The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Season 1 Episode 8: Chantelle Houghton

  Chantelle Houghton reflects on her rise to fame after being plucked from obscurity to appear on Celebrity Big Brother in January 2006. She thought she had it made, but her marriage to fellow housemate Samuel Preston lasted 10 months and the offers of work dried up just as quickly. Last in the series

• Season 1 Episode 7: Bruce Jones

  Former Coronation Street actor Bruce Jones discusses his 10 years in one of the nation's favourite programmes - and how life came to imitate art with rumours of drunken exploits, punch-ups and tabloid stings, which eventually led to his sacking from the programme in 2007 and the end of the dream

• Season 1 Episode 6: Nancy Dell'Olio

  Sven-Goran Eriksson's appointment as England manager in 2001 also shone a spotlight on then-partner Nancy Dell'Olio. The Italian lawyer discusses the impact of press interest in their lives and the effect of seeing Sven's dalliances on the front and back newspaper pages. Her own reputation for self-publicity also comes under scrutiny

• Season 1 Episode 5: Mickey Rourke

  Mickey Rourke talks about the end of his Hollywood movie career when consistently negative headlines saw him go head to head with the studios - and lose. After walking away from the silver screen, he tried his luck as a boxer, but yearns for his old life as an icon even though he has apparently burned all his bridges

• Season 1 Episode 4: Tracey Emin

  The presenter talks to Tracey Emin about her place in the British public's affections and considers whether her sobriety could be damaging her image as a controversial and outrageous artist who has attracted mixed reaction from the newspapers

• Season 1 Episode 3: Jason Donovan

  The former newspaper editor asks Jason Donovan about his turbulent life. The actor and singer shot to stardom in the Eighties with the transition from his role in Neighbours to a successful career in pop, but a cocaine addiction and a damaging libel case over an accusation that he was gay threatened to derail his career

• Season 1 Episode 2: Jim Davidson

  The former newspaper editor challenges Jim Davidson about his reputation, questioning the comedian about his controversial views after he was expelled from reality series Hell's Kitchen in 2007 for insulting fellow contestant Brian Dowling

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pamela Anderson

  The former newspaper editor looks at the negative aspects of life in the spotlight, beginning with Former Baywatch pin-up Pamela Anderson, who discusses her road to fame, including how her then husband Tommy Lee's unpredictable behaviour led to her calling the police, and the Internet broadcast of their infamous sex tape