BBC FOUR

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BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent and new technologies. The channel is on-air from 19:00 to around 04:00 each night, in order to share terrestrial television bandwidth with the CBBC Channel. Unlike its commercial rivals, 90% of BBC Three's output is from the United Kingdom and other European Union countries. 80% is original, covering all genres, from current affairs, to drama, to comedy to animation. BBC Three has a unique ''60 Seconds'' format for its news bulletins. This was adopted so that operation of the channel could be completely automated, without the complication of dealing with variable length live news broadcasts. The current controller of the station is Zai Bennett and the Head of Scheduling is Dan McGolpin.

Launch

The channel is the successor to the similar BBC Choice and was launched on 9 February 2003, eleven months after the originally planned launch date (and the launch of BBC Four). The delay was due to debate over its proposed format – some felt it wouldn't be sufficiently different from existing commercial channels catering to young people. The channel was launched by Stuart Murphy, who previously ran BBC Choice, and before that UK Play, the now-discontinued UKTV music and comedy channel on which ran ''Rock Profile'', by Matt Lucas and David Walliams (who went on to star in ''Little Britain''). At 33, Murphy was the youngest channel controller in the country, a title he held since launching UK Play at the age of 26, although on 20 October 2005 it was announced that Murphy was soon to leave the channel to work in commercial television. On 12 May 2011, BBC Three was added to the Sky EPG in Ireland on channel 229.

Identity

The channel's original idents were conceived by Stefan Marjoram at Aardman Animations and were used from launch until February 2008. Stuart Murphy was touring Aardman Animations looking for new programming ideas for BBC Three when he spotted the cone shaped creatures, he then took the idea back to the Lambie-Nairn agency, responsible for the BBC Three identity package. A feature of this identity is also the music "Three Is The Magic Number", based (only the lyrics are copied) upon Schoolhouse Rock!.

BBC Online provided a number of downloads and activities based on the channel's identity, these included "BlobMate", screensavers, wallpapers and also games such as ''BlobLander'' and ''BlobBert''. The idea used by both Lambie-Nairn, who had developed the branding for CBeebies and CBBC, and Aardman, was to create the BBC Three blobs as a relation to the green and yellow blobs of the children's channels. Up until they rebranded the channel, it had two continuity announcers, Kieron Elliott, who has a Scottish accent, and also presents the breakfast show on 96.3 Rock Radio, and a female, Lola Buckley who has a Yorkshire accent. Presently the continuity announcements are done by either Collette Collins or Gavin Inskip.

On 22 January 2008 a new channel identity was unveiled. Rebranding was carried out by Red Bee Media, along with agencies MPG and Agency Republic with music and sound design by creative audio company Koink.

Programming

Milestones

In early 2003, viewers could watch episodes of popular BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' on BBC Three before they were broadcast on BBC One. This programming decision coincided with the relaunch of the channel and helped it break the one million viewers milestone for the first time. An episode of ''EastEnders Revealed'', which was commissioned for BBC Three, attracted 611,000 viewers.

In October 2004, BBC Three broke its previous viewing record when 1.8 million viewers tuned in for a new series of the award-winning comedy, ''Little Britain''. ''Little Britain'' was later broadcast on the BBC's terrestrial analogue channels BBC One and BBC Two. In the same year, the newly commissioned Chris Crudelli hit Mind, Body & Kick Ass Moves was exported to over 100 countries.

In 2005, BBC Three showed the documentary series ''Doctor Who Confidential'' immediately after episodes of the new series of ''Doctor Who'' had been screened on BBC One. This was followed up in July 2005, when it began to screen repeats of both programmes. In October 2005, it was announced that BBC Three had commissioned a spin-off drama series from ''Doctor Who'', ''Torchwood'', designed as a post-watershed science fiction drama for a more adult audience. ''Torchwood'' launched with an impressive 2.4 million viewers in October 2006, breaking BBC Three's previous record of 1.8 million for ''Little Britain''.''Torchwood'' is the first science fiction programme ever to have been commissioned by the channel, although it had previously shown repeats of ''Doctor Who'' and imported programmes such as ''Farscape''.

In 2006, BBC Three aired the first run of a back-up show for BBC Two's ''The Apprentice'', ''You're Fired!'' until sport and high ratings moved it to BBC Two.

In 2010, BBC Three began airing episodes of the fifth series of BBC drama series ''Waterloo Road'' after they had aired on BBC One as part of its 'catch-up' programming.

Other programmes

Other new programmes have included:

''How Not to Live Your Life''

''Him & Her''

''Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands

''Mongrels''

''Lee Nelson's Well Good Show''

''Waterloo Road''

''Ideal''

''Funland'', described as being a 'disturbingly funny new thriller', which first aired on Sunday 23 October 2006 at 22:00 ( It has since been repeated on prime-time BBC One).

''Tittybangbang'', a comedy sketch show starring Lucy Montgomery and Debbie Chazen, which first aired on 10 January 2006, and featured a range of bizarre characters.

''Nighty Night''

''The Smoking Room''

''Man Stroke Woman'', a sketch show, starring Nick Frost and Nick Burns, mostly dealing with relationships of 20- and 30-somethings, which first aired on 21 November 2005, subsequently being repeated on BBC Two due to its success.

''Monkey Dust'' was twisted adult animation which graphically depicted many stereotypes such as paedophilia, racism and youth 'hoodie' violence.

''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'' (the channel's longest running comedy)

''The Mighty Boosh''

''Don't Tell the Bride''

''Angry Boys''

''Coming of Age''

''Family Guy'' In 2010 BBC3 aired a Family Guy weekend which consists of a Countdown of the Top 20 Family Guy Characters, A special documentary on the show (similar to what they did the previous year where it aired two other documentaries with the season 7 premiere in 2009), the debut of Family Guy creator's Seth MacFarlane & Alex Borstein's Almost Live Comedy Show, and a double-bill premiere of Season 8 of the show.

''American Dad!''

''Gavin & Stacey'' (first aired in May, 2007) written by and starring Ruth Jones and James Corden alongside Mathew Horne, Joanna Page, Alison Steadman and Rob Brydon.

''Last Man Standing'' (a reality TV show) narrated by Ralf Little, series one was aired from 26 June to 14 August 2007 and series two began on 14 October 2008.

''Lily Allen and Friends'', a variety show based on social networking, hosted by Lily Allen, a multi-platform talent show.

''Upstaged'' presented by DJ Scott Mills, a multi-platform talent show broadcast on BBC Three and the internet.

a series of "hard-hitting" documentaries aimed at a young audience and six new drama pilots. ''Phoo Action'' (which is to be made into a full series).

''Being Human'' (which has now been made into a series)

''West 10 LDN''

''Dis/Connected''

''Russell Howard's Good News''

New BBC Three comedy sketch series Horne and Corden debuted 10 March 2009, to the highest ratings of all BBC Three comedy debuts.

''Match of the Day Live'' international football matches featuring Wales are often shown if an England match is being shown on BBC One. The channel also shows some matches of England's Women's team. The 2008 Africa Cup of Nations was shown on the channel from 20 January – 10 February 2008.

BBC Three is also home to many pan-psychology based programmes which bring topics such as addictions and childcare into an entertainment and educational context. Such programmes include:

''Freaky Eaters''

''Spendaholics''

''The House of Tiny Tearaways''

''Sex..with Mum & Dad''

Little Angels (TV series)

BBC Three has also focused on the beauty market, with the 'Beauty season' as well as continuous beauty shows. In July 2008 BBC Three aired 'Jamelia: Whose Hair Is It Anyway?" featuring singer Jamelia travelling to Russia along side hair extensions expert Tatiana Karelina to get an in depth look at the international hair extensions trade. Other beauty shows include 'Look But Don't Touch' (presented by Alesha Dixon), and one of the channel's top shows: Snog Marry Avoid?.

The channel features hourly news updates called ''60 Seconds'', presented by Sam Naz during the week, which include the top news, sport and entertainment stories. They are presented in a relaxed style in keeping with the rest of the channel. As part of the BBC's discussions with the government regarding the founding of the channel, a longer news programme had been promised to provide a daily section of news and current affairs. ''The News Show'', as it came to be called upon launch was later rebranded ''The 7 O'Clock News''. However, the BBC discontinued the bulletin in 2005, claiming that the programme's audience was minuscule and the output was provided elsewhere on the BBC.

Viewership

right|thumb|300px|BBC three viewing share to May 2009 The channel is aimed at 16-34 year olds, and competes with other digital channels including ITV2 and E4.

In 2008 it reached 26.3% of 16-34 year olds in digital homes — the channel's highest ever such reach and above that of E4, ITV2, Dave and Sky One.

Meanwhile, Its share of the audience during its transmission hours is 2.6% among 15-34 year olds, and 1.7% among all individuals. BARB, the official ratings agency, averages out BBC Three's viewing figures over 24 hours even though the channel only broadcasts in the evening, giving a distorted sense of the channel's viewership. Despite several official complaints from the BBC, BARB continues to publish figures which the BBC argues are unrepresentative. Nine million people watch BBC Three every week.

The following is a list of the ten most watched broadcasts on BBC Three, from BARB data up to 1 May 2011.''

''List of EastEnders television spin-offs#Other documentaries ''Torchwood'' ''Torchwood'' ''The Weakest Link'' ''EastEnders'' ''Gavin & Stacey'' ''Gavin & Stacey'' ''EastEnders'' ''Gavin & Stacey'' ''EastEnders''

!Rank	!Show	!Episode	!Number of Viewers (thousands)	!Date
1	Eastenders Live: The Aftermath'' ||	N/A	4,537	19 February 2010
2	|	1.1 Everything Changes	2,519	22 October 2006
3	|	1.2 Day One	2,498	22 October 2006
4	|	EastEnders Special	2,005	19 February 2010
5	|	07/07/2009	1,907	7 July 2009
6	|	2.1	1,894	16 March 2008
7	|	2.2	1,869	16 March 2008
8	|	01/06/2010	1,801	1 June 2010
9	|	2.4	1,799	30 March 2008
10	|	31/03/2009	1,795	31 March 2009

Awards

The channel has had critical and popular successes, winning more awards in its six year history than its commercial rivals (Sky One, Living, E4, ITV2, Five and Comedy Central) have won in their combined 25-year history. In total BBC Three has won 7 BAFTA awards, 5 British Comedy Awards, 15 Royal Television Society Awards and 5 Rose d'Or Awards since the channel was launched in February 2003. Most recently, it won ''Broadcast Magazine'''s ''Digital Channel of the Year'' Award for Best General Entertainment Channel, and MGEITF Non Terrestrial Channel of the Year.

All three of BBC Three's dramas produced in 2004 (''Outlaws'', ''Bodies'' and ''Conviction'') received BAFTA nominations, as did classical music show ''Flashmob The Opera''

In 2008, BBC Three's Gavin & Stacey won the BAFTA audience award and the best comedy performance award was awarded to James Corden for his part.

Criticism

The channel has also come in for criticism from several corners, the most prominent of which are some of the BBC's long-standing presenters. These include John Humphrys, who argued that BBC Three and BBC Four should be shut down in the face of budget cuts to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, which he presents, John Sweeney of Panorama, and Jeremy Paxman are among other journalists have also criticised the channel and its content.

In July 2010 a UK music magazine printed a letter from the pressure group Friends of Radio 3 that criticised BBC Three for having 'comedies, game shows, films and documentaries, but no arts programming at all'. In a later issue another correspondent endorsed this assessment on the basis of a search through issues of the ''Radio Times'', and cast doubt on the BBC's claim (in the document ''Performance Aganst Public Commitments 2009/10'') that the channel broadcast '54 hours of new music and arts programming' in that year. Two months later the same correspondent wrote in to inform readers that the BBC had refused his 'Freedom of Information' request concerning the titles of the programmes used in calculating the '54 hours' total.

References

External links

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name	Durrty Goodz
background	solo_singer
birth name	Dwayne Mahorn
alias	Durrty Doogz
born	May 11, 1981 Chingford, London, England
genre	Grime
occupation	Rapper
years active	2001–present
associated acts	Crazy Titch, Boyz in da Hood
label	Polydor Records, Universal Records, Awkward Music }}

Durrty Goodz (born May 11, 1981, sometimes known as Durrty Doogz, Dwayne Mahorn in London, England) is a grime artist. Mahorn was signed to Polydor Records in 2005, but left due to a lack of creative control.

Durrty Goodz is known for his versatility, which can be seen in his ability to rap on grime, hip hop, bashment, and R&B; beats, although grime is the genre many of his fans favour him rapping over.

He was named Best MC by the London pirate radio station Kool FM, which lead to recognition in the London underground music scene, and was signed to Universal Records soon after. Mahorn made appearances on local radio programmes, mixtapes, and 12-inch singles as well. He has been featured in Logan Sama's radio segment on Kiss 100 London.

Mahorn's brother, a grime artist as well, known as "Crazy Titch" (real name Carl Dobson), was convicted of murder of 21-year-old Richard Holmes. Mahorn also spent nearly a year in prison until November 2006, when he was acquitted.

Durrty Goodz returned to his career in 2007, releasing the ''Axiom'' EP. This was followed by the ''Durrty Whirl'' mixtape in 2008, a re-release of the 2004 release, available for free download on the official Durrty Goodz website.

In 2009, Durrty Goodz released ''Ultrasound, a Pre-Album'' in the build-up to the debut album, Born Blessed which was eventually released for free in 2010. Durrty Goodz then began work on a new debut album in late 2010, entitled ''Overall'' which will be released in May 2011.

In 2011 Durrty Goodz featured on an all-star Grime single titled Pull Up 2011 alongside producer Dexplicit and other artists such as Big H, Big Narstie, Dot Rotten, Black The Ripper & Shizzle

Discography

''Axiom EP'' (2007)

''Durrty Whirl'' (2008)

''Ultrasound'' (2009)

''Born Blessed'' (2010)

''Overall'' (2011)

References

External links

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name	Adam and Joe
medium	Television, Radio, Podcast
nationality	English
active	1994-Present
genre	Sketch comedy
subject	Popular Culture
notable work	''The Adam and Joe Show''''Adam and Joe''
current members	Adam Buxton Joe Cornish
footnotes	}}

Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are British comedy performers known together as Adam and Joe. They are best known for presenting ''Adam and Joe'' on BBC 6 Music, and ''The Adam and Joe Show'' on Channel 4 from 1996 to 2001.

History

Adam and Joe began working on comedy material during their time at Westminster School together, where they created numerous amateur films along with their friend Louis Theroux. Some of these films were submitted to Channel 4's home video showcase ''Takeover TV'' in 1994 and led to Adam hosting that show in 1995.

Together they hosted ''The Adam and Joe Show'' on Channel 4 from 1996 - 2001. They won the Royal Television Society Best Newcomers Award in 1998, published ''The Adam and Joe Book'' in 1999, and presented BBC Three's coverage of the Glastonbury Festival in 2000 and 2002. Other spin-off projects included ''Adam & Joe's Fourmative Years'' in 1998 and ''Adam and Joe's American Animation Adventure'' in 2001.

They directed pop promos for Frank Black and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, as well as appearing in two Surf washing powder commercials, in which they comically brutalised Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Keith Harris and Orville.

In 2003, Buxton and Cornish presented ''Adam and Joe Go Tokyo'', a Tokyo-based magazine show covering Japanese pop culture for BBC Three and BBC One. The same year they began hosting a show on UK radio station Xfm, filling in for Ricky Gervais on Saturday afternoons. When Gervais left the station they took over permanently, and continued to present the Saturday morning show, until Summer 2006. The best parts of these shows were condensed into a series of twenty podcasts.

Bizarrely, their most-repeated is their 2001 E4 series ''Shock Video'', in which the duo provide an often totally irrelevant comic commentary on soft-core porn clips from around the world.

From August 2006 until October 2007, they hosted the monthly "Coca-Cola New Music Podcast", which showcased unsigned bands from around Europe, presented in a similar style to their Xfm shows.

They sometimes write a column for ''The Idler'', a yearly literary magazine.

Present

Adam and Joe began presenting the BBC 6 Music Saturday morning show in October 2007.

Features on the show include 'Song Wars', where they both compose original compositions based on a common theme. Listeners then vote for which song they think is the best.

'Text the Nation' is another regular feature where listeners provide anecdotes based on a theme or question set by Adam and Joe. Themes have included 'Childhood Misconceptions' and 'Horror Film Ideas'. The 'Text the Nation' feature was also instrumental in the uncovering and then subsequent popularisation of the Stephen! call and response.

Their show won a Broadcasting Press Guild Award in 2008 for best radio programme of the year.

References

External links

Adam and Joe fansite

Adam and Joe Blog

Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music

Adam and Joe BBC 6 Music on Facebook

Rubapedia: online encyclopedia of Adam and Joe

The Adam and Joe appreciation society on Facebook

Guardian Online live chat transcript

Independent Interview

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name	Jodie Marsh
gender	female
birth name	Jodie Louise Marsh
birth date	December 23, 1978
birth place	South Weald, Brentwood, Essex, England
spouse	Matt Peacock (2007, divorced)
height
eye color	Brown
hair color	Naturally dark brown
skin color	White
ethnicity	White British
Measurements	32"-26"-32
spelling	}}

Jodie Marsh (born 23 December 1978) is an English media personality and former glamour model. She has appeared topless in many tabloid newspapers and has appeared in her own reality show, ''Totally Jodie Marsh''.

Early life

Jodie Louise Marsh was born to John and Kristina in Brentwood, Essex. She is from a wealthy background (her father runs a building contractors company), and was educated at the independent Brentwood School. She has a brother, Jordan. She first came to prominence in the reality TV programme ''Essex Wives'' in 2002.

Modelling career

At the beginning of her career, Marsh often posed for magazines such as ''FHM'', ''Loaded'', ''Nuts'' and ''Zoo''.

Marsh was a page 3 girl for ''The Sun'' newspaper on six occasions. She also appeared in photo shoots for newspapers ''Daily Star'', ''Daily Sport'' and ''News of the World''.

In June 2009, Marsh appeared on the cover of Zoo magazine. In November 2010, Marsh appeared on a special edition double cover for lads mag ''Zoo Weekly''.

In April 2009, Marsh posed for the UK edition of ''Playboy''.

In April 2011, Jodie Marsh completed a photoshoot for ''Zoo Magazine''. Jodie appeared on the cover of the magazine for a special "3-D" edition of the weekly.

Television, film, and voice appearances

Marsh has also taken part in many reality television shows, including ''Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep'', Channel 4's ''The Games'', E4's ''Fool around...with Jodie Marsh'' on two occasions, as a house guest in the short lived Five series ''Back to Reality'' as well as starring in Channel 4's popular show ''Come Dine With Me''.

Marsh had a cameo role in the first episode of Channel 4's Friday night comedy show''The Kevin Bishop Show''.

After competing in ''Celebrity Big Brother'', Marsh appeared on several of their spin off shows including: ''Big Brother's Little Brother'', ''Big Brother's Big Mouth'' and ''Big Brother's EForum''.

In its second UK series, Marsh showed viewers around her home on ''MTV's Cribs'' in 2008.

In 2008, Marsh appeared on Channel 4's documentary ''It's Me or the Dog''. She was given training tips at home to deal with her four dogs.

Marsh appeared as a contestant in Channel Five's reality show ''The All Star Talent Show'', hosted by Myleene Klass and Andi Peters.

Marsh began presenting her own television series, ''Get A Life'' for Living TV on 1 March 2007. It was cancelled after two episodes, due to poor viewing figures.

In October 2008, she appeared on the first episode of ''London Ink' on TV channel Discovery Real Time.

In 2009, Marsh appeared on the popular BBC Three show ''Snog Marry Avoid?'', hosted by Jenny Frost. Marsh came face to face with the computer overhaul device named POD where she received a make-under.

At the end of January 2010, Marsh was featured on ''LA Muscle TV'' in an hour long show called ''6 pack in 4 weeks''. Jodie's work on the show, resulted in a photoshoot for ''Muscle and Fitness'' magazine.

In April 2010, Marsh made her third appearance on ''The Podge and Rodge Show'' in Dublin, Ireland.

On 14 September 2010, Marsh appeared on Channel 4's Celebrity edition of ''Come Dine With Me''. She won £1,000 for her charity.

On 29 September 2010, Marsh appeared in the one-off documentary ''Jodie Marsh Tattoo Apprentice'' which was screened on the channel DMAX.

''Celebrity Big Brother''

In January 2006, Marsh appeared on ''Celebrity Big Brother'' in the UK. On 13 January, Marsh was first to be voted out of the Big Brother house — with 8 out of 10 possible nominations from her fellow housemates, and 42% of the public vote.

''Totally Jodie Marsh''

In May 2007, the website Marry Me Jodie Marsh was launched with the teaser "I'm getting married this September... Only problem is that I don't have a man!". Men were invited to submit an application for a series of open auditions for the chance to marry Marsh that September. MTV filmed the search and subsequent wedding.

The reality series featuring Marsh entitled ''Totally Jodie Marsh: Who'll Take Her Up the Aisle?'', premiered in July 2007 documenting Marsh's search to find a husband. Marsh eventually chose Matt Peacock, an ex-boyfriend of fellow glamour model Jordan.

In the final episode of the show, MTV executives confronted Marsh and Peacock with taped footage of Peacock's audition claiming he and Marsh had been dating for months and living together for three months, contrary to the show's claims. After the MTV executives left the room, Peacock accused Marsh of lying to MTV.

The couple married on 1 September 2007 at Sugar Hut, a nightclub in Brentwood, Essex. A second ceremony in her mother’s back garden was shown on MTV on 2 September 2007. It was later revealed that Marsh had the wedding paid for by sponsors who believed that the wedding was genuine. The couple split up in December 2007. Marsh later admitted to ''Love It'' in their 8 January 2008 issue that ".. the marriage was for TV. It was never for real" and "I'm not hiding the fact I did the TV show for money. Of course I did".

Bodybuilding

In 2009, Marsh was interested in bodybuilding and developed a muscular physique working under a personal trainer.

Writing

In 2005, Marsh published her autobiography ''Keeping It Real''. The hardback was released in 2005, followed by a paperback version in 2006. The hardback version reached the top 10 on the best-sellers list.

Marsh wrote a weekly column for celebrity gossip magazine ''Sneak'' until its closure in August 2006 and was previously ''Zoo Weekly'' magazine's "sexpert", advising men on sex-related issues. Her choice as an agony aunt angered some established professionals. She defended herself against these claims stating, "I haven't exactly got a degree in psychology, but I just love sex, don't I?"

Personal life

In December 2006, Marsh announced her engagement to Brentwood DJ David Doyle, after dating for 11 days. Eschewing the traditional engagement ring, Marsh instead tattooed Doyle's full name on her hand and the couple appeared together in ''OK!'' magazine announcing their plan to marry in a fetish ceremony in a dungeon. The relationship ended between late December and mid-January 2007 with Doyle blaming Marsh's constant drinking and poor personal hygiene. Marsh, however, claimed Doyle had been unfaithful.

Briefly in 2008, Marsh reportedly dated a woman, known as Nina, a hairdresser. In the November issue of the UK edition of ''Star'' magazine, Marsh gave a full interview about their relationship and recreated the iconic ''Vanity Fair'' front cover depicting Cindy Crawford shaving k.d. lang. When asked how she would label her sexuality, Marsh replied that if she had to choose 'I would be bi'.

She is a vegetarian and she participated at the Peta's campaign "All animals have the same parts".

Other controversy

In 2004, Marsh sold a story to the ''News of the World'' claiming that she had a sexual liaison with Chelsea F.C. midfielder Frank Lampard. Lampard denied the claims and filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission.

On 24 March 2006, Liberal Democrats education spokesman Phil Willis questioned Schools Minister Jacqui Smith in Parliament as to whether Marsh should be permitted access to schools in promoting her BeatBullying work, describing her blog as "the language of an appalling bully". Smith responded that, "Jodie Marsh does not represent the Department for Education and Skills in any way. Decisions about giving people access to pupils in schools are a matter for individual head teachers and governing bodies." Marsh described Willis as "just a sad, past-it old wannabe trying to get famous off my back." Willis later told the ''Daily Mail'', "I just think we are descending really to the lowest common denominator when we are actually putting people on a pedestal like Jodie Marsh to send into our schools. I think we could find better role models."

On 11 August 2006, Marsh was booed by spectators at the annual Jersey Battle of Flowers Parade where she was a celebrity guest. The combined fee for Marsh and the parade's other celebrity guest, Andy Abraham, was estimated as £20,000. It has been suggested that this expense and the quality of the celebrity it bought contributed to the negative reception, but it was also noted a very small minority of people that were involved in the booing.

On 16 May 2007, Marsh stood atop a giant wedding cake in Leicester Square in London, dressed in a white tutu, with two white belts covering her nipples and carrying a bridal bouquet to promote her upcoming reality series ''Totally Jodie Marsh''.

References

External links

Jodie Marsh Gallery

Jodie Marsh at Playboy UK

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