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Encyclopedia > The Dame Edna Treatment
The Dame Edna Treatment
Image:Dameednalogo.jpg
Genre Talk show
Starring Barry Humphries
Country of origin  United Kingdom
No. of episodes 6 (to date)
Production
Running time 60 minutes
(including adverts)
Broadcast
Original channel ITV1
Original run 17 March 2007
Links
Official website

The Dame Edna Treatment is a British talk show starring Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. It airs on Saturday nights on ITV1 at various times. It is set in Dame Edna's health-spa, where her celebrity guests have come for some "treatment". Viewing figures varied from 2.5m according to Digital Spy. A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... John Barry Humphries AO (born 17 February 1934 in Kew, Melbourne) is an Australian comedian, satirist and character actor best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife, and Sir Les Patterson, Australias foul-mouthed cultural attaché to Britain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... John Barry Humphries AO (born 17 February 1934 in Kew, Melbourne) is an Australian comedian, satirist and character actor best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife, and Sir Les Patterson, Australias foul-mouthed cultural attaché to Britain. ... Dame Edna Everage featuring on a billboard at the Myer department store in Melbourne. ... Sir Les Patterson is a fictional character portrayed by the Australian comedian Barry Humphries. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ...

Contents

Guests

Episode Number Air Date Seated Guests Musical Guest Les Patterson's Guest/Subject Celebrity Cameos
1 17 March 2007 Mischa Barton, Sigourney Weaver Michael Bolton Shilpa Shetty/ Bollywood Dancing Rowan Atkinson (as Mr. Bean), Patrick Stewart, Nancy Dell'Olio, Gillian McKeith
2 24 March 2007 Martin Sheen, Tracey Emin Fergie Carmen Electra/ Strip Aerobics Ronnie Corbett
3 31 March 2007 Amanda Holden, Alec Baldwin, Tim Allen Englebert Humperdinck Amir Khan and Joe Calzaghe/ Boxing Shane Richie, Mark Austin
4 14 April 2007 Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Piers Morgan Deborah Harry David Ginola/ Prostate Exams None
5 21 April 2007 Ian McShane, Susan Sarandon, Kimberly Stewart Shirley Bassey None Richard O'Brien, Rod Stewart
6 28 April 2007 Boris Johnson, Alan Alda, Shane Warne Sophie Ellis-Bextor None Jeff Stewart (as Reg Hollis) and Graham Cole (as Tony Stamp)

March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born January 24, 1986) is an English-born American actress and fashion model, best known in her role as Marissa Cooper on the popular Fox television teen drama series . ... Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. ... Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin on February 26, 1953) is an American pop, rock, adult contemporary singer-songwriter and tenor known for his soft rock ballads and powerful singing voice. ... Shilpa Shetty (Tulu: ಶಿಲ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ) (born 8 June 1975) is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress, model, AIDS activist and PETA supporter. ... Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and writer best known for playing Edmund Blackadder in Blackadder and for playing the title role in the British television comedy Mr. ... Mr. ... Patrick Stewart OBE (born July 13, 1940) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated English film, television and stage actor. ... Nancy Dellolio. ... Gillian McKeith (born 1959) is a Scottish nutritionist, television presenter, and author. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (84th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Martin Sheen (born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez on August 3, 1940) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Captain Willard in the film Apocalypse Now and, most recently, as President Josiah Bartlet on the acclaimed television drama The West Wing. ... Front cover of Tracey Emins memoir, Strangeland, published in 2005. ... Stacy Ann Ferguson, professionally known as Fergie (born March 27, 1975), is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. ... Dave Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra,[1] is an American glamour model, television personality, singer and actress. ... Ronnie Corbett in Extras Ronald Balfour Corbett, OBE (born 4 December 1930 in Edinburgh, commonly credited as Ronnie Corbett) is a British comedian and actor, best known as one of The Two Ronnies. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Amanda Holden Amanda Louise Holden (born February 16, 1971 in Bishops Waltham, Hampshire)is an English actress. ... Alec Baldwin (born Alexander Rae Baldwin III on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York) is an Academy Award-nominated, Screen Actors Guild Award-winning, and a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... Tim Allen (born Timothy Allen Dick on June 13, 1953) is a Golden Globe-winning American comedian, character actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer perhaps best known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement and his roles in Disney films, such as The Santa Clause and Toy Story. ... Engelbert Humperdinck has been the name of two notable people: Engelbert Humperdinck, a German composer. ... Amir Khan (born December 8, 1986) is a British boxer from Bolton, Lancashire, England. ... Joseph Joe Calzaghe (born 23 March 1972 in Hammersmith, London, England) is a Welsh boxer of Italian origin, particularly from Sardinian and Welsh descent. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mark Austin born 1959 is a newsreader for the ITV Evening News. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Matthew Richard Lucas (born March 5, 1974) is an English comedy actor. ... David Walliams, (born David Williams) August 20, 1971 in Surrey, is an English comedy actor, best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas in the sketch show Little Britain. ... Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965 in Newick, East Sussex) is a former editor of British tabloid newspapers the News of the World (1994 – 1995) and the Daily Mirror (1995 – 2004). ... Debbie Harry on the cover of her collection Most of All: Best Of Deborah Harry (born July 1, 1945) is a Miami-born American rock and roll musician who originally gained fame as the frontwoman for New Wave band Blondie, which originated in the late 1970s and achieved commercial success... David Ginola (born January 25, 1967) is a former French international football player and also a model. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Ian McShane (born 29 September 1942) is a Golden Globe-winning English actor. ... Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Kimberly Stewart Alana Kimberly Stewart (born 21 August 1979, Holmby Hills, California) is an American fashion model, socialite and actress. ... Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best-known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). ... Richard OBrien (born Richard Timothy Smith on March 25, 1942 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) is a writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer. ... Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a Scottish / English singer born and raised in London. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, MP (born 19 June 1964, New York),[1] better known as Boris Johnson, is a British Conservative Party politician, journalist and historian. ... Alan Alda (b. ... Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria), is an Australian cricketer and the current captain of Hampshire. ... Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is a multi-platinum selling English pop singer and songwriter. ... Jeff Stewart is a Scottish actor born 28 October 1955 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ... Police Constable Reginald Reg Percival Hollis is a popular fictional character in the long-running ITV drama The Bill. ... Graham Cole (born Graham Coleman-Smith on 16 March 1952 in Willesden, London, England) is a British actor. ... Police Constable Tony Stamp is a popular character in the long-running British ITV Drama The Bill. ...

Theme tune

The theme tune was written and performed by Robin Gibb. Robin Hugh Gibb CBE (born December 22, 1949) is a singer and songwriter. ...


June Special

According to the ITV message boards, a 7th show was filmed and is set to air in June, as part of Dame Edna's 50th Year celebration.


External links

  • The Dame Edna Treatment at itv.com
  • The Dame Edna Treatment at the IMDb
  • The Dame Edna Treatment opening sequence at YouTube
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