5 | 25 August 2018 | Vernie Bennett | Avery |
| 6 | 1 September 2018 | Una Foden | Aoife |
| 6 | 1 September 2018 | Kate Silverton | Clemency |
| 6 | 1 September 2018 | Kriss Akabusi | Alanam |

## Big Star's Bigger Star

In 2015, the series was reversioned as Big Star's Bigger Star for a Text Santa special with celebrities and their parents. A four-part series, for which filming took place during summer 2017, premiered on 15 December 2018.

### Transmissions

| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
| Special | 18 December 2015 | 18 December 2015 | 1 |
| 1 | 15 December 2018 | 30 December 2018 | 4 |

### Episodes
#### Special

| Episode | Date aired | Big Star | Bigger Star |
| Text Santa Special | 18 December 2015 | Emma Willis | Billy |
| Text Santa Special | 18 December 2015 | Jennie McAlpine | Tom |
| Text Santa Special | 18 December 2015 | George Shelley | Toni |

#### Series 1

| Episode | Date aired | Big Star | Bigger Star |
| 1 | 15 December 2018 | Adam Thomas | Dougie |
| 1 | 15 December 2018 | Frankie Bridge | Viv |
| 1 | 15 December 2018 | Joel Dommett | Penny |
| 2 | 22 December 2018 | Kym Marsh | Pauline |
| 2 | 22 December 2018 | Harry Judd | Emma |
| 2 | 22 December 2018 | Simon Webbe | Marlene |
| 3 | 29 December 2018 | Emma Willis | Cathy |
| 3 | 29 December 2018 | Andrew Whyment | Fred |
| 3 | 29 December 2018 | Andrea McLean | Jack |
| 4 | 30 December 2018 | Roman Kemp | Martin Kemp |
| 4 | 30 December 2018 | George Lamb | Larry Lamb |
| 4 | 30 December 2018 | Jess Wright | Carol Wright |

## International versions

| Country/language | Local title | Host | Channel | Date aired/premiered |
| Belgium | Grote Ster, Kleine Ster (Big Star, Little Star) | Koen Wauters | vtm | 3 September 2014 |
| Hungary | Vigyázat, gyerekkel vagyok! (Watch out, I'm with a child!) | Nóra Ördög | TV2 | 1 March 2017 |
| Romania | Aici eu sunt vedeta! (Here I am the star!) | Cosmin Seleşi | Antena 1 | 12 October 2017 |
| Russia | Большая маленькая звезда (Bolshaya malegnkaya zvezda, Big Little Star) | Nikolay Baskov | STS | 12 September 2015 |
| Spain | Jugando con las estrellas (Playing with the Stars) | Jaime Cantizano | La 1 | 11 March 2017 |
| Ukraine | Обережно:) діти! (Oberezhno:) dity!; Be careful:) children!) | Andriy Domanskyi | Inter | 12 April 2014 |
| USA | Big Star Little Star | Cat Deeley | USA Network Universal Kids | 31 May 2017 10 February 2018 |
| Vietnam | Biệt tài tí hon (Little but special) | Trấn Thành | VTV3 | 1 January 2017 |

## Awards and nominations

In 2018, Big Star's Little Star made the longlist for the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award at the 2019 National Television Awards. However, the programme did not end up making the shortlist.

## Footnotes

* ↑ During the broadcast, Caroline Flack surprised Mulhern with an appearance by his father, Christopher.