| The Big Reunion | |
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| Also known as | The Big Reunion: On Tour The Big Christmas Reunion |
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Michael Kelpie[1] |
| Directed by | Shane Byrne Mark Drake |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Andi Peters |
| Theme music composer | The Audio Freaks |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Michael Kelpie Phil Mount |
| Producer | Kevin Lane |
| Running time | 60 mins (inc. adverts) |
| Production companies | ITV Studios (2013) Potato (2013–14) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV2 |
| Release | 31 January 2013 – 27 March 2014 |
| Related | |
| Steps Reunion Steps: On the Road Again | |
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The Big Reunion is a British reality-documentary series that began airing on ITV2 on 31 January 2013. The show featured chart-topping bands who were big in the UK pop music scene between the 1990s and early 2000s, and the programme followed them as they reunited for the first time in a decade and went through their two weeks of intensive rehearsals before finally stepping back on stage for a comeback performance.
The first series featured Five, 911, Atomic Kitten, B*Witched, Blue, Honeyz and Liberty X. Another mini-series, entitled The Big Reunion: On Tour, aired from 5–19 September 2013. It followed the groups embarking on their arena tour, and other behind-the-scenes action. The Big Christmas Reunion, a Christmas special, also aired on 12 December 2013. It saw the bands recording a Christmas charity single for Text Santa and looked at how Text Santa helped vulnerable people.
The Big Reunion proved to be an unexpected hit for ITV2; the first episode brought in 1.2 million viewers, becoming the channel's highest rated premiere in five years, and the show went on to achieve over 1 million viewers every week, making it one of the channel's most popular shows. Due to the huge success, a second series was commissioned. The second series, which premiered on 6 February 2014, featured 3T, A1, Damage, Eternal, Girl Thing, and a supergroup called 5th Story, which consisted of Kenzie from Blazin' Squad, Dane Bowers from Another Level, and former soloists Adam Rickitt, Kavana and Gareth Gates.