Shrink Rap

7.0

2007

Production

Actress and writer Pamela Stephenson is now a successful therapist – Dr Pamela Connolly – with a private practice in Los Angeles. She draws upon her professional training when interviewing A-list celebrities.

Seasons

5 Episodes • Premiered 2007

The first full series of Dr Pamela Connolly's unconventional talk show, where she tries to find out what lies beneath the surface of some of the world's most fascinating and successful people. Guests include Stephen Fry, Sharon Osbourne, and The Duchess of York. This series also features the pilot show in which she talks to comedian and actor Robin Williams.

1. Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne is one of the best-known women in Britain. But her childhood was chaotic. Her father - pop manager Don Arden - was a disciplinarian who would lock her in the coalhole for punishment.

2. Stephen Fry

Dr Pamela Connolly talks to Stephen Fry. She sets out to explore how fame has affected his psyche and why his celebrated mind has at times been in such torment that he has even tried to kill himself.

3. David Blunkett

David Blunkett talks movingly to Dr Pamela Connolly about his 'worst hour' - when his adored father was fatally scalded in an accident - and about his public split from Kimberly Quinn

4. Sarah, Duchess of York

Dr Pamela Connolly talks to Sarah, Duchess of York about her problems with weight and self-image, and her difficult childhood

5. Robin Williams

In this pilot show, Dr Pamela Connolly talks to comedian and Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams about his unusual childhood, his problems with substance abuse and his first sexual experiences.