# Chain Reaction (radio programme)

Chain Reaction (nicknamed "the tag-team talk show") is a hostless chat show first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991, and then revived on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. Each week an individual from the world of entertainment selects someone that they would like to interview. This interviewee goes on to be the next week's interviewer.

## Episodes

This table has the episodes of Chain Reaction listed in it :
| No. overall | No. in series | Interviewer | Interviewee | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | Ralph Steadman | John Cleese | 31 December 1991 (1991-12-31) |
| 2 | 2 | John Cleese | William Goldman | 1 January 1992 (1992-01-01) |
| 3 | 3 | William Goldman | Ian McKellen | 2 January 1992 (1992-01-02) |
| 4 | 4 | Ian McKellen | Glenys Kinnock | 3 January 1992 (1992-01-03) |
| 5 | 1 | Glenys Kinnock | Juliet Stevenson | 14 September 1992 (1992-09-14) |
| 6 | 2 | Juliet Stevenson | Helen Bamber | 15 September 1992 (1992-09-15) |
| 7 | 3 | Helen Bamber | John Sessions | 16 September 1992 (1992-09-16) |
| 8 | 4 | John Sessions | Ruby Wax | 17 September 1992 (1992-09-17) |
| 9 | 5 | Ruby Wax | Rob Newman | 18 September 1992 (1992-09-18) |
| 10 | 1 | Rob Newman | Spike Milligan | 2 November 1992 (1992-11-02) |
| 11 | 2 | Spike Milligan | John Wells | 3 November 1992 (1992-11-03) |
| 12 | 3 | John Wells | Paul Merton | 4 November 1992 (1992-11-04) |
| 13 | 4 | Paul Merton | George Best | 5 November 1992 (1992-11-05) |
| 14 | 5 | George Best | Joe Strummer | 6 November 1992 (1992-11-06) |
| 15 | 1 | Joe Strummer | unknown | 14 December 1992 (1992-12-14) |
| 16 | 2 | Unknown | unknown | 15 December 1992 (1992-12-15) |
| 17 | 3 | Unknown | unknown | 16 December 1992 (1992-12-16) |
| 18 | 4 | Unknown | unknown | 17 December 1992 (1992-12-17) |
| 19 | 5 | Unknown | unknown | 18 December 1992 (1992-12-18) |
| 20 | 1 | David Gedge | John Peel | 6 August 1993 (1993-08-06) |
| 21 | 2 | John Peel | Ian Rush | 13 August 1993 (1993-08-13) |
| 22 | 3 | Ian Rush | Max Boyce | 20 August 1993 (1993-08-20) |
| 23 | 4 | Max Boyce | Pete Waterman | 27 August 1993 (1993-08-27) |
| 24 | 5 | Pete Waterman | Jimmy Savile | 3 September 1993 (1993-09-03) |
| 25 | 1 | Jenny Eclair | Jimmy Carr | 30 December 2004 (2004-12-30) |
| 26 | 2 | Jimmy Carr | Matt Lucas | 6 January 2005 (2005-01-06) |
| 27 | 3 | Matt Lucas | Johnny Vegas | 13 January 2005 (2005-01-13) |
| 28 | 4 | Johnny Vegas | Stewart Lee | 20 January 2005 (2005-01-20) |
| 29 | 5 | Stewart Lee | Alan Moore | 27 January 2005 (2005-01-27) |
| 30 | 6 | Alan Moore | Brian Eno | 3 February 2005 (2005-02-03) |
| 31 | 1 | Jo Brand | Barry Cryer | 15 February 2006 (2006-02-15) |
| 32 | 2 | Barry Cryer | Mark Thomas | 22 February 2006 (2006-02-22) |
| 33 | 3 | Mark Thomas | Alexei Sayle | 1 March 2006 (2006-03-01) |
| 34 | 4 | Alexei Sayle | Lenny Henry | 8 March 2006 (2006-03-08) |
| 35 | 5 | Lenny Henry | Bill Bailey | 15 March 2006 (2006-03-15) |
| 36 | 6 | Bill Bailey | Simon Pegg | 22 March 2006 (2006-03-22) |
| 37 | 1 | Marcus Brigstocke | Clive Anderson | 10 January 2007 (2007-01-10) |
| 38 | 2 | Clive Anderson | John Lloyd | 17 January 2007 (2007-01-17) |
| 39 | 3 | John Lloyd | Phill Jupitus | 24 January 2007 (2007-01-24) |
| 40 | 4 | Phill Jupitus | John Hegley | 31 January 2007 (2007-01-31) |
| 41 | 5 | John Hegley | Jack Dee | 7 February 2007 (2007-02-07) |
| 42 | 6 | Jack Dee | Jeremy Hardy | 14 February 2007 (2007-02-14) |
| 43 | 1 | Catherine Tate | David Tennant | 21 February 2008 (2008-02-21) |
| 44 | 2 | David Tennant | Richard Wilson | 28 February 2008 (2008-02-28) |
| 45 | 3 | Richard Wilson | Arabella Weir | 6 March 2008 (2008-03-06) |
| 46 | 4 | Arabella Weir | Paul Whitehouse | 13 March 2008 (2008-03-13) |
| 47 | 1 | Robert Llewellyn | Dave Gorman | 2 September 2009 (2009-09-02) |
| 48 | 2 | Dave Gorman | Frank Skinner | TBA |
| 49 | 3 | Frank Skinner | Eddie Izzard | TBA |
| 50 | 4 | Eddie Izzard | Alastair Campbell | TBA |
| 51 | 5 | Alastair Campbell | Alistair McGowan | TBA |
| 52 | 6 | Alistair McGowan | Simon Callow | TBA |
| 53 | 1 | Ronni Ancona | Lee Mack | 13 August 2010 (2010-08-13) |
| 54 | 2 | Lee Mack | Adrian Edmondson | TBA |
| 55 | 3 | Adrian Edmondson | Ruby Wax | TBA |
| 56 | 4 | Ruby Wax | Harry Shearer | TBA |
| 57 | 5 | Harry Shearer | Stephen Merchant | TBA |
| 58 | 6 | Stephen Merchant | Jarvis Cocker | TBA |
| 59 | 1 | Rhys Thomas | Simon Day | 29 July 2011 (2011-07-29) |
| 60 | 2 | Simon Day | Peter Hook | TBA |
| 61 | 3 | Peter Hook | John Cooper Clarke | TBA |
| 62 | 4 | John Cooper Clarke | Kevin Eldon | TBA |
| 63 | 5 | Kevin Eldon | Mark Steel | TBA |
| 64 | 6 | Mark Steel | Barry Davies | TBA |
| 65 | 1 | Jeremy Front | his sister Rebecca Front | 27 July 2012 (2012-07-27) |
| 66 | 2 | Rebecca Front | Chris Addison | TBA |
| 67 | 3 | Chris Addison | Derren Brown | TBA |
| 68 | 4 | Derren Brown | Tim Minchin | TBA |
| 69 | 5 | Tim Minchin | Caitlin Moran | TBA |
| 70 | 6 | Caitlin Moran | Jennifer Saunders | TBA |
| 71 | 1 | Terry Christian | Kevin Bridges | 27 December 2013 (2013-12-27) |
| 72 | 2 | Kevin Bridges | Frankie Boyle | TBA |
| 73 | 3 | Frankie Boyle | Grant Morrison | TBA |
| 74 | 4 | Grant Morrison | Neil Innes | TBA |
| 75 | 5 | Neil Innes | Graham Linehan | TBA |
| 76 | 6 | Graham Linehan | Adam Buxton. | TBA |
| 77 | 1 | Adam Buxton | Reece Shearsmith | 18 February 2015 (2015-02-18) |
| 78 | 2 | Reece Shearsmith | Bob Mortimer | TBA |
| 79 | 3 | Bob Mortimer | Vic Reeves | TBA |
| 80 | 4 | Vic Reeves | Olivia Colman | TBA |
| 81 | 5 | Olivia Colman | Sharon Horgan | TBA |
| 82 | 6 | Sharon Horgan | Dennis Kelly | TBA |
| 83 | 1 | Ed Byrne | Al Murray | 24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) |
| 84 | 2 | Al Murray | Ian Hislop | TBA |
| 85 | 3 | Ian Hislop | Victoria Coren Mitchell | TBA |
| 86 | 4 | Victoria Coren Mitchell | Sandi Toksvig | TBA |
| 87 | 5 | Sandi Toksvig | Roy Hudd | TBA |
| 88 | 6 | Roy Hudd | Alison Steadman | TBA |
| 89 | 1 | Sara Cox | Joe Lycett | 13 February 2017 (2017-02-13) |
| 90 | 2 | Joe Lycett | Katherine Ryan | TBA |
| 91 | 3 | Katherine Ryan | Sara Pascoe | TBA |
| 92 | 4 | Sara Pascoe | Harry Hill | TBA |
| 93 | 5 | Harry Hill | Tim Vine | TBA |
| 94 | 6 | Tim Vine | Sir Ken Dodd | TBA |