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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • April 18, 2009
    • BBC One

    The nation's favourite all-round performer, John Barrowman, hosts a Saturday night entertainment show featuring appearances from some of the biggest names in music, movies and the West End. But that's only the tip of the iceberg. Each week John makes dreams come true for truly deserving members of the British public. He also throws the spotlight on the studio audience as he unleashes a series of spectacular surprises. Katherine Jenkins, McFly and the cast of West End hit Hairspray help fulfil the wishes of unsuspecting dreamers. And see John as you've never seen him before - in a football kit attempting freestyle football skills in a celebrity head-to-head challenge.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • April 25, 2009
    • BBC One

    John Barrowman hosts another night of celebrity surprises as he makes the Nation's performing dreams come true. The cast of the smash hit musical Jersey Boys make an inspirational youth worker's West End wish come true. The Saturdays spring a spectacular surprise on a life-saving, break-dancing Brownie and Simply Red serenade a Superfan for a heart warming thank you.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • May 2, 2009
    • BBC One

    John Barrowman makes the nation's performing dreams come true. Veterinary nurse Dionne Martin performs a heart-warming duet with Ronan Keating, Jodie Prenger surprises young super-fan Abigail Peters with a special rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and the fire-fighters take on the bingo workers for a place in the Workplace Wonders semi-final. The West End cast of La Cage Aux Folles spring a hilarious surprise on an unsuspecting audience member, and John takes on a mystery guest in his most dangerous stage fright challenge yet: Fire!

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • May 9, 2009
    • BBC One

    John Barrowman grants more of the nation's performing wishes. Alesha Dixon performs a dream duet with 11-year-old superfan Paige Phillips, while Middlesbrough student Catherine Rhatigan trips the light fantastic with the cast of Lord of the Dance. Twelve-year-old Chantelle Owens gets the surprise of her life when she gets to meet Hollywood heart-throb Zac Efron, and the teachers take on the plumbers in Work Place Wonders. And the Tonight's the Night Search for an Alien Superstar goes into lift-off as the final thirty extra-terrestrials audition in front of an expert panel, with John Barrowman, Denise Van Outen and Doctor Who's casting director Andy Pryor. But who will take one step closer to winning the out-of-this-world prize at stake - the chance to star in an exclusively written Doctor Who scene opposite Captain Jack?

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • May 16, 2009
    • BBC One

    Host John Barrowman continues his mission to make the nation's performing dreams come true. Russell Watson joins 17-year-old student Lewis Lakin for an emotional rendition of You Raise Me Up, while community police officer and local hero Bradley Ward fulfils his life-long dream to croon with a big band. The final four Workplace Wonders battle it out for a place in the final, and the intergalactic quest to find the next alien superstar comes to its gripping conclusion as the winner of the out-of-this-world prize to star opposite Captain Jack in a specially-written Doctor Who scene is unearthed by the expert panel of John Barrowman, Denise Van Outen and casting director Andy Pryor.

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • May 23, 2009
    • BBC One

    John Barrowman hosts the final show of the all-singing, all-dancing series. There are wall-to-wall wishes as Strictly Come Dancing's James Jordan performs a dream waltz with deserving breast cancer charity fundraiser Becky Measures. Meanwhile, seven-year-old Georgia Cocking becomes the youngest cast member of High School Musical for the night, and 19-year-old Catherine Rhatigan trips the light fantastic with the cast of Lord of the Dance. Plus, Doctor Who fans are treated to the exclusive premiere of Russell T Davies' specially written Doctor Who scene, which sees the winning alien superstar take on Captain Jack himself.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • July 17, 2010
    • BBC One

    John Barrowman makes dreams come true, with Lee Mead, Dionne Warwick and Diversity.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • July 24, 2010
    • BBC One

    John Barrowman makes dreams come true, with Miley Cyrus and Kevin Pietersen.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • July 31, 2010
    • BBC One

    John Barrowman makes dreams come true, with Lesley Garrett and Enrique Iglesias.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • August 7, 2010
    • BBC One

    John Barrowman makes dreams come true. A teacher has a masterclass with Barry Manilow.

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • August 14, 2010
    • BBC One

    A grandad wing-walks, while a hard-of-hearing student reads the weather on live TV.

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • August 21, 2010
    • BBC One

    Strictly's Bruno Tonioli gives a teacher and her dancing friends a masterclass.

  • S02E07 Episode 7

    • August 28, 2010
    • BBC One

    Paloma Faith duets with a woman recovering from cancer, and a man gets to box David Haye.

  • S02E08 Episode 8

    • September 11, 2010
    • BBC One

    John Barrowman chooses his most memorable moments from the series.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • July 9, 2011
    • BBC One

    A fan of Dolly Parton gets a masterclass from the queen of country.

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • July 16, 2011
    • BBC One

    Nicola Roberts duets with a fan, and Chris Boardman races a cycling-mad fundraiser.

  • S03E03 Episode 3

    • July 23, 2011
    • BBC One

    Beverley Knight duets with one of her biggest fans.

  • S03E04 Episode 4

    • July 30, 2011
    • BBC One

    Pop sensation Sophie Ellis-Bextor duets with a brave young woman.

  • S03E05 Episode 5

    • August 6, 2011
    • BBC One

    Mel C takes to the stage with one of the Spice Girls' biggest fans.

  • S03E06 Episode 6

    • August 13, 2011
    • BBC One

    Legendary soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa duets with an aspiring opera singer.

  • S03E07 Episode 7

    • November 12, 2011
    • BBC One

    John Barrowman chooses some of his most memorable moments from the series.

  • S03E08 Compilation

    • December 3, 2011
    • BBC One

    A woman sings a duet with Dusty Springfield, and a golf fan meets Colin Montgomerie.