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Season 1

  • S01E01 Kylie Minogue

    • December 29, 2018
    • BBC Two

    Golden, Geishas and Gordon The Gopher. Dermot O'Leary and Kylie Minogue settle down in the cinema to watch back the twists and turns of a career spanning four decades. Looking back with a mixture of pride, curiosity and occasional embarrassment, Kylie relives moments of her life as handpicked by Dermot. Sometimes emotional, often bizarre, always fabulous, Kylie has lived her life on screen, but has never sat down and watched it - until now.

  • S01E02 Noel Gallagher

    • June 23, 2019
    • BBC Two

    Looking back with a mixture of pride, curiosity and occasional bewilderment, Noel Gallagher relives moments of his life on TV - handpicked by Dermot O’Leary. From Maine Road to Downing Street, The Word to Newsnight – Noel has been ever present on our screens for the past 25 years. Now is his chance to watch it back. In characteristically revealing form, Noel talks about the early days of Oasis, their first TV appearances, his love of Top of the Pops, his role in Cool Britannia, the breakup of one of the world’s most successful rock groups, his own solo career – and how Don’t Look Back In Anger came to define his home town’s response to the Manchester Arena bombing.

  • S01E03 Rod Stewart

    • December 14, 2019
    • BBC Two

    How do you go from Rod the Mod to Sir Roderick Stewart? Dermot O'Leary sits down with the man himself to find out. From Abbey Road to the Albert Hall, Motown to Maggie May - Dermot takes Rod back to his childhood cinema to relive moments from a career spanning six decades. In previous episodes, Reel Stories has taken a front row seat with Kylie Minogue and Noel Gallagher, but this time we are going all the way back to the swinging sixties.

  • S01E04 Dave Grohl

    • March 27, 2021
    • BBC Two

    Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl joins host Dermot O'Leary for an in-depth look back at his career to date.

  • S01E05 Sting

    • December 11, 2021
    • BBC Two

    Multi-award-winning artist Sting joins Dermot O’Leary for an in-depth interview about his remarkable life and career. From his very first TV appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978, to performing at Live Aid in 1985, to his reunion tour with the Police in 2007, Sting’s career has been well documented on screen. The appearances are so numerous that there is much he hasn’t seen – until now. Prompted by this abundance of archive footage, Sting shares his memories and stories with Dermot and reminisces about his musical journey that now spans five decades.

  • S01E06 Robbie Williams

    • October 1, 2022
    • BBC Two

    Robbie Williams has lived his life through a lens, but he hasn't yet watched it all back - until now. Dermot O’Leary sits down with Robbie to look back at the key moments of his life and career. From his pre-boyband days on stage in Oliver! right through to his recent homecoming show at Port Vale, there are 30 years of clips to choose from. These include the break-up of Take That, going solo at Glastonbury, his groundbreaking Knebworth concert and the triumphant reunion tour with Gary, Mark, Jason and Howard.

  • S01E07 Pet Shop Boys

    • May 20, 2023
    • BBC Two

    Often sublime, occasionally ridiculous, never boring; Pet Shop Boys sit down with Dermot O’Leary to watch back the twists and turns of a career like no other.

  • S01E08 Take That

    • November 25, 2023
    • BBC Two

    Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen join Dermot O'Leary at a cinema to look back at clips of their career, watching back key performances, events and moments from the past 30 years. Home video footage shows them performing in school assemblies and in forgotten TV performances as they grafted for two years before their breakthrough hit It Only Takes a Minute. They reflect on what followed after their meteoric rise, the chaotic success of the 1990s, from the epic highs and adulation of their initial fame to the darker side of success, as well as the departure of Robbie Williams in 1995.