The Salon is a British reality TV show where various members of the public (some famous) are invited daily to have treatments (mostly hair styles) in a studio built beauty salon situated in Balham, south-west London, and in the second series, a purpose-built studio inside the Trocadero, Piccadilly Circus.

The Salon
GenreReality
Narrated byBen Crystal (first series)
Brian Dowling (second series)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
Production
Running timeVaries
Production companyEndemol UK Productions
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
E4
Release12 January 2003 (2003-01-12) –
4 March 2004 (2004-03-04)
Related
Celebrity Scissorhands

Overview

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Viewers were given an insight into the running and bickering of life in a professional salon with manager Paul Merritt and his team of trainees and employees. The show was most notable for bringing fame to Brazilian-born hairstylist, Ricardo Ribeiro and introducing viewers to Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne's nephew, Terry Longden.

Guests

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Some of the show's celebrity guests included Linford Christie, Cheryl Baker, Carrie Grant, Linsey Dawn McKenzie, Simeon Williams, Brigitte Nielsen, Val Lehman, Kristian Nairn, Michael Barrymore, and Lucy Pinder, Denise Pearson, Rory Bremner, Shane Connor, Danni Behr, Donna Eyre, Neil Pickup and Michael Heseltine. Kat Chaplin

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