About this season
Rock Profile is a British television comedy show written by and starring comedy partnership Matt Lucas and David Walliams, both later widely known for the sketch show Little Britain. Rock Profile first appeared on the channel UK Play in 1999, before moving to BBC Two in 2000. The show comprises a series of spoof interviews, involving Jamie Theakston questioning Lucas and Walliams, who play famous musicians. The interviews are often bizarre and involve broad, unflattering caricatures or just downright fictional characteristics. They are often interspersed with videos by the featured artist, including humorous captions and congratulations from other impersonated celebrities. The first series was broadcast in 1999, comprising 13 episodes, on digital channel UK Play. The series was then picked up by BBC Two, with a second series of 13 episodes following in 2000. Series one was later shown on BBC Two. In Christmas 2000, a special 45-minute episode of the series was broadcast, entitled Rock the Blind. The episode followed Gary Barlow and Ronan Keating as they recorded a charity single. Ted Robbins appeared as Pete Waterman, and Sara Cox as herself. Following the episode, the series saw a break of two years.
Episodes (16)
1. Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, and Robbie Walliams (Take That)
Aired 4 September 2000 • 30 min
The Rock Profile crew are invited to Gary Barlow's youth hostel room for a Take That reunion party.
2. Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey
3. Lee and H (Steps)
4. George Michaels and Geri Halliwell
5. The Chemical Brothers / Air
6. Blur
Aired 9 October 2000 • 30 min
7. Bono and The Edge (U2)
8. Shaun Ryder and Bez (The Happy Mondays)
9. Elton John and David Furnish
10. The Bee Gees
11. Abba
12. Mike Nolan and Bobby Gee (Bucks Fizz)
13. Duran Duran (Duran)
14. The Hits, Misses, and Maybes of 2000
Aired 1 January 2001 • 30 min
PlayUK counted down the ""Hits"", ""Misses"", and ""Maybes"" of the year 2000 - with commentry from Gary Barlow and Howard Donald between the videos. Hosted by Jamie Theakston.
15. Rock The Blind
Aired 17 November 2001 • 30 min
This was a feature length special, comprising of both new characters and the return of some previous ones. Gary Barlow decides to organise a charity single for ""the blind"", and ropes in Rownan Keating to help him.
16. The Best Of Rock Profile
Aired 30 December 2001 • 30 min
A compilation of episodes from series two, with much shorter music video segments. This was originally shown on BBC TWO, and is now available on the Little Britain series one DVD as an extra.