The Keith Barret Show is a chat show hosted by Keith Barret (Rob Brydon) who interviews celebrity couples in the hope of finding the secret to a successful marriage. In each programme, there are a selection of clips from venues such as speed dating or spoof interviews with relationship experts.

Rob Brydon's character Keith first appeared on TV in the cult comedy series Marion and Geoff.

Using Keith to present a programme on a subject such as relationships is extremely ironic, given that for most of the first series of Marion and Geoff, he was completely oblivious of the affair between the two title characters.

This was not the first BBC interview programme to be hosted by a fictional character - Brydon's close collaborator, Steve Coogan used the character of Alan Partridge with much more disastrous on-screen effect several years earlier.

Episode list

Series 1

1. Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan (5 July 2004)
2. Bryan McFadden and Kerry McFadden (12 July 2004)
3. Ronnie Corbett and Anne Corbett (19 July 2004)
4. Darren Day and Suzanne Shaw (26 July 2004)
5. Lembit Opik and Sian Lloyd (3 August 2004)
6. Tony Wilson and Yvette Livesey (10 August 2004)

Christmas Special

Ulrika Jonsson and Lance Gerrard-Wright (20 December 2004)

Series 2

1. Leslie Ash and Lee Chapman (7 January 2005)
2. Richard Whiteley and Kathryn Apanowicz (14 January 2005)
3. Justin Ryan and Colin McAllister (21 January 2005)
4. Vinnie Jones and Tanya Jones (28 January 2005)
5. Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford (4 February 2005)
6. David Dickinson and Lorne Lesley (11 February 2005)

External Links

• Keith Barret Fan Site (http://www.keithbarret.com)