Little Big Shots (British TV series)

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Little Big Shots
Also known as	Little Big Shots UK
Genre	Children; Talk show; Talent show;
Created by	Ellen DeGeneres; Steve Harvey;
Based on	Little Big Shots; by Ellen DeGeneres and Steve Harvey
Written by	Lee Stuart Evans; Alan Connor;
Directed by	Liz Clare (1); Ollie Bartlett (2);
Creative director	Liam Lunniss
Presented by	Dawn French
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English Mandarin Chinese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producers	Andy Rowe; Emma Taylor;
Production location	BBC Studioworks
Editors	Dominic Bell; Scott Edwards; Matt Pratt; Mike Brierly;
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Wall to Wall Warner Bros. International Television Production
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	1 March 2017 –; 27 May 2018
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Little Big Shots (also known as Little Big Shots with Dawn French) is a British television talent show that premiered on ITV on 1 March 2017 and ended on 27 May 2018. The series is hosted by Dawn French and based on the American show of the same name created by Ellen DeGeneres and Steve Harvey who was also the host of the original.^[1] The series is produced by Wall to Wall. In June 2017, it was confirmed it would return for a second series, also with six episodes.^[2]

Format

The show, unlike shows such as The X Factor, has no judges, winners or losers. In each episode, Dawn French talks to a 3– to 13-year-old child about their talent, before the child performs it in front of a studio audience. Some talents shown include singing, dancing, cooking and karate.^[3]

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	1 March 2017	12 April 2017	6
2	22 April 2018	27 May 2018	6

Reception

Little Big Shots received mixed reviews. Viewers said that the show "lifted the spirit" and "[was a] ray of sunshine".^[4] Tim Dowling from The Guardian said "Little Big Shots appears to be the kind of cheap and cheerful fare designed to be broken into viral chunks and slapped up on YouTube afterwards: heartwarming moments from a sickly-sweet box of delights."^[5]