Big Star's Little Star was a British game show that was broadcast on ITV from 4 September 2013 to 1 September 2018 and was presented by Stephen Mulhern. The show saw three celebrity contestants and their children or grandchildren answering questions about each other to win up to ã15,000 for a charity of their choice.
The celebrities (known as the 'Big Stars') were asked the same multiple choice questions as their children or grandchildren (known as the 'Little Stars') with the aim being to answer the same. Each of the celebrities were given three questions in turn with the children's or grandchildren's answers pre-recorded and shown on screen.
The celebrities watched a series of clips of their children or grandchildren describing several everyday items with the aim being to identify what their children or grandchildren were describing. They were awarded two points if they could identify the items after the first clue and one point after the second clue was given.
The celebrities and their children or grandchildren were given three pictures. They would then be asked a question about either the celebrity or their child/grandchild/children/grandchildren and both of them would have needed to answer A, B or C with the objective being that they would answer the same, despite not being able to see each other. At the end of this round, two celebrity pairs left the programme with ã1,000 for their chosen charities, leaving the winning pair to play in the fourth and final round.
The winning celebrity and their child/grandchild/children/grandchildren played for ã15,000 for charity. As they would have already made it through to the final, they would automatically win ã5,000. In the final round, the two were given 10 pairs of images that mean something to the family that are hidden behind 20 squares on the screen. The images are displayed on the screen for five seconds and then they had to work together to match up as many pairs as they can before time ran out. Every pair that they match would earn them an extra ã1,000 for their charity. If all 10 were matched, the team won ã15,000 for their charity.
A fifth series was confirmed and filming took place during the summer of 2017.
In 2015, the series was reversioned as Big Star's Bigger Star for a Text Santa special with celebrities and their parents. A four-part series, for which filming took place during summer 2017, premiered on 15 December 2018 and ended on 30 December 2018.
In 2018, Big Star's Little Star made the longlist for the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award at the 2019 National Television Awards. However, the programme did not end up making the shortlist.