You Saw Them Here First
You Saw Them Here First is the show that breaks into the archives to reveal the television debuts of some of Britain’s best-loved actors and actresses, presenters and pop stars. There are baby-faces, mullets, dodgy fashions, fresh-faced actors and longhaired chefs, all serving up their television debuts. Plus, some lucky stars visit the video vault to come face to face with their past as they're presented with long-forgotten footage from yesteryear.
Episode one reveals Coronation Street’s Sue Nicholls as Birmingham waitress Marilyn in Crossroads, Hollyoaks’ Nick Pickard is confronted with the day he turned into a lizard, Brian Blessed regales us with the moment Judi Dench spat at him on ‘Z Cars’ and Alison Steadman has the first lesbian kiss on TV way back in 1974.
Episode two features another stellar collection of early appearances from Claudia Winkleman, Michael Sheen, Ant McPartlin, Robson Green, Sacha Baron Cohen, Lee Mack and many more. Patsy Kensit, Mark Benton, David Threlfall and Sir Tony Robinson are amongst the celebrities to brave our video vaults and come face-to-face with some of their earliest TV appearances. Plus, Kimberley Walsh sees herself acting the pop star long before she was a pop star and she goes on a secret mission to surprise Coronation Street’s Samia Ghadie with clips of her TV beginnings.
Facing the cameras for the first time in this edition are Judi Dench, Sean Connery, Maggie Smith, Suranne Jones, Pauline Quirke and Declan Donnelly, and there's also footage of singers Will Young, Charlotte Church and Kimberley Walsh from yesteryear.
Episode two reveals Emile Sande, Aston Merrygold, a ten-year-old Cheryl Cole, Jessica Cornish (now better known as Jessie J), Patrick Stewart’s first ever television appearance in Coronation Street, Russell Crowe, Sir Michael Caine, Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Derek Jacobi, Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and more.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2013-07-31 |
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