Beat the Star: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Each episode features one contestant battling against a celebrity in a number of disciplines. The games include sports contests such as climbing, motorsport and ice hockey, puzzles and various other challenges. The show notably features several highly unusual challenges, including using a saw to cut a large log, dropping a pea into a bottle from a height of 1 metre, hammering nails into a piece of wood, and chopping a large sausage.

Games carry varying numbers of points for the winner (1 point for game 1, 2 for game 2 etc.), and successful contestants win a prize of £50,000. If the celebrity wins, the jackpot rolls over, or is added to a prize fund for the season finale in which host Vernon Kay competes.

Series details

• Title: Beat the Star
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2008-04-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-05-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 75 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 36375
• IMDb ID: tt1598741

Cast and credited roles

• Vernon Kay — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-04-20; final listed air date 2008-06-22; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2009-04-19; final listed air date 2009-05-31; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Beat the Star on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.