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'{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox television | show_name = Going Live! | image = [[File:Goinglive.gif]] | caption = Collage of ''Going Live!'' logos as used in the final episode | picture_format = [[4:3]] | runtime = 3hrs 15mins | creator = | starring = [[Phillip Schofield]]<br/>[[Sarah Greene]]<br/>[[Gordon the gopher|Gordon the Gopher]]<br/>[[Trevor and Simon]]<br/>[[Emma Forbes]] (cook)<br/>[[Phillip Hodson]] (agony uncle)<br/>Nigel Taylor (vet)<br/>[[Peter Simon (presenter)|Peter Simon]]<br/>[[Annabel Giles]]<br/>[[Nicholas Ball (actor)|Nick Ball]]<br/>James Hickish | channel = [[BBC1]] | first_aired = 26 September 1987 | last_aired = 17 April 1993 | num_series = 6 | num_episodes = 179 | country = United Kingdom | producer = | related = }} '''''Going Live!''''' was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1]] between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by [[Phillip Schofield]] and [[Sarah Greene]]. Other presenters included [[Trevor and Simon]], [[Peter Simon (presenter)|Peter Simon]], [[Emma Forbes]], and puppet [[Gordon the gopher|Gordon the Gopher]]. The show was broadcast during the autumn to spring seasons, with other shows such as the ''[[8:15 from Manchester]]'' and ''[[Parallel 9]]'' taking over during the summer months. It was preceded by ''[[Saturday Superstore]]'', and succeeded by ''[[Live & Kicking]]''. In 1988, when the second series started, Greene was hurt in a helicopter crash with her then boyfriend (who subsequently became her husband), [[Mike Smith (television presenter)|Mike Smith]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/10/newsid_2504000/2504243.stm |title=ON THIS DAY &#124; 10 &#124; 1988: BBC presenters in helicopter crash |publisher=BBC News |date=10 September 1973 |accessdate=2009-04-21}}</ref> Guest presenters stood in for her including [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]]'s [[Carol Decker]].<ref name="goinglive1987">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/goinglive/trivia.shtml |title=Cult - Classic TV - Going Live (1987-1992) |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=2009-04-21}}</ref> Similarly, in 1992-93 during the final series, Schofield was starring in ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' and was unable to present the show. A third presenter took his place. Originally, ''[[Neighbours]]'' actor [[Kristian Schmid]] took the role but soon left after problems with his work permit.<ref name="goinglive1987"/> Various other celebrities to stand in included [[Shane Richie]] and [[Robbie Williams]] during his [[Take That]] days.<ref name="goinglive1987"/> ==Show segments== ===''Double Dare''=== ''[[Double Dare (1986 game show)|Double Dare]]'' (based around the [[Nickelodeon]] show) was presented by [[Peter Simon (presenter)|Peter Simon]], and it was best known for Simon to fall, during the final round, into the [[Gunge]]. It was replaced in later series of ''Going Live!'', first by ''Clockwise'', presented by [[Darren Day]], and then by ''[[Run the Risk]]'', which was again presented by Simon, along with [[Shane Richie]]. The latter of these shows continued onto ''[[Live & Kicking]]''. ===''Growing Pains''=== Phillip Hodson provided 'agony uncle' advice to young callers on diverse and often difficult topics in ''Growing Pains''. The topics ranged from love troubles and general teenage angst, to more severe topics such as [[child abuse]] and [[AIDS]], which were uncharacteristically deep issues for a Saturday morning youth programme. ===''Live Line''=== In this segment, the show's producers would arrange for popular musical groups and performers to pay surprise visits to their fans. The most infamous incident during this segment came when guests Five Star were asked by a caller "why are you so fucking crap?". ===''The Press Conference''=== The big set-piece interview at the end of each programme, featuring questions from both the studio audience and from phone callers. These were often with politicians, high-ranking executives in the BBC, or people who had made a notable achievement (e.g. sports people who had success at the Olympics). ===''The Video Vote''=== This was a phone-in section where the viewing public were encouraged to cast their opinions on the popular music videos of the time, which were then shown according to popularity. ===Trevor and Simon=== {{Main|Trevor and Simon}} These two anchormen (who were essentially clowns) provided light-hearted humour and character comedy. Popular characters played by the duo included: * 'The Sister Brothers', a pair of rogue traders; * folk duo 'The Singing Corner'; * DJ Mick McMac and [[rave]]-goer Moon Monkey; * 'Blimey, that's good!', a parody of television [[shopping channel]]s; * The Bottomless Bin; * The Witch Finders, who appeared every [[Halloween]] to enlist members of the studio audience to hunt '[[witches]]' and other evil-doers. This normally ended up with them poking Phillip with sticks. They were replaced in series five by Nick Ball and James Hickish, but returned for the last series. ==Outside broadcasts== During its run, the show made several broadcasts from outside the confines of the studio. These included: * [[Center Parcs]]; * a cross-channel [[ferry]] from [[Dover]] to [[Calais]]; * a steam [[train]] on the [[Watercress Line]], [[Hampshire]]; * a ferry to the [[Isle of Wight]] ==It Started With Swap Shop== ''Going Live!'' had their own section on the BBC's ''It Started With Swap Shop''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/itstarted/ |title=Saturday Mornings ~ It Started With Swap Shop |publisher=Saturdaymornings.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2009-04-21}}</ref> featuring classic clips of the show. It is presented as elevator employees recalling favoured parts of the show. ==Awards== In 1992, the show's opening sequence of a 'colourbars army preparing to Go Live', was nominated for a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|Bafta Award]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1992 |title=Past Winners and Nominees - Television - Awards - The BAFTA site |publisher=Bafta.org |date=17 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-04-21}}</ref> created by the BBC Design team consisting of Morgan Almeida, Mark Knight and Paul Baguley. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/goinglive/ ''Going Live!''] at [[bbc.co.uk]] *[http://www.paulmorris.co.uk/satkids/goinglive.htm Satkids: Going Live] *[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/443016/index.html British Film Institute Screen Online] *{{IMDb title|id=0181922|title=Going Live!}} *[http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/showpage.sm?show=gl Going Live!] at Saturday Mornings {{British Saturday morning television}} [[Category:BBC children's television programmes]] [[Category:1980s British television series]] [[Category:1990s British television series]] [[Category:1987 British television programme debuts]] [[Category:1993 British television programme endings]] [[Category:English-language television programming]]'