"Live & Kicking" was conceived as a replacement for "Going Live!". It was first broadcast on 2 October 1993 at 9 am on BBC1. The original hosts were Andi Peters, Emma Forbes who had presented a cookery segment in "Going Live!", and John Barrowman. For the second series, Barrowman was relegated to hosting the showbiz "Electric Circus" segment, leaving Peters and Forbes to become the main hosts. He left after one series of Electric Circus to concentrate on acting. Comedy duo Trevor and Simon and Peter Simon, in the "Run the Risk" segment, were also regulars who had featured on "Going Live!".