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City of Westminster
The City of Westminster
i/ˈwɛstmɪnstə/ is a London borough occupying much of the central area of London, England, including most of the West End. It is located to the west of and adjoining the ancient City of London, directly to the east of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and its southern boundary is the River Thames. It is an Inner London borough and was created in 1965 when Greater London was established. At its creation Westminster was awarded city status, which had been previously held by the smaller Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. Aside from a number of large parks and open spaces, the population density of the district is high. Many sites commonly associated with London are located in the borough, including Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, and 10 Downing Street. The borough is divided into a number of localities including the ancient political district of Westminster around the Palace of Westminster; the shopping areas around Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Bond Street; and the night time entertainment district of Soho. Much of the borough is residential, and in 2008 it was estimated to have a population of 236,000. The local authority is Westminster City Council.
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Caribbean Sea to the east.
Costa Rica, which means "Rich Coast", constitutionally abolished its army permanently in 1949. It is the only Latin American country included in the list of the world's 22 older democracies. Costa Rica has consistently been among the top Latin American countries in the Human Development Index (HDI), ranked 69th in the world in 2011. Also was cited by the UNDP in 2010 as one of the countries that have attained much higher human development than other countries at the same income levels, and in 2011 was highlighted by UNDP for being a good performer on environmental sustainability, and better record on human development and inequality than the median of their region. It was also the only country to meet all five criteria established to measure environmental sustainability. The country is ranked fifth in the world, and first among the Americas, in terms of the 2012 Environmental Performance Index.
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Darfur
Darfur (Arabic: دار فور Dār Fūr, English: Realm of the Fur) is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into five federal states: Central Darfur, East Darfur, North Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur. Because of the war in Darfur between Sudanese government forces and the non-Arab indigenous population, the region was in a state of humanitarian emergency between 2003 and 2010.
Darfur covers an area of some 493,180 square kilometers (190,420 sq mi)—approximately the size of Spain. It is largely an arid plateau with the Marrah Mountains (Jebel Marra), a range of volcanic peaks rising up to 3,042 meters (9,980 ft) of topographic prominence, in the center of the region. The region's main towns are Al Fashir, Nyala, and Geneina.
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Dubai
Dubai (/duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BY; Arabic: دبيّ Dubeii; IPA: [du'beii]) is an emirate within the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A city within the emirate is also named Dubai. The emirate is located south east of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's legislature. Dubai City is located on the emirate's northern coastline.
The earliest mention of Dubai is in 1095, and the earliest settlement known as Dubai town dates from 1799. Dubai was formally established in 1833 by Sheikh Maktoum bin Buti al Maktoum when he persuaded 800 members of the Bani Yas tribe, living in what is now part of Saudi Arabia, to follow him to the Dubai Creek by the Al Abu Falasa clan of Bani Yas. It remained under clan control when the United Kingdom assumed the protection of Dubai in 1892. Its geographical location made it an important trading hub and by the beginning of the 20th century, it was an important port.
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Hampstead
Coordinates: 51°33′15″N 0°10′28″W / 51.5541°N 0.1744°W / 51.5541; -0.1744
Hampstead (/ˈhæmpstɪd/ or /-stɛd/), commonly known as Hampstead Village, is an affluent area of London, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. It has some of the most expensive housing in the London area. The village of Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of the United Kingdom.
The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon words ham and stede, which means, and is a cognate of, the Modern English "homestead".
Although early records of Hampstead can be found in a grant by King Ethelred the Unready to the monastery of St. Peter’s at Westminster (AD 986) and it is referred to in the Domesday Book (1086), the history of Hampstead is generally traced back to the 17th century. Trustees of the Well started advertising the medicinal qualities of the chalybeate waters (water impregnated with iron) in 1700. Although Hampstead Wells was initially most successful and fashionable, its popularity declined in the 1800s due to competition with other fashionable London spas. The spa was demolished in 1882, although a water fountain was left behind.
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London
Londoni/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (
i/lɒs ˈændʒələs/ loss-AN-jə-ləs; Spanish: [los ˈaŋxeles], which is written Los Ángeles; British pronounciation /lɒs ˈændʒəliːz/ loss-AN-jə-leez) with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in the state of California, and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of 468.67 square miles (1,213.8 km2), and is located in Southern California. Often known by its initials L.A., the city is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area and Greater Los Angeles Area region, which contain 12,828,837 and nearly 18 million people respectively as of 2010, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second largest in the United States. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States, while the entire Los Angeles area itself has been recognized as the most diverse of the nation's largest cities. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos".
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Uganda
Coordinates: 1°17′N 32°23′E / 1.28°N 32.39°E / 1.28; 32.39
Uganda (
/juːˈɡændə/ yew-GAN-də or /juːˈɡɑːndə/ yew-GAHN-də), officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also shared by Kenya and Tanzania.
Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala.
The people of Uganda were hunter-gatherers until 1,700 to 2,300 years ago, when Bantu-speaking populations migrated to the southern parts of the country. Uganda gained independence from Britain on 9 October 1962.
The official languages are English and Swahili, although multiple other languages are spoken in the country.
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Alan Dedicoat
Alan Dedicoat (born 1 December 1954) is an English announcer for programmes on BBC One and BBC Radio 2; he is probably best known as the "Voice of the Balls" on the National Lottery programmes on BBC One. He also reads the news on BBC Radio 2 where he is nicknamed Deadly.
He was born on 1 December 1954 in Hollywood, Worcestershire. The son of a newsagent, Dedicoat was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys in Birmingham, and the University of Birmingham. Dedicoat originally worked in the Civil Service as an Executive Officer before joining the BBC
Dedicoat joined BBC Radio Birmingham at Pebble Mill in 1079 as a presenter, before moving to BBC Radio Devon four years later. After his time in the West Country, he moved to London to join the Presentation Department of BBC Radio 2 at Broadcasting House, and later became its head, a position he retains. As part of this job, he read the news on BBC Radio 2's weekday breakfast programme, Wake Up to Wogan, before its demise in December 2009, as well as on Sarah Kennedy's show until she left the station in 2010.
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Aled Jones
Aled Jones (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and television/radio personality, broadcaster and television presenter (Escape to the Country and Cash in the Attic) who first came to fame as a treble (the highest vocal range). He is notable for presenting Songs of Praise on BBC 1, BBC Radio 2's The Early Breakfast Show, Good Morning Sunday and The Choir on BBC Radio 3. On the 4 May 2012, it was announced that Jones would become the new presenter of the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak, alongside Lorraine Kelly.
Jones was born in St. David's Hospital in Bangor, Wales, the only child of Nest Rowlands, a teacher, and Derek John Jones, a draughtsman for a shipbuilder. He was raised in the small Welsh-speaking community of Llandegfan, in Anglesey and attended Ysgol David Hughes. Jones joined the choir of Bangor Cathedral at age nine and was lead soloist within two years, although he never made Head Chorister. The remarkable quality of his treble voice was appreciated by a member of the congregation, Hefina Orwig Evans, who wrote a letter to local record company Sain, and he was duly signed. In 1982 he won the Cerdd Dant solo competitions for competitors under 12 at the Urdd Eisteddfod.
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Alesha Dixon
Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7 October 1978) is a British rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, model and television personality. She first found fame in the all-female R&B/garage trio Mis-Teeq, however, the trio separated in 2005 and Dixon continued pursuing her music career as a solo artist, signing to Polydor Records. Dixon began recording her debut solo album, Fired Up, in 2006, but due to poor record sales of her first two singles, "Lipstick" and "Knockdown", she was dropped from Polydor.
In 2007 Dixon became a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and eventually won. Her television exposure led to a successful comeback, which included her signing to Asylum Records, an offshoot of Warner Music Group. Dixon then released a second album, entitled The Alesha Show, in 2008, which received platinum certification from BPI in the UK and spawned four singles including "The Boy Does Nothing" and "Breathe Slow", the latter of which became her highest charting single and earned her a Brit Award nomination.
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Alex Lester
Alex Lester (born Alexander Norman Charles Lester, 11 May 1956 in Walsall, United Kingdom) is a British broadcaster. He presents the weekday overnight/early-morning programme on BBC Radio 2. He also temporarily replaced Russell Brand on Saturday evenings in late 2008, between 9 and 11pm, following Brand's resignation over the prank calls row.
A doctor's son, Lester was educated at Denstone College, and worked in a variety of jobs (including at Dudley Zoo, in a pub, and as a civil service clerk), before he began his broadcasting career in 1977 for BBC local radio stations. He joined Radio Aire in Leeds in 1981.
Later, he worked for other radio stations in the commercial sector. These included Radio Tees, based in Stockton-on-Tees, where he worked from 1983 until 1986. At Radio Tees, on joining, he narrowly avoided an attempt by Canadian Programme Controller, Donald Cline, to rechristen him "Red" Lester. Lester went on to present, amongst others, the weekday lunchtime show and a specialist blues music programme there.
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Aliona Vilani
Aliona Vilani (Russian: Алёна Вилани; born 1 May 1984) is a Russian-Kazakhstani professional dancer.
Vilani started learning ballet when she was five years old, and moved to Russia to learn ballroom dancing at age 11.
In 1997, aged 13, she moved to the United States and joined the Kaiser Dance Academy in Brooklyn, New York. In 2001 she was part of the US Ballroom team for the National Dance Congress that won the Amateur Ballroom category.
After the competition ended, she turned professional, and remains the youngest dancer in the US to have done so. Since 2006, she has lived in Los Angeles where she competes, performs and teaches. Her speciality is 10 Dance, although she is specially skilled in Salsa, Hip Hop and Jazz. On 14 April 2009 she appeared as a guest dancer on Dancing with the Stars in Hollywood.
Vilani first participated in series 7 in 2009, where she partnered Rav Wilding: they were eliminated in week 3 following a dance-off with actress Lynda Bellingham and her dance partner.
In 2010 she appeared for the first time on the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour where she partnered actor Ricky Groves. They danced the American Smooth and the Paso Doble. She also partnered Matthew Cutler in the professional dances. In April 2010 rehearsals started for the Strictly Come Dancing Professionals Tour in which she partnered Matthew Cutler & two weeks later the opening night started the 12-week spectacular. The show went to Brighton, Birmingham, Dublin, Cardiff, Leicester, Southampton, Plymouth, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Hammersmith & Bournemouth.
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Andrew Peach
Andrew Peach (born in Walsall, West Midlands) is a radio presenter in the UK. He presents regular news and phone-in shows on BBC WM and BBC Radio Berkshire. He is an occasional stand-in presenter on BBC Radio Five Live and a freelance newsreader on BBC Radio 2.
Andrew Peach was educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School in Walsall and St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he achieved a first class master's degree in Modern History and Politics. He is a member of Mensa and is a qualified piano teacher. He lives in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire with his wife and two children. He is patron of two charities in Berkshire: Thames Hospicecare, which runs hospices in Windsor and Ascot and WAMDSAD, a disabled sports charity in Maidenhead.
Peach's career started at BBC Radio Oxford in 1991. He joined BBC Radio Berkshire in 1992, BBC Radio 2 in 1998, BBC WM in 2008 and BBC Radio Five Live in 2010.
Peach was nominated as UK Speech Broadcaster of the Year in the 2010 Sony Radio Academy Awards. His programmes were nominated for Sony Awards in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010 winning one gold, one silver and two bronze awards.
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Angus Deayton
Gordon Angus Deayton (/ˈdiːtən/; born 6 January 1956)[citation needed] is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster. He is best known as the former presenter of the satirical panel game Have I Got News for You, a job from which he was dismissed in October 2002 after a second round of tabloid allegations about his personal life. He is also known for his role as Victor Meldrew's long-suffering neighbour Patrick Trench in the comedy series One Foot in the Grave.
The youngest of three sons to a Prudential plc insurance broker/manager and a home economics school teacher, Deayton was brought up in Banstead, Surrey, and attended Oakhyrst Grange School and Caterham School. He showed early promise as a footballer, and had a trial with Crystal Palace. He was captain of the Caterham U16 Rugby team.
Deayton read languages at New College, Oxford, where he was recruited into the Oxford Revue, performing with them at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This led to the creation of the parody band The Hee Bee Gee Bees (re the Bee Gees) in 1980, with the songs written by Richard Curtis and Philip Pope. Their best-selling single "Meaningless Songs (In Very High Voices)" (plus the B-side "Posing in the Moonlight") was a parody of the falsetto style of countless disco hits by the Bee Gees.
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Anneka Rice
Anne "Anneka" Rice (born 4 October 1958) is a British television presenter.
Rice was born in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
She was educated at three independent schools: at Dunrobin School, Limpsfield, Surrey; St Michael's Surrey; Croydon High School.
She changed her name to Anneka when she joined the British actors' union Equity, as her birth-name had already been registered with that organisation.
Rice began her TV career as a trainee for the BBC World Service. At the age of 19 she moved to Hong Kong, where she presented the news on English language television station TVB Pearl. Upon returning to the UK three years later, she worked as a secretary in the BBC Children's department.
In 1983 she landed her first major TV job as the jump-suited "skyrunner" of Channel 4's Treasure Hunt, which was hosted by former BBC newsman Kenneth Kendall. The show proved one of Channel 4's most popular programmes and was nominated for a BAFTA in 1986, in the category "Best Light Entertainment Programme". In the same year, Rice was given the "Rear of the Year" award. Rice left Treasure Hunt when she became pregnant in 1988, being replaced by former tennis player Annabel Croft.
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Arlene Phillips
Arlene Phillips OBE (born 22 May 1943) is an English choreographer, theatre director, talent scout, TV presenter, TV judge and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment. For many years she was most noted as the choreographer of numerous West End and Broadway musicals, films and television shows, but she has since achieved mainstream fame as a judge on television talent shows including Strictly Come Dancing and So You Think You Can Dance. On 15 April 2010, she made her first appearance as a panellist for the ITV1 television series Loose Women.
Phillips was born in 1943 and grew up in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. She is Jewish and has a brother, Ian and a sister, Karen. When Phillips was 15, her mother, who had been suffering from leukaemia, died aged 43. Her father died of Alzheimer's at age 89.
Phillips originally wanted to be a ballet dancer and began dance classes at the age of three, studying ballet and tap dance at the Muriel Tweedy School in Manchester. Her mother had always expressed a desire to dance, which inspired Phillips into pursuing dance professionally.
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Artem Chigvintsev
Artem Chigvintsev (Russian: Артём Чигвинцев; born 12 June 1982)[citation needed] is a Russian professional dancer, born at Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic, RSFSR, Soviet Union, specialising in Latin dancing.
He moved to the United States in 2003, and began dancing with champion ballroom dancer Giselle Peacock, who became his wife. The couple separated eight months later when he auditioned to appear as a contestant on the first series of So You Think You Can Dance. Chigvintsev was eliminated alongside his fellow contestant Melissa Vella, and became an assistant choreographer for season two.
He also appeared on Dancing with the Stars and toured with the Dancing with the Stars live show.
Chigvintsev joined the cast of Burn The Floor. He performed both on Broadway and more recently in the West End.
In September 2010, Chigvintsev joined Strictly Come Dancing season 8 as a professional dancer, where he was partnered with actress Kara Tointon. The pair achieved good scores in the first five weeks of 30, 32, 31, 32, and 37. In week 5, they were awarded the first 10 of the series by Alesha Dixon for their paso doble. In week 6 they were top of the leaderboard with their salsa. They also had good scores for the next five weeks of 36, 38, 35, 34, and 38. In week 11, they got their highest score of 39 for the Viennese Waltz and Rumba and got the maximum 5/5 for the swing-a-thon. Chigvintsev and Tointon made it to the final along with Matt Baker and Pamela Stephenson. The pair went on to win the competition, beating Matt Baker and his partner Aliona Vilani into second place to be crowned series champions for 2010 . Chigvintsev is one of three professionals to win the series as a first time Strictly pro.
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Barry McGuigan
Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE (born 28 February 1961), known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish and British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.
McGuigan was born in Clones, Ireland, son of singer Pat McGuigan (died 1987). He represented Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Games at Edmonton 1978 and represented Ireland at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Pat McGuigan sang "Danny Boy" before several of his son's fights. This fact inspired the Hacienda Brothers' song "If Daddy Don't Sing Danny Boy", written by boxer and musician Chris Gaffney.
During his career, McGuigan fought at a number of venues in Ireland and Britain. He attracted an enormous following in the mid-1980s, particularly to the King's Hall in Belfast which he normally filled to capacity. McGuigan is a Roman Catholic, and at a time when Roman Catholics and Protestants were clashing during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, McGuigan married a Protestant woman, Sandra, and they have been married for 28 years. McGuigan has commented on the support he got from both Protestant and Catholic in Ireland that it was because:
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Bob Shennan
Robert Duncan James Shennan (born 18 March 1962, Wirral, Cheshire, better known as Bob Shennan) is a British radio executive who was appointed as Controller of BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music in January 2009.
He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Shennan has been a senior executive in radio and television for a number of years. He started as a journalist at Hereward Radio in Peterborough from 1984-7. He joined BBC Sport in 1987 as a trainee radio sport producer and was part of the team that founded BBC Radio Five Live. After a spell as Head of BBC Sport where he had overall responsibility for sports coverage on BBC radio and television, he was appointed head of BBC Radio 5 Live in 2000. As the network's controller he oversaw the launch of BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra in 2002, and also took over as controller of the BBC Asian Network in 2004.
In December 2007 it was announced that Shennan would be leaving the BBC to take up a position as Director of Radio at Channel Four. He joined the broadcaster in April 2008 as it made plans to diversify into radio with the launch of several stations under the banner of Channel Four Radio. However, in October 2008 Channel Four shelved its radio project in order to make a reported £100million in savings.
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Bobbie Pryor
Bobbie Pryor is a British radio presenter who currently reads the traffic news on BBC Radio 2 at weekends and bank holidays and is also the regular stand-in for both Lynn Bowles (weekday mornings) and Sally Boazman aka Sally Traffic (weekday afternoons). Pryor has previously worked as Venus on Invicta FM co-presenting the 9pm to 1am show in the early 1990s with Chris Ryder (during his Caesar The Boogieman days) and later with his replacement Ian Collins this time under her real name.
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Brendan Cole
Brendan Cole (born 23 April 1976) is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, a dance contest in which a professional ballroom dancer is partnered with a celebrity amateur dancer. He has also judged three seasons of New Zealand's own Dancing with the Stars.
Cole was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has danced since he was six, and moved to the United Kingdom when he was nineteen. Before he danced professionally he worked as a builder.
He danced with Camilla Dallerup, a fellow contestant on the BBC's earlier long-running show Come Dancing, as amateurs from 1996, and from 2002-2004 as professionals. They competed for New Zealand: Camilla Dallerup is Danish-born. In 2003 Dallerup and Cole were placed 3rd for Latin American at the UK Closed Championships. During the professional group dances on Strictly Come Dancing, Brendan danced with Karen Hardy for series 3 to 5 then with fellow New Zealander, Hayley Holt, for series 6. His celebrity partner for series six was Lisa Snowdon, with whom he reached the final to be placed third.
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Brian Matthew
Brian Matthew (born 17 September 1928) is a British broadcaster, who became well known in the 1960s. He is still broadcasting on radio for the BBC, having presented Sounds of the 60s since 1990, often employing the same vocabulary and the same measured delivery he used in previous decades.
Born in Coventry, England, Matthew was educated at the city's Bablake School and started broadcasting in 1948 in Germany, and trained as an actor at RADA before joining the BBC in 1954. He became popular in the days of the BBC Light Programme, hosting Saturday Club (originally called Saturday Skiffle Club, starting in 1957 and changing to its more familiar name in 1958) and Easy Beat (starting in 1960). At the time, there was little pop music played on BBC Radio, certainly when compared to the huge demand for it among young people, and the shows attracted audiences into the millions. Virtually all the big stars of the era, including The Beatles, appeared on the shows.
On television, he is probably best remembered as the presenter of Thank Your Lucky Stars (ITV 1961-66).
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British people
British people (also referred to as the British, Britons, or informally as Brits or Britishers) are citizens or natives of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, of any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants.British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by birth in the UK or by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, the term British people refers to the ancient Britons, the indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain south of the Forth.
Although early assertions of being British date from the Late Middle Ages, the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 triggered a sense of British national identity. The notion of Britishness was forged during the Napoleonic Wars between Britain and the First French Empire, and developed further during the Victorian era. The complex history of the formation of the United Kingdom created a "particular sense of nationhood and belonging" in Great Britain; Britishness became "superimposed on much older identities", of English, Scots and Welsh cultures, whose distinctiveness still resist notions of a homogenised British identity. Because of longstanding ethno-sectarian divisions, British identity in Northern Ireland is controversial, but it is held with strong conviction by unionists.
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Bruce Forsyth
Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE, (born 22 February 1928), commonly known as Bruce Forsyth, or Brucie, is an English TV personality. He became known through the series Sunday Night at the London Palladium, going on to present television series such as The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, The Price Is Right (UK), You Bet! and Strictly Come Dancing.
Forsyth was born in Edmonton, London, the son of Florence Ada (née Pocknell) and John Thomas Forsyth-Johnson. His family owned a car repair garage in Victoria Road, Edmonton, and as members of the Salvation Army his parents played brass instruments and his mother was a singer. His great grandfather Joseph Forsyth Johnson (1840–1906) was a landscape architect who worked in Russia, Ireland and the United States. His great-great-great-great grandfather William Forsyth (1737–1804) was a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society and the namesake of the plant genus Forsythia.
Forsyth attended The Latymer School. After watching Fred Astaire in films at age eight, he trained in dance in Tottenham and then Brixton. He started in show business aged 14, with a song, dance, and accordion act called "Boy Bruce, the Mighty Atom." His first appearance was at the Theatre Royal, Bilston, with The Great Marzo at the top of the bill. Forsyth made his television debut in 1939 as a child, singing and dancing on a talent show introduced by Jasmine Bligh, probably an episode of Come and Be Televised (BBC, 1939), broadcast from Radiolympia.
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Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli (born 25 November 1955) is an Italian choreographer and TV personality who appears as a judge on the television dance competition Strictly Come Dancing for BBC TV in the UK, and its American adaptation Dancing with the Stars on ABC TV in the US, Tonioli co-created and appeared on the BBC talent show DanceX and its American adaptation, Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann.
In the early 1970s, Tonioli was a member of the Paris-based company La Grande Eugène and later joined the Lindsay Kemp Company. He worked extensively as a freelance dancer, including an appearance in Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" video.
Tonioli has worked in the music business as a choreographer for music videos, stage shows, and tours for artists such as Tina Turner, Sting, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Freddie Mercury, Sinitta, Boy George, and Duran Duran. His close association with Bananarama produced many videos, from "Venus" to "Movin' On". Tonioli choreographed the band Arcadia's music video for their song "Election Day" as documented in a 1980s documentary entitled The Making of Election Day.
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Camilla Dallerup
Camilla Dallerup (born 6 April 1974 in Aalborg) is a British-based Danish ballroom dancer, dance teacher and model.
Dallerup started dancing at the age of two and a half when her mother took her to her first class in Aalborg. She won the Danish Junior Championships at the age of 12. She later moved to Auckland, New Zealand, where she competed with Brendan Cole, who also became her fiancé. In 2003, Dallerup and Cole were placed third in Latin American at the UK Closed Championships, and in the top 12 of the world professionals at the open British championships. She currently dances and runs her business www.TrulyFabulousEvents.com with Ian Waite, with whom she placed second for Latin American at the 2005 UK Closed Championships.
In 2006, Camilla trained Travis Oliver and choreographed his Rumba for the movie Everything To Dance For, in which Brendan Cole also starred.
In September 2007, Dallerup represented the UK in the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest 2007, along with former dance partner Brendan Cole. They were placed 15th out of sixteen couples.
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Cat Deeley
Catherine Elizabeth "Cat" Deeley (born 23 October 1976) is an English television presenter and model. Since 2006, Deeley has also been the host of So You Think You Can Dance in the United States, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program, As of 2008 she is also the face of Pantene shampoo in the UK.
Deeley was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. She attended Grove Vale Junior School in Great Barr Sandwell, followed by Dartmouth High School in Great Barr, where she played the clarinet in the Sandwell Youth Concert Band. She then joined the sixth form at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School.
At age 14, Deeley entered a regional edition of a BBC competition for The Clothes Show, in which she reached the national finals. Spotted by an agent for Storm modeling agency at age 16, she was quickly signed as a model under her nickname of Cat to make it easier for clients to re-book her.
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Charles McLelland
Charles McLelland 'Fuzz'(19 November 1930 - 2 December 2004) was the controller of BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 from 1976 to 1978, and the controller solely of BBC Radio 2 from 1978 to 1980, when the two stations' management teams were separated. Under McLelland, Radio 2 started broadcasting 24 hours a day. He also played a pivotal role in radio planning as chairman of the European Broadcasting Union radio programme committee.
In his earlier life, McLelland served in the Royal Artillery for two years, before joining The Glasgow Herald in 1954 as a sub-editor and leader writer.
McLelland was the head of the BBC Arabic service from 1971 to 1975 and played an important role in feeding the growing interest in Asian music and culture in Britain. To prepare for the job he took a one-year course in Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies in Lebanon. He left the BBC in 1986 to become director-general of the Association of British Travel Agents in 1987.
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Charles Nove
Charles Alexis Nove (born 29 June 1960, London) is a British newsreader and continuity announcer for BBC radio and television.
The son of Soviet historian Alec Nove, his earliest presentational experience was at Glasgow's Hospital Broadcasting Service in 1976. Nove has in the past served as a co-presenter and announcer on the original Come Dancing and announcer again for the gameshow Wipeout since 1995. He has also served as a BBC 1 continuity announcer and has presented Radio programmes on Radio 2, Jazz FM, Magic FM and many others.
For several years, he was also the presenter of the EuroMix in-flight audio entertainment channel, exclusive to Emirates Airlines, showcasing artists such as Regy Clasen and Paola e Chiara. Long-haul passengers on BMI flights are guided through a special in-flight Yoga session presented by Nove on their Relaxation Channel. Nove has covered for regular National Lottery announcer Alan Dedicoat. Since May 2011 Charles Nove has been a presenter on BBC Radio Oxford, where he broadcasts on Sunday between 6 and 9am.
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Chris Hollins
Chris Hollins (born 20 March 1971) is an English journalist, presenter and sportsman, currently employed by the BBC and best known for being the sports correspondent for BBC Breakfast, and for winning Strictly Come Dancing 2009.
Christopher Jonathan Hollins was born into a footballing family in Bromley, South London. His father is John Hollins MBE, the former Chelsea, Arsenal, QPR and England footballer. His uncle David was a goalkeeper and played for Newcastle United as well as Wales, winning eleven caps.
Hollins was educated at Bickley Park School in Bromley and Tonbridge School, Durham University, Hild Bede College, and Keble College, Oxford.
After leaving Tonbridge School in 1989, he played football for Charlton, Queens Park Rangers, and Aldershot Town. He then attended Durham University and subsequently Oxford University for whom he played first-class cricket and gained a blue.
Hollins started his media career at London TV station Channel One TV, then owned by Associated newspapers, he then moved to Sky Sports in 1994 followed by spells at GMTV, Meridian and Five TV.
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Christina Machamer
Christina Machamer (born March 13, 1982) is an American chef who won the fourth season of Fox Network's reality cooking show Hell's Kitchen. She was awarded a chef position at Gordon Ramsay's new London West Hollywood restaurant where she earned a $250,000 yearly salary.
Christina, the daughter of Rick and Leasa Machamer, was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri and began working in restaurants at age 16. She graduated from Lafayette High School in 2000 and after some time in college, she dropped out of pre-law and decided that cooking was her calling in life. After an apprenticeship with chef Larry Forgione at An American Place, she began her formal training at Forest Park Community College in 2003. She moved onto the The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York in the spring of 2006 and graduated February 29, 2008.
At the Culinary Institute, she graduated at the top of her class.
Machamer decided to apply to Hell's Kitchen after watching season 3. She went to the open audition in Manhattan and was called back for a screen test. The casting director thought she was "hilarious."
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Clare Teal
Clare Teal (born 14 May 1973, Kildwick, Yorkshire) is an English jazz singer who has become famous not only for her singing, but also for having signed the biggest ever recording contract by a British jazz singer.
Teal was brought up in the Kildwick area of Yorkshire. She developed an interest in jazz from an early age, through her father's collection of 78rpm records, becoming "obsessed" with big band singers like Ella Fitzgerald and big bands like Joe Loss. She took music lessons (first on the electronic organ, then more formally on clarinet), before going to study music at Wolverhampton University.
While at university, Teal found herself without clarinet for an unexpected examination. Deciding to sing instead, she not only got her "best grades ever", but discovered that she loved singing in public. After graduation, she started a career in advertising, singing in her spare time with various amateur and semi-professional bands.
In a 2007 article which appeared in The Times, Teal stated that she had recently lost about three stone (19 kilograms) in weight after discovering that she is affected by Polycystic ovary syndrome. She considers herself lucky because her record company Sony never asked her to lose weight. She says
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Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Anne I. Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English television presenter, film critic, radio personality and journalist.
Winkleman was born in Westminster, London, to a Jewish family, the daughter of Eve Pollard, former editor of the Sunday Express, and Barry Winkleman (born 1939), former publisher of The Times Atlas of the World. Her parents divorced when she was three; both remarried in 1979. Her stepfather is Sir Nicholas Lloyd, former editor of the Daily Express, and her half-sister, from her father's second marriage, to children's author Cindy Black, is actress Sophie Winkleman, wife of Lord Frederick Windsor. She has a younger half-brother, Oliver Lloyd, from her mother's second marriage, to Nicholas Lloyd.
Brought up in the London suburb of Hampstead, Winkleman was educated at the City of London School for Girls and Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, obtaining an MA Hons degree in History of Art.
Winkleman's first major television job was in 1991, on the regional discussion programme.Central Weekend. In 1992, she began frequently to appear in the long-running BBC series Holiday, and this continued throughout the mid-1990s. This culminated in a special documentary in which she travelled around the world for 34 days reporting from Japan, India, Costa Rica and Dubai.
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Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood (born 4 January 1965) is an Australian-British dancer, choreographer, and theatre director in the United Kingdom. He is a patron of the National Osteoporosis Society. Revel Horwood has substantial theatre credits in choreography and directing, but is perhaps best known as a judge on the television programme, Strictly Come Dancing. He published his autobiography in 2008.
Born in Ballarat, Australia in 1965, Horwood started his career as a dancer in Melbourne, then moved to London to take advantage of the greater opportunities available there. In 1989 he moved to the UK from Australia, and on 20 August 2011 became a British citizen.
In his autobiography, Horwood (nicknamed Craig Revel Horrid) reveals that at the age of 17 he made money by appearing as a drag queen in bars and clubs, and that his relationship with an unnamed celebrity was akin to prostitution.
He has twice undergone plastic surgery. The first occasion was a "nose job" at the age of 18. In 2011, Revel Horwood revealed that he had undergone a breast reduction during 2010 because his "C"-size cups rendered dancing painful.
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Darcey Bussell
Darcey Andrea Bussell CBE (born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pembleton Crittle on 27 April 1969 in London) is a retired English ballerina. Trained at the Arts Educational School and the Royal Ballet School, she was later employed by the Royal Ballet, where she was promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer and would become recognised as one of the greatest English ballerinas of all time. She has performed as a guest artist with leading international ballet companies and, since retiring from professional ballet in 2007, has continued to be active in the world of dance. She has performed with Katherine Jenkins in the show Viva La Diva, appeared as guest judge on the BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing in 2009, and authored a series of dance books for children. Darcey will be replacing Alesha Dixon on the Strictly Come Dancing judging panel for the 2012 series.
Darcey Bussell was born to businessman John Crittle and his English wife Andrea. After the couple divorced when Darcey was three, her mother remarried and Darcey was adopted by her mother's new husband, Australian dentist Philip Bussell. The family spent some time in Australia, where Darcey attended school before they returned to London for Darcey to be educated at the Fox Primary School.
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Darren Gough
Darren Gough (born 18 September 1970) is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals with 234, and took 229 wickets in his 58 Test matches, making him England's ninth most successful wicket-taker.
Gough was a right arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman. 1.80 m (5' 11") and broad in beam, he achieved his pace from a good approach to the wicket and a leaping sideways-on action, achieving what was often described as "skiddy" fast bowling. Capable of swinging the ball late, a large number of his wickets were gained through LBW or bowled, often with the inswinging yorker delivery.
Gough retired at the end of the 2008 cricket season with Justin Langer as his final first-class wicket. Justin commented in his BBC column that "Darren Gough will retire as one of the most respected and admired cricketers of our generation." also noting that Gough had commented to Langer after his final match "I am happy to finish with an Aussie in my pocket.". Gough retired on a high being regarded as a model professional in the game and a Yorkshire legend.
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Dave Pearce
Dave Pearce is a British dance DJ and record producer, who has played gigs across the UK and the world, although he is perhaps best known for his work in radio. He formerly presented the long-running Dance Anthems show on BBC Radio 1, which was for most of its time aired on early Sunday evenings before moving to late Friday nights in its final year. His last show on BBC Radio 1 was broadcast on Friday 26 September 2008. He has brought several sayings into the world of dance including "putting on your trance trousers" when he plays a trance record, "roll another phat one" meaning to play another great record. He is also known for his cry of "Oi Oi!" from the DJ booth. Pearce has also broadcasted on BBC Radio 6 Music. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 2.
He began his broadcasting career in 1981 on pirate radio station Radio Jackie, in South London, while he was still at school. He later ran his own pirate station, DDP Radio in Claygate, Surrey, together with Paul Kent (Eugene Perera), who later went on to operate a licensed station in Brighton, and Steve Collins (Stephen Benzikie) the Daily Mail journalist-turned-PR adviser. DDP was closed down prior to his joining BBC Radio London. He then worked behind the scenes at BBC Radio London, where he later took on a late Monday night show - 'A Fresh Start to the Week' - playing new club tunes. He was then one of the original presenters on BBC GLR in 1988, presenting their weekday evening show, which focused on dance, acid-house & rap. In 1990, Pearce joined London's Kiss 100, and presented the drivetime show with Gordon Mac before taking over the breakfast show from Craig Charles.
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David Hatch
Sir David Hatch (7 May 1939 – 13 June 2007) was involved in production and management at BBC Radio, where he held many executive positions, including Head of Light Entertainment (Radio), Controller of BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 and later Managing Director of BBC Radio.
Born in Barnsley, he attended St John's School, Leatherhead and Queens' College, Cambridge, and joined the Cambridge Footlights Club. He was a member of the cast of the 1963 Footlights revue A Clump of Plinths, which was so successful during its run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that the revue transferred to the West End of London under the title of Cambridge Circus and later taken on tour to both New Zealand and Broadway in September 1964. Hatch was later a student teacher at Bloxham School, Oxfordshire.
A BBC Radio production of Cambridge Circus, titled I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, launched many of the show's cast, including Hatch, into a radio comedy series of the same name. Meanwhile he was responsible for the radio versions of Doctor in the House, Doctor at Large, Brothers in Law and All Gas and Gaiters. Hatch co-devised the satirical show Week Ending and produced other comedy radio shows such as Just a Minute, Hello, Cheeky!, The Burkiss Way, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, The Frankie Howerd Show (1974), and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
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Desmond Carrington
Desmond Carrington (born 23 May 1926) is a UK-based actor and broadcaster, currently best known for his weekly show on BBC Radio 2. His show went out on Sundays for 23 years from 1981 to 2004, when it moved to Tuesdays - then to Fridays. He currently lives in Perthshire, Scotland.
Carrington's first professional stage appearance was in 1942, when he played Cockney schoolboy Roberts in James Hilton's play Goodbye, Mr. Chips at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, opposite Noel Johnson, as Mr Chips - Johnston was the radio voice of Dick Barton. Carrington was conscripted into the army a year later. At the end of World War II he joined a British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) radio station in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He returned to the UK a few years later and worked as a radio producer as well as acting in a couple of films and on TV, where he became well known as Dr Anderson in Emergency-Ward 10. He also starred in two of the thirteen A Case For Dr. Morelle radio shows, in 1957, with Cecil Parker, as the lead.
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Douglas Muggeridge
Douglas Muggeridge (1928–26 February 1985) was the controller of BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 from February 1969 until 1976.
Muggeridge first worked as a reporter for the Liverpool Post, joining the BBC in 1956 as a radio producer. He was appointed as controller of Radio 1 & 2 in February 1969. Following on from Robin Scott, the first Controller for the two networks, Muggeridge tried to up-date the BBC's thinking on pop music radio. Although not a great pop music fan himself, he was responsible for giving both networks their individual identities and for introducing a twice-daily news magazine programme to Radio 1. Entitled 'Newsbeat' the programme still features on the network today. In 1971, he appointed Rodney Collins - known as a supporter of pirate radio through his weekly music newspaper columns - as Publicity Officer for the two networks in an attempt to gain more coverage for Radio 1 in music papers such as the NME, Melody Maker, Disc and Record Mirror. In 1971, Muggeridge signed up leading BBC broadcasters such as Tony Blackburn, Jimmy Young and Pete Murray to long-term contracts in the face of the challenge from the new local commercial radio stations. He was later the Director of Programmes and Deputy Managing Director of Radio, before becoming Managing Director of External Broadcasting in 1981, overseeing the BBC World Service. He was nephew of Malcolm Muggeridge.
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Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige OBE (née Bickerstaff; born 5 March 1948) is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, North London, Paige attended the Aida Foster stage school, making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16. Her appearance in the 1968 production of Hair marked her West End debut.
Following a number of roles over the next decade, Paige was selected to play Eva Perón in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. For this role, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a Musical. She went on to originate the role of Grizabella in Cats and had a Top 10 hit with "Memory", a song from the show. In 1985, Paige released "I Know Him So Well" with Barbara Dickson from the musical Chess, which remains the biggest-selling record by a female duo. She then appeared in the original stage production of Chess, followed by a starring role in Anything Goes which she also co-produced. Paige made her Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard in 1996, playing the lead role of Norma Desmond, to critical acclaim. She appeared in The King and I from 2000 to 2001, and six years later she returned to the West End stage in The Drowsy Chaperone. She has also worked sporadically in television.
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English people
The English (from Old English: Englisc) are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens. Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, a Germanic people originally from Northern Germany who migrated to Britain.
Historically, the English population is descended from several genetically similar peoples—the earlier Britons (or Brythons), the Germanic tribes that settled in the area, including Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons, who founded what was to become England (from the Old English Englaland), and the later Danes, Normans and other groups. Following the Act of Union in 1707, in which the Kingdom of England became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain, English customs and identity became closely aligned with British customs and identity.
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Eve Pollard
Evelyn "Eve" Pollard, Lady Lloyd, OBE (born 25 December 1945) is an English author, journalist and a former editor of several tabloid newspapers.
Pollard was born in London. In her early years, Pollard (then known as Pollock) lived in Maida Vale, London, with her Jewish parents and younger twin brothers, Peter and Ralph Pollard, who now live in Southern California. Her mother had left Austria in 1938 and her Hungarian father arrived with the Free French in 1940. She attended an all-girls Catholic school in south London where she developed a love of journalism. Her career began at Honey magazine where she was the tea girl, eventually becoming fashion editor in 1967, moving to the Daily Mirror the following year.
She was the second female editor, in modern times, of a national newspaper in the UK editing the Sunday Mirror from 1987–1991 and the Sunday Express from 1991-1994. Wendy Henry, former editor of the News of the World and the Sunday People, was the first.
In 1985 she was launch editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine in the US and edited the Sunday magazine for the News of the World and You magazine for the Mail on Sunday. She has also worked in television as features editor of TV-am (1982–1983), and devised the series Frocks-on-the-Box for the ITV contractor TVS during the 1980s, a series which ran for two thirteen-part series. She has often appeared on radio and TV and was a regular participant in Through the Keyhole. In 2003 Pollard was a guest panelist on the award winning talk show Loose Women.
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Fran Godfrey
Frances Helen Godfrey (born 29 June 1953) is a BBC Radio 2 newsreader, most famous for her appearances on Wake Up to Wogan, the highest-rated radio show in Britain. She is described by Sir Terry Wogan as "Fran Godfrey - Traffic Totty and Mimi (Me, me, me, me, me...)..." Godfrey began contributing to Wake Up to Wogan in 1993 and made her final appearance on the show on 9 May 2008.
Born in Hampstead, London, Godfrey left England at the age of two to live in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), returning four years later with parents and brothers Tony and Nick to live for a short time near Oxford, before moving to Highcliffe in Dorset. She was educated at the Convent of the Cross, and the Polytechnic of Central London before moving into secretarial work for several years in London and Bournemouth.
In 1980 she approached the independent local radio station in Bournemouth - 2CR - and accepted a job as a Technical Operator. Godfrey then became Assistant to the Commercial Producer, which involved creative writing and producing. In 1984, Godfrey began presenting, and in time presented every type of programme on the station.
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Frank Renton
Frank Renton is a British musician, conductor and broadcaster, and current host of Listen to the Band on BBC Radio Two, now in his fifteenth year with the programme.
An accomplished trumpet player, Renton won a competition for young conductors at the 1967 Edinburgh Festival,whilst employed as a musician in the British Army. Conducting appointments soon followed in West Germany, Cyprus, Singapore and Scotland, before returning to England as Director of a Military Music School in York. He was Music Director for Versatile Brass for three years, and began conducting the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. He has also worked extensively with the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Radio Orchestra, as well as writing and producing a number of musical programmes for BBC radio.
In 1985 Renton was appointed Principal Conductor of the Royal Artillery Orchestra in London, then in 1988 accepted the dual appointment of Principal Director of Music for the Army and Director of the Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall in the rank of Lt. Colonel, the youngest person ever to hold the dual appointments. In 1988, he also became Principal Conductor of the British Concert Orchestra, and began to guest conduct all over the world. Through the series of Royal Concerts in London he conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Halle Orchestra, the Orchestra of English National Opera and the Scottish National orchestra. and was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 1986 He is also a member of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.
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Gary Rhodes
Gary Rhodes OBE (born 22 April 1960) is an English restaurateur, cookery writer, and chef, known for his love of British cuisine and distinctive spiked hair style (which has since been shaved off).
He has fronted shows such as MasterChef, MasterChef USA, Hell's Kitchen, and his own series, Rhodes Around Britain. In 2006 he competed to represent the South of England in the BBC's Great British Menu, but lost to Atul Kochhar.
As well as owning four restaurants, Rhodes also has his own line of cookware and bread mixes.
Rhodes can now be seen on the new ITV1 programme Saturday Cooks, as well as the UKTV Food show Local Food Hero and in television adverts for Flora margarine, some of which featured him "driving a van topped with a giant styrofoam crumpet" which were banned.
Born in south London in 1960, his family moved to Gillingham where he went to The Howard School for Boys in Rainham, Kent. He then went on to catering college in Thanet where he met his wife Jennie.
His first job was at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel. He was hit by a transit van in Amsterdam leaving him with serious injuries. He then toured Europe in various jobs before becoming sous chef at the Reform Club, Pall Mall and then on to the Capital Hotel in Knightsbridge, earning it a Michelin Star in 2001.
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Gordon Ramsay
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE (born 8 November 1966) is a British chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars in total and currently holds 12.
Ramsay is known for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell's Kitchen, The F Word, Ramsay's Best Restaurant, and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, along with the American versions of Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, and MasterChef.
Gordon Ramsay was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England from the age of 5. Ramsay is the second of four children; he has an older sister, Diane, a younger brother, Ronnie, and a younger sister, Yvonne. Ramsay's father Gordon (died 1997) was, at various times, a swimming pool manager, a welder, and a shopkeeper; his mother, Helen Cosgrove, and Yvonne have been nurses. Ramsay has described his early life as "hopelessly itinerant", as his family moved constantly due to the aspirations and failures of his father, who was violent. In 1976, they finally settled in Stratford-upon-Avon where he grew up in the Bishopton area of the town. In past public interviews, Ramsay has declined to describe his father as an alcoholic; however, his autobiography, Humble Pie, describes his early life as being marked by abuse and neglect from this "hard-drinking womaniser". At the age of 16, Ramsay moved out of the family house into a flat in Banbury.
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Graham Norton
Graham William Walker, known by his stage name Graham Norton, (born 4 April 1963) is an Irish actor, comedian, television presenter and columnist. He is the host of comedy chat programme The Graham Norton Show on BBC One in the UK and BBC America in the US. Hot Press has described him as "the 21st century's answer to Terry Wogan", with both men sharing an Irish background and the common link of being a BBC Radio 2 presenter and the BBC television commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest. Norton has won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Entertainment Performance on five occassions.
Norton was born in Clondalkin, a suburb of Dublin, but grew up in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland to a Protestant family. He was educated at Bandon Grammar School, in County Cork and then University College Cork but did not complete his studies.
In 1992 his stand-up comedy drag act in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as a tea-towel clad Mother Teresa of Calcutta made the press when Scottish Television's religious affairs department mistakenly thought he represented the real Mother Teresa.
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Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American film actor and producer. He is famous for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. Ford is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner, John Book in Witness and Jack Ryan in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. His career has spanned six decades and includes roles in several Hollywood blockbusters, including Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, Air Force One, and What Lies Beneath. At one point, four of the top six box-office hits of all time included one of his roles. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry.
In 1997, Ford was ranked No. 1 in Empire's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. As of July 2008[update], the United States domestic box office grosses of Ford's films total over US$3.5 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $6 billion, making Ford the third highest grossing U.S. domestic box-office star. Ford is the husband of actress Calista Flockhart.
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Harry Judd
Harry Mark Christopher Judd (born 23 December 1985) is an English musician who is best known as the drummer for British pop rock band McFly, along with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones. He won the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Judd was born in the town of Chelmsford in Essex in southern England, and educated at two leading co-educational independent schools: at Old Buckenham Hall in the village of Brettenham in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England, followed by Uppingham School in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland in central England.
Judd appeared in Busted's music video for their single "Crashed the Wedding", after which he joined McFly following auditions. Alongside his fellow band mates in McFly, Judd is often on TV programmes including The Paul O'Grady Show, T4's Freshly Squeezed and BBC programme Sound.
In January 2005, McFly guest-starred in an episode of the long-running BBC1 drama series Casualty.
In May 2006, McFly starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, which was released in the US on 12 May 2006 and in the UK on 30 June 2006. They played themselves in the film and the soundtrack featured a variety of their songs from their first two albums. During filming, rumours sparked of a relationship between Judd and Lohan. However, Lohan's reps denied this and said that it was just a publicity stunt. Judd spoke of his romance in the Sun at the end of last year (2011) saying they spent the night together "We did things teenagers do. We went far enough but not the full home run." Judd commented.
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Huey Morgan
Hugh "Huey" Morgan (born 8 August 1968 in New York City as Hugh Thomas Ángel Munger Díaz Morgan) is the frontman of the British-based, of New York origin, rock/hip hop group Fun Lovin' Criminals. He is a guitarist and applies his rock abilities in combination with hip hop music, jazz, rock music, reggae, and funk.
Morgan is half-Puerto Rican and half-Irish. In his youth he got into trouble with the law. A judge finally gave him the choice between going to jail or joining the Marines. He chose to join the Marines. This is mentioned in the song "The Grave And The Constant.
In 1993, Morgan formed the Fun Lovin' Criminals with Brian Leiser and Steve Borgovini.
Huey wrote a regular wine column for the British magazine Mondo from 2000 to 2001.
On TV, Morgan has appeared on the UK comedy music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks, twice as a guest panelist and once as a presenter. He also participated in the BBC's The Underdog Show, where eight celebrities trained and rehabilitated rescued dogs. He currently hosts 'Slips' on the music channel VIVA.
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James Moir
James Moir (usually known as Jim Moir) was a senior BBC executive for many years until his retirement in 2003. Among the programmes he produced were Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game from 1971-75.
Having been BBC Head of Light Entertainment from 1987–1993, he was appointed Controller of BBC Radio 2 in 1995 and took up his post in 1996. Many assumed this would be a quiet end to his career but he turned the station from a declining backwater to the most popular in the UK, winning back many former Radio 1 listeners who had defected to commercial radio. This was achieved through broadcasters like Steve Wright, Johnnie Walker, Janice Long, Paul Gambaccini, Lynn Parsons, Bob Harris and Alan Freeman, all of whom joined Radio 2 during Moir's controllership.
Moir was also responsible for negotiations between the BBC and the British royal family and negotiated the reduction in the scale of the BBC's planned coverage of the Queen Mother's death.
Moir is now married and lives in a little country town. He claims he 'loves his new life and wouldn't swap it for all the riches in the world'. News of his engagement brought great shock to his friends, but once the lady was confirmed as human enough for Moir, she was gladly accepted. She claims 'James is a bit crazy at time, but nothing I can't handle.'
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Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979) is a British pop and jazz-pop singer-songwriter, of Anglo-Burmese and Jewish extraction. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00.
Cullum was born in Rochford, Essex. He was brought up in Hullavington, Wiltshire.
His mother, Yvonne, is a secretary of Anglo-Burmese origin, whose family settled in North England after Burma's independence; his father, John Cullum, worked in finance. His paternal grandfather was a British Army officer, while his paternal grandmother was a Jewish refugee from Prussia who sang in Berlin nightclubs.
Cullum was educated at Grittleton House School, an independent school in the village of Grittleton, near the market town of Chippenham in Wiltshire, followed by the sixth form of Sheldon School, a state comprehensive school in the same county. He then rejected a place at the University of Oxford to go on to study English Literature and Film Studies at the University of Reading, where he graduated with First Class Honours.
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Janey Lee Grace
Janey Lee Grace, (born 4 March 1960, Nottingham, East Midlands) is a British based singer (mostly backing vocalist, although she has released solo recordings), author, television (VH-1 and ITV) presenter and radio disc jockey, firstly with Virgin Radio as a travel reporter and then graduating to her own late night show for the station.
She began her career singing backing vocals for George Michael, Kim Wilde and Boy George, touring the world with Wham! for three years. Her own chart success came in the summer of 1991 when she teamed up with Saint Etienne and local keyboardist Andrew Midgeley to form the dance act Cola Boy, reaching #8 in the UK Singles Chart with "7 Ways to Love". It also reached #9 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1991.
Since 1999, she has been heard on BBC Radio 2 alongside Steve Wright on Steve Wright in the Afternoon and at one stage had her own show from 3am-6am on Saturday mornings. Grace covered Wright's Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2 during December 2007 and January 2008. She also filled in during April 2010, when Wright was forced to remain in the United States due to the volcanic eruptions in Iceland of that month. In July and August 2010, and January 2011 she also sat in for Wright on his Sunday shows while he was on holiday.
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Janice Long
Janice Long (born 5 April 1955) is an English radio broadcaster currently working on BBC Radio 2. Her show is on Sunday to Thursday nights from midnight to 02:00. She is the older sister of TV and radio personality Keith Chegwin.
Following a career in the airline business, Long became a station assistant at BBC Radio Merseyside in Liverpool. She started presenting shows for the station shortly thereafter. After interviewing Paul Gambaccini, the latter recommended her to Radio 1.
Janice joined Radio 1 in December 1982 with her own Saturday evening show from 7:30 to 10 pm. From 1984 to 1987 she presented the Monday – Thursday Janice Long Show from 7.30-10pm, a mix of new music and current affairs, and record review programme Singled Out on Friday evenings from 5.45-7pm. On television, Long was a regular presenter of the BBC One chart show Top of the Pops between December 1982 and August 1988, and she returned to co-present its final show in July 2006.
In 1989, she joined London station BBC GLR, taking over from Nick Abbot on the breakfast show. At the time, GLR was being run by future Radio 1 controller Matthew Bannister and future Radio 1 executive Trevor Dann. In 1991, Long left the breakfast show of her own volition but continued to work for the station, where she took over a weekend show. In addition to this, she was heard presenting and producing occasional shows on the old BBC Radio 5. Long became involved with XFM in London, when it had a restricted service licence, and played a crucial part in its bid for a permanent licence.
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Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Lesley Ellison (born 30 May 1983, Liverpool, England) is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer. Ellison is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003, and as Meg Giry in the 2004 film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera.
Ellison studied dance from the age of three, first at a dance school in Liverpool, then later at the Elizabeth Hill School of Dancing in St. Helens. She has achieved examination passes with the Royal Academy of Dance and appeared on instructional videos for the academy. She has also taken examinations with the International Dance Teachers Association and won Ballet and Modern Dance titles at the IDTA Theatre Dance Championships in 1996 and 1997, and in addition was awarded the Carl Alan Award for ballet in 1998. Choosing to pursue a professional career in dance, she successfully auditioned for the Royal Ballet Lower School, but was asked to leave due to her large bust which ruined her chances for classical ballet. She left dance to pursue to acting.
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Jennifer Grey
Jennifer Elise Grey (born March 26, 1960) is an American actress known for her roles in the 1980s films Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Dirty Dancing, the latter for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She is also known for her 2010 victory in the eleventh season of the American version of Dancing with the Stars. Grey is the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Joel Grey and former actress/singer Jo Wilder.
Grey was born on March 26, 1960 in New York City, the daughter of stage and Academy Award-winning screen actor Joel Grey and former actress/singer Jo Wilder. Her paternal grandfather was comedian and musician Mickey Katz. Grey's parents both came from Jewish families.
Grey is an alumna of the Dalton School, a private school in Manhattan where she studied dance and acting, and where she met her best friend, actress Tracy Pollan. After graduating in 1978, Grey enrolled at Manhattan's Neighborhood Playhouse for two years of training as an actress. While waiting for roles, she supported herself waitressing.
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Jeremy Vine
Jeremy Guy Vine (born 17 May 1965) is a British author, journalist and news presenter for the BBC. He is known for his direct interview style and exclusive reporting from war-torn areas throughout Africa. He is the current host of the BBC Radio 2 programme, Jeremy Vine, which presents news, views, and interviews with live guests.
Jeremy Vine was born on 17 May 1965 in Epsom, Surrey, England. He is the son of Guy Vine and Diana Tillett. His younger brother is the comedian Tim Vine. Jeremy is married to BBC News presenter Rachel Schofield. The couple married in September 2002 in East Devon, and have two daughters.[citation needed]
Jeremy was educated at Lynton Preparatory School in Ewell and Epsom College and played the drums in a band called The Flared Generation. At Durham University (Hatfield College), he graduated with a 2:2 undergraduate degree in English.
After a short stint on Metro Radio, Vine enrolled in a journalism training course with the Coventry Evening Telegraph, before joining the BBC in 1987.
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Jill Halfpenny
Jill Halfpenny (born 15 July 1975) is an English actress.
Halfpenny is best known for her roles as Rebecca Hopkins in the British soap opera Coronation Street from 1999–2000, and as Kate Mitchell (née Morton) in rival soap EastEnders, from 2002–2005. She has appeared on television regularly since the early 1990s in serials such as Byker Grove, Coronation Street, EastEnders, Waterloo Road and Wild at Heart.
She is the aunt of Emmerdale actress Chelsea Halfpenny.
A native of Leam Lane, Gateshead, she attended St Edmund Campion RC school (now Cardinal Hume RC School) in Wrekenton. She is a former student of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (1994–1996) and she also went to drama school First Act Theatre in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne and to the Reavley Dance School in Felling, Gateshead, despite claiming on Strictly Come Dancing that she had received no previous training.
Halfpenny had a part in The Round Tower as Rosie Cotton. She began her acting career in the BBC television children's drama series Byker Grove, set in the Benwell area of Newcastle upon Tyne. Her other work has included appearances in Dalziel and Pascoe, Barbara and Coronation Street for television and theatre with the acclaimed Hull Truck Theatre Company.
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Jo Caulfield
Josephine Caulfield (born 1963) is a British actress, writer and comedian.
Born in Wales to Irish parents, she was brought up in Derbyshire and Leicestershire England.
At 17 Jo moved to London. For two years she lived in a squat in Ladbroke Grove, West London, and played drums in a Rockabilly band. Heavily influenced by The Cramps and The Fleshtones the band went nowhere fast due to their "lack of songs, musical ability and talent. But we did wear nice clothes" - Jo Caulfield (Radio 4 interview).
Deciding she wanted to get into comedy, Caulfield worked as a waitress during the day, saved up her tips, bought a small mic & amp, and opened her own comedy club. After meeting her partner, the couple agreed a two-year plan to either make it or give up. Caulfield was soon writing for Graham Norton, getting her own gigs, doing a BBC Radio 4 show.
In 2010 Jo Caulfield was nominated as ‘Funniest Woman 2010’ (LAFTA Awards). She has previously been nominated as ‘Best Female Comedian 2002’ (Chortle Awards), 'Best Compere 2004' (Chortle Awards) and one of ‘The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups’ (Channel4).
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Jo Whiley
Johanne "Jo" Whiley (born 4 July 1965, Northampton) is a British radio disc jockey and television presenter. She was the host of the long running weekday Jo Whiley Show on Radio 1.
Whiley was born to Martin, an electrician, and Christine a postmistress. She attended Campion School at Bugbrooke, near Northampton and then studied applied languages at Brighton Polytechnic. She swam competitively for Northamptonshire.
Whiley had an unusual upbringing due to her sister, Frances, suffering from cri du chat, the symptoms of which meant that her sister had no sense of danger, suffered from outbursts and temper tantrums, obsessive behaviour and a short attention span. The illness is congenital and Jo is a carrier. In 2006 she said that she had been tested at each of her pregnancies, and that she would have terminated any of the pregnancies if the tests had proved positive.
In her final year of her degree and still unsure of what she wanted to do, a conversation with a lecturer led to a job with BBC Radio Sussex on a show called Turn It Up. It allowed anyone to get on the radio, and also required Whiley to attend gigs and interview the musicians.
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Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Stephen Ross, OBE (born 17 November 1960) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross from 2001 until he left the BBC in 2010. Ross began hosting a new chat show on ITV1 starting 3 September 2011. Ross also hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2, and acted as a film critic and presenter of the Film programme. Other regular roles have included being a regular panellist on the comedy sports quiz They Think It's All Over from 1999 to 2006, and presenting the annual British Comedy Awards from 1991 to 2007, and 2009 onwards.
Ross began his television career as a programme researcher, before débuting as a television presenter for The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross on Channel 4 in 1987. Over the next decade he had several radio and television roles, many through his own production company, Channel X. In 1995 he sold his stake in Channel X, and embarked on a career with the BBC. In 1999, Ross took over presenting the Film programme from Barry Norman, and also began presenting his own radio show, while two years later he began hosting Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. For the chat show, Ross won three British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for Best Entertainment Performance, in 2004, 2006 and 2007. By 2006 Ross was believed to be the BBC's highest paid star. In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting. Ross has been involved in controversies throughout his broadcasting career. As a result, in 2008 he wrote a semi-autobiographical work titled Why Do I Say These Things?, detailing some of his life experiences.
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Jools Holland
Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze (1974-1980 & 1985-1990) and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, David Gilmour, Magazine and Bono.
Holland is a published author and appears on television shows besides his own and contributes to radio shows. In 2004, he collaborated with Tom Jones on an album of traditional R&B music. He currently hosts Later... with Jools Holland, a music-based show aired on BBC2, on which his annual show Hootenanny, is based.
His great grandfather came from Ireland.
Holland played as a session musician before finding fame, and his first studio session was with Wayne County & the Electric Chairs in 1976 on their track "F*ck Off."
Holland was a founding member of the British pop band Squeeze, formed in March 1974, in which he played keyboards until 1981 and helped the band to achieve millions of record sales, before pursuing his solo career.
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Kara Tointon
Kara Louise Tointon (born 5 August 1983) is a British actress, best known for playing Dawn Swann in BBC soap opera EastEnders. Tointon was the 2010 winner of BBC television series Strictly Come Dancing.
Tointon was born to Ken and Carol in Basildon, Essex. Together with her actress sister, Hannah (born 1987), Tointon was brought up in Leigh-on-Sea. Both sisters attended St Michael's School, Leigh, and St. Hilda's School, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. Tointon was diagnosed with dyslexia at age seven. She had speech and drama lessons at school.
Tointon's first professional acting experience came when she played the part of Brigitta in The Sound of Music at the Cliffs Pavilion. Her first appearance on television was as an extra in EastEnders in 1994, when she played a school friend of Sonia Fowler. She played the part of student Pauline Young in 2001's first series of Teachers on Channel 4.
Almost a month after her last Dream Team episode aired, it was revealed to the press that she would be joining the BBC soap EastEnders as a new character, Dawn Swann. Tointon auditioned for EastEnders at the same time as Tiana Benjamin, Matt Di Angelo, Kellie Shirley and Charlie Clements all auditioned for their respective roles. Tointon left EastEnders, along with co-star Ricky Groves, on 27 August 2009. She has said that she would return to EastEnders.
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Karen Hardy
Karen Hardy (born 14 July 1970) is a professional ballroom dancer, coach, teacher and adjudicator. In 1998 she won the professional International Latin American Dance Championship with Bryan Watson. She also won the United Kingdom Open, British National, European and World Masters championships. She now runs a dance studio at Imperial Wharf, London.
She started dancing aged five in her home town of Bournemouth, and competed in the United States for two years from the age of 18 winning both East and West Coast amateur championship titles. She returned to the UK in 1990 after two years in America where she teamed up with new partner Mark Lunn. It only took 6 months before they broke into the finals worldwide, representing England.
Karen turned professional in August 1994, after being asked to partner South African dancer Bryan Watson. They were highly successful from 1995–1999. In January 1995 they entered the Professional Final of the Pioneer United Kingdom Open Championship finishing fourth. Their progress to the top continued over the coming year going from fourth to first. The couple won the Carl Alan award for services to the dance world, and were named the most outstanding Latin American couple in 1995 by the Ballroom Dancers' Federation. During their 5 year partnership they were World Masters, Osaka World Trophy, United Kingdom Open, International Open, British National, Italian Open, London Open, Yankee Classic Professional Latin American Champions.
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Kate Thornton
Kate Thornton (born 7 February 1973) is an English journalist and television presenter. Early in her career, she was notable for her articles at the Daily Mirror and for her role as editor of Smash Hits magazine. She is most famous for her role as a TV presenter, being the first host of The X Factor and the anchor of Loose Women from 2009-2011.
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Kelvin MacKenzie
Kelvin Calder MacKenzie (born 22 October 1946, South London) is an English media executive and former newspaper editor. He is best known for being editor of The Sun newspaper between 1981 and 1994, an era in which the paper was established as Britain's best selling newspaper.
MacKenzie was educated at Alleyn's School. His parents were Ian and Mary Mackenzie, both journalists working for The South London Observer. When the South London Press took over their paper, Mary became Press Chief for the Tory leader of the Greater London Council, Sir Horace Cutler. Kelvin's father died in April 2004 at the age of 84. Kelvin MacKenzie left school with one O-level, in English literature. He joined the South East London Mercury at 17, and worked on local and then national newspapers, such as the Daily Express for the next ten years.
MacKenzie stated that he discovered early on in his career that he had little writing ability and that his talents lay in making up headlines and laying out pages. By 1978, at the age of 32, he was Managing Editor of the New York Post, two years after it was purchased by Rupert Murdoch, who already owned The Sun. Murdoch appointed him Sun editor in 1981 and is said to have described MacKenzie as his all-time "favourite editor".
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Ken Bruce
Kenneth Robertson Bruce (born 2 February 1951) is a British broadcaster known for his programme on BBC Radio 2, which is broadcast on weekdays from 9:30am until 12 noon.
Bruce was born in in Glasgow, Scotland. He attended Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow, before training to be a chartered accountant. He began his broadcasting career with the Hospital Broadcasting Service in Glasgow.
He then went on to become a staff announcer for BBC Radio 4 Scotland and then BBC Radio Scotland when it fully went on air in 1978. He also presented a Saturday morning show for the station.
In 1980 he took on the mid-morning slot then in 1983 the own daily afternoon show and was involved in a range of current affairs programmes. He presented the Ken Bruce Show on the BBC World Service in the late 1980s.
Bruce has presented different shows on BBC Radio 2. He first joined in 1982 as a stand in presenter, mainly covering Ray Moore on the Early show and presenting shows on BBC Radio Scotland on a line from studios in London.
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Len Goodman
Leonard Gordon 'Len' Goodman (born 25 April 1944) is a British professional ballroom dancer, dance judge, and coach. He is a leading personality on television dance programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars and runs a ballroom dance school in Dartford, Kent.
Goodman was born in Bethnal Green, the son of Louisa (née Eldridge) and Len Goodman. He moved to Blackfen near Welling (then in Kent) when he was six years old and attended Westwood Secondary Modern School where he was a member of the cricket team. He started dancing at the age of 19 after a short time as an apprentice welder (for Harland and Wolff in Woolwich). He tried dancing only in an attempt to recover from a foot injury sustained while playing football. He turned professional, won various competitions, and retired from dancing after winning the British Championships at Blackpool in his late twenties. He is a recipient of the Carl Alan Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions to dance. In 2006 and 2007, he was nominated for the Emmy Award in the Outstanding Reality/Competition Program category.
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Lesley Douglas
Lesley Douglas (born 7 June 1963) is a former British radio executive. She was the Controller of BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music from early 2004 until her resignation in October 2008 over the Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row.
Lesley Douglas was born in Longbenton, North Tyneside in 1963, where she grew up. As a child she went to see Sunderland A.F.C., her father's team, play at Roker Park and became hooked. A Bruce Springsteen fan with ambitions to be a journalist, she decided to study English at the University of Manchester to be closer to the vibrant 1980s Manchester scene.
On graduation, Douglas joined the BBC as a production assistant in 1986, and began at the David Jacobs Show, later joining the promotions department. In 1988, she worked as a producer on programmes such as the Gloria Hunniford Show and Brian Matthew's Round Midnight. In 1990, she returned to the Promotions department, then in 1993, she was promoted to be Editor of Radio 2 Presentation and Planning. She became Managing Editor of Radio 2, then became Head of Programmes in 2000.
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Lilia Kopylova
Lilia Andreyevna Kopylova (Russian: Лилия Андреевна Копылова), born 18 June 1978 in Moscow, Soviet Union, is a professional dancer.
With her husband Darren Bennett she has been competing as an amateur since July 1997 and as a professional since May 2003. The couple has achieved considerable success in the Professional Latin style of dancing, both nationally in the UK and internationally.
Lilia Kopylova started ice skating aged four, winning the title of Junior Moscow champion aged nine.
In 1987 she started training as a dancer. Her first dance partner was Mikhail Botashev, a Danish champion, and in 1990 they won a Lambada competition; and a year later, they were the first Soviet pair of their age to be allowed abroad to dance. They won the 1990 Danish Open in Copenhagen, followed by success that same year in France and Italy.
In 1994, Kopylova represented Russia in the International dance championships in Denmark. In 1997 she was introduced to Darren Bennett and five months later, having moved to the UK, they won the International and British amateur Youth Championships in July 1997. The couple turned professional in 2003, and are now regarded as one of Britain's finest Latin American dance couples and make regular appearances on British TV. Lilia's favourite dances are the rumba and the foxtrot.
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Linda Evans
Linda Evans (born on November 18, 1942) is an American actress. She is known primarily for her roles on television, and rose to fame playing Audra Barkley in the 1960s Western TV series, The Big Valley (1965–1969). Her most prominent role was that of Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC prime time television soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989.
Born Linda Evenstad in Hartford, Connecticut, Evans was the second of three daughters to a couple who were professional dancers. "Evenstad" was the name of the small farm in Nes, Hedmark in Norway from where her paternal great-grandmother emigrated to the US in 1884 with her young son (Evans' grandfather) and a couple of relatives.
When Evans was six months old, the family moved from Hartford to North Hollywood. To bring her out of her shyness her parents insisted that she take drama at school.[citation needed] When she started her professional career, she changed her last name to "Evans".
Evans has been married twice, first to actor and film producer John Derek from 1968 to 1974. Derek left Evans for Bo Derek who was 30 years his junior. Evans' second marriage was to Stan Herman, a property executive, from 1976 to 1981. In 1989, Evans began a relationship with new age musician Yanni, which lasted until 1998.
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Liza Tarbuck
Liza Tarbuck (
/ˈliːzə/ LEE-zə; born 21 November 1964) is an English actress, television and radio presenter, and daughter of comedian Jimmy Tarbuck.
She trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA graduating in 1986 alongside Clive Owen, Rebecca Pidgeon, Serena Harragin and Mark Womack
Her first big break came in the late 1980s with a starring role in the long-running Granada Television comedy series Watching, in which she played a character called Pamela, opposite Emma Wray. Tarbuck then appeared as Angie in the 1988 Falklands War drama Tumbledown, which also starred Colin Firth, Paul Rhys and David Calder. In 2001, she took the title role in Linda Green, which ran for two series, ending in 2002.
In more recent times, she has guest starred on the Ricky Gervais comedy Extras, and has appeared in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as DI Fiona Knight. In 2004, Tarbuck appeared in Series 6 of the long-running BBC One comedy, French & Saunders, as a fictionalized version of herself, where she had the role of Producer for "Saunders & French Productions". In 2005, Tarbuck appeared as Mrs. Jellyby in the BBC One Serial Bleak House. And in 2006, She appeared in episode six of the sitcom, Saxondale, as a full-figured rock chick.
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Lynn Bowles
Lynn M. Bowles is a British radio traffic reporter and can currently be heard relaying the latest traffic news on a half hourly basis on the BBC Radio 2 morning shows presented by Chris Evans and Ken Bruce.
Bowles was born in Cardiff, Wales, and graduated from university with a BA (Hons) in Communication Studies and a postgraduate qualification in Film Criticism, after which she became Assistant Managing Editor of OSRATI - a Kuwaiti weekly women's magazine.[citation needed]
Before joining the BBC, Bowles worked in New Orleans for a TV news station, but traffic news called and she has presented travel news for, amongst others, Radio Caroline, Kiss 100, Choice FM and Invicta, even broadcasting from a helicopter. Lynn eventually became the daytime travel presenter on LBC before joining BBC Radio 5 Live and the John Inverdale Nationwide programme.
During her time at Five Live she was nearly drowned by the station in a submerged helicopter. She also broadcast live from the M25 and managed to cause a traffic jam in the process, reported from Tanzania on Comic Relief day, and covered the American Motor Show in Detroit.
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Marco Pierre White
Marco Pierre White (born 11 December 1961) is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur and television personality. He is noted for his contributions to contemporary international cuisine, and his exceptional culinary skills.
White has been dubbed the first celebrity chef, the enfant terrible of the UK restaurant scene and the Godfather of modern cooking. White was, at the time, the youngest chef ever to have been awarded three Michelin stars. He has trained chefs such as Gordon Ramsay.
Marco Pierre White was the third of four boys born to Italian mother Maria-Rosa Gallina, who had come to Britain to learn English, and chef Frank White, who had struck up a conversation with Maria at the Griffin Hotel in Leeds while he was playing cards.
After marrying in 1954, they lived in a council house in East Leeds, and had sons Graham (1955), Clive (1957) (also a chef) and Marco. Six years later, Maria gave birth to a fourth son, Craig Simon. Two days afterwards, she collapsed and was taken back to St James's University Hospital, Leeds, where she died of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 38.
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Mark Radcliffe
Mark Radcliffe (born 29 June 1958) is an English broadcaster who has worked in various roles for the BBC since the 1980s and remains one of Britain's most recognised DJs. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 2, where he presents Mark Radcliffe's Music Club every Tuesday 11pm - midnight. He is also a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music, where he hosts an afternoon show five times a week (Monday to Friday 1pm - 4pm) alongside Stuart Maconie, called the Radcliffe & Maconie. The pair had previously presented an evening show on BBC Radio 2.
Radcliffe was born in Bolton, Lancashire and educated at Bolton School and The University of Manchester, where he studied English and American studies and classical civilisation. He took an interest in music from a young age; playing drums in numerous bands while at school and university and into his working life. As of 2007, he lives in Whitley, Cheshire is married with three daughters and became a grandfather in October 2008. Radcliffe is a supporter of Manchester City Football Club. He has a pet Cocker Spaniel called Toto. In July 2011 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from The University of Bolton. He is a Patron of the Cheshire charity The Joshua Tree, which provides respite care for parents of children with special needs.
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Mark Ramprakash
Mark Ravin Ramprakash (born 5 September 1969) is an English cricketer, playing for Surrey and England. A right-handed batsman, he initially made his name playing for Middlesex, and was selected for England aged 21. Despite being among the most gifted and heavily scoring English batsman of his generation at county level, he rarely performed well during a long but intermittent international career. He has been a particularly prolific run scorer since his move to Surrey in 2001, averaging over 100 runs per innings in successive seasons (2006 & 2007). He is one of only 25 players in the history of the sport to have scored 100 first-class centuries.
Mark Ramprakash was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and is of Indian and English descent. His father, born in the Caribbean, was an Indian from Guyana and his mother was English. He attended Gayton High School (now Harrow High School), and then Harrow Weald Sixth Form College. His first local club was Bessborough Cricket Club in Headstone Lane where he showed early promise as a fast bowler before concentrating on his batting. He played his first match for Middlesex aged just 17, scoring 63 not out against Yorkshire, and top-scoring with 71 in his second match against Essex at Chelmsford (he was still a sixth-form student at the time). He scored his maiden first-class century at Headingley against Yorkshire in 1989, and captained the England U-19 team. He came to national prominence when, at the age of only 18, he won the man-of-the match award in the 1988 NatWest Trophy Final after his innings of 56 helped Middlesex beat Worcestershire.
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Matthew Cutler
Matthew David Cutler (born 30 October 1973) is an English dancer and former World Amateur Latin-American champion. He was a professional dancer on the BBC dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing.
Cutler was born in Chelmsford, Essex. His mother is Betty Cutler. His father is David Cutler and his brother, fashion designer Jason Cutler designs all his clothes - personal and professional.
When he was four, his family moved to Southend on Sea, Essex, where he went to Earls Hall Primary School and Cecil Jones Secondary School, now Cecil Jones College. He started dancing classes in a church hall in Southend and took part in school competitions and other competitions in Chelmsford.
By the age of ten, he was winning most competitions and a judge suggested that he entered more challenging competitions.
Cutler took ballroom lessons in Birmingham and Latin classes in Hendon and took part in open competitions, supported by his parents. He won the World Amateur Championship with his then-wife Nicole Cutler in 1999 and went on to win many other competitions. They were later divorced in 2003 and went on to work with different professional partners, reuniting in 2006 and in October 2009, the Cutlers started the Semley Club Dance Academy in Norbury, UK where they teach dance.
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Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer ( /ˈfaɪfər/; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's Scarface (1983). Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work. She received six consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama award in 1990 for The Fabulous Baker Boys. She also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Dangerous Liaisons, and the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Love Field, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards for the same films.
Pfeiffer rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s with critically acclaimed performances in the films Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), The Russia House (1990), Frankie and Johnny (1991), Love Field (1992), Batman Returns (1992), and The Age of Innocence (1993).
She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 6, 2007. The star is located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard and is recognised as STAR 2,345.
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Mike Harding
Mike Harding (born 23 October 1944, Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire) is an English singer, songwriter, comedian, author, poet and broadcaster. He is known as 'The Rochdale Cowboy' after one of his hit records. In addition, at various times of his life, Harding has been a stand-up comic, photographer, traveller, filmmaker, playwright and musician.
Harding's father, Louis Arthur "Curly" Harding, was a navigator in the RAF. who was killed during World War II, a few weeks before his son's birth. Harding is of Irish descent on his mother's side.
He was educated at St Anne's, Crumpsall, and St Bede's, Manchester. After a varied career as a road digger, dustbin man, schoolteacher, steel erector, bus conductor, boiler scaler and chemical factory worker, he took a degree in English and Education at the University of Manchester.
Harding began performing as a folk singer and as a member of several local Manchester bands in the 1960s, making his first recordings for the Topic label. He began telling jokes between songs, eventually extending them into longer humorous anecdotes which became the main focus of his act. He released his first album, A Lancashire Lad, in 1972, followed by Mrs 'Ardin's Kid in 1974. In 1975, the single release of "The Rochdale Cowboy", reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart, brought him national attention.
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Moira Stuart
Moira Clare Ruby Stuart OBE (born 2 September 1949) is a British journalist, who was the first African-Caribbean female newsreader on British television. She has presented many television news and radio programmes for the BBC and is currently the newsreader for the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2.
Moira Stuart was born in the Royal Free Hospital, London, on 2 September 1949, to African-Caribbean parents. She was educated in London; for a brief time as a teenager she moved with her family to Bermuda, returning to London at the age of fifteen. She attended Our Lady's Convent RC High School, Stamford Hill.
Stuart began working with the BBC in the 1970s. She was a continuity announcer and newsreader for both BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 2, and in 1980 she played Darong in series one of game show The Adventure Game. She moved to television news in 1981.
Since 27 August 1981, Stuart has presented on every news bulletin devised on BBC television apart from the BBC News at Ten. She has also appeared on The News Quiz and presented the news on the BBC's Breakfast with Frost programme each Sunday and the following programme Sunday AM with Andrew Marr. She presented the news for BBC Breakfast during the first half-hour of the programme, three days a week, followed by short half-hourly round-ups throughout the rest of the three-hour-long show. However, BBC Breakfast moved to a new studio with a new look on 2 May 2006 and the entire news content was presented by two main presenters. Stuart retained her slot on BBC's Sunday AM show and continued to present some weekend television bulletins on BBC One. She also worked on other long-form programmes for other BBC channels, including BBC Four.
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Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky (born 9 September 1972 in Brighton) is a British newsreader and television presenter, currently employed by ITN produced ITV News and London Tonight having previously worked for Channel 5, Sky News and the BBC. She won the first series of the TV show Strictly Come Dancing.
Kaplinsky's parents are Raphael Kaplinsky, an exiled Jewish South African economics professor at the Open University, and his wife Catherine Kaplinsky née Charlewood, a psychotherapist.
Her paternal grandparents originated from Slonim (then in Poland, now in Belarus), and emigrated to South Africa in 1929. Kaplinsky was born in Brighton, but spent her early life in Kenya (where she claims to have been fluent in Swahili), although she later returned to the United Kingdom, where she was brought up in Barcombe, East Sussex. She attended Ringmer Community College, until the age of sixteen when she moved to Varndean College in Brighton.
After graduating in English from Hertford College, Oxford in 1995, one of her first jobs was working in the press offices of Labour leaders Neil Kinnock and John Smith.
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Nicholas Lloyd
Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd, born (1942-06-09) 9 June 1942 (age 70), is a British former newspaper editor and broadcaster.
Lloyd graduated from St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He edited the Sunday People from 1982 to 1983, then moved to edit the News of the World for a year from 1984, and finally edited the Daily Express from 1986 until 1995.
Lloyd received a knighthood in the 1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. He presented a breakfast show on LBC 97.3, a London radio station, from 1997 to 1999. Since 1996, he has been the chairman of the Brown Lloyd James public relations consultancy. He is married to former newspaper editor Eve Pollard, with whom he has a son, Oliver. He also has three children from his previous marriage - Justin, Rachael and James Lloyd.
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Ola Jordan
Aleksandra "Ola" Jordan (née Grabowska; born 30 September 1982,) is a professional Latin dance specialist best known for her appearances on the British TV show Strictly Come Dancing. After winning a championship event in Poland she moved to England and began a new partnership with James Jordan. She married him in 2003.
Jordan has been dancing since the age of twelve when her school advertised for a dance club. Before dancing with James Jordan, she had danced with Przemek Lowicki in Poland. She won Poland’s Open Championships in 1999 and went on to take 12th place in the following year’s World Championships.
The first recorded dance by Ola Grabowska and James Jordan as a partnership was in the Dutch Open in 2000, though they did not turn professional until 2003. The couple withdrew for a while to teach Latin American dancing in Hong Kong, though they turned professional again in 2005, after missing competing. In May 2006, the couple came second in the Blackpool Professional Rising Stars Latin event, and in November they came third in the British Championships for Professional Latin.
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Patrick Kielty
Patrick Kielty (born 31 January 1971) is an Irish comedian and television personality from Dundrum, Northern Ireland.
He was affected by The Troubles in Northern Ireland. On 25 January 1988 his father, businessman Jack Kielty, was shot dead by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA)/"Ulster Freedom Fighters" (UFF), a loyalist paramilitary group. Jack Kielty was to be the key witness in British Central Television's defence of a libel action brought by prominent UDA extortionist Jim Craig. Craig, who was suing the television company over a broadcast of The Cook Report, which connected him to racketeering, is said to have ordered Mr Kielty's murder.
He is a former minor footballer with Down GAA.
Kielty showed promise as a comedian already in his early years. His school held an annual holiday concert and Kielty featured annually with impersonations of local politicians, celebrities, and sportsmen.
Kielty's career started while he was still a student at Queen's University of Belfast. He became well known locally for his stand-up comedy routines at The Empire pub comedy nights -The Empire Laughs Back. One of his regular routines involved donning a balaclava and making spoof paramilitary pronouncements.
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Paul Gambaccini
Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born April 2, 1949, New York; nicknamed 'The Professor of Pop') is a radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom. He has dual United States and British nationality, having become a British citizen in 2005.
Gambaccini studied at Dartmouth College, where he obtained a degree in history and at University College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in politics, philosophy and economics. Having left Oxford, Gambaccini was considering further study in law at Harvard or Yale but had the opportunity of writing for Rolling Stone magazine as British correspondent. He attributes his broadcasting career to this post and especially an interview in 1973 with Elton John which brought him to the attention of BBC Radio producer John Walters who arranged for him to present on BBC Radio 1. He has since returned to Oxford as the News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media, where he delivered a series of lectures in January and February 2009. In February 2010 he was invited by the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University Andrew Hamilton to deliver the inaugural LGBT lecture Out on Monday to the university's LGBT staff, students and faculty
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Paul Merton
Paul Merton (born Paul James Martin; 9 July 1957) is a British comedian, writer, actor and television presenter. Known for his improvisation skill, his humour is rooted in deadpan, surreal and sometimes dark comedy. Considered by a number of critics, fellow comedians and members of the public to be among Britain's greatest comedians, he is well known for his regular appearances as a team captain on the BBC panel game Have I Got News for You, and as the former host of Room 101. He has also appeared as a regular panellist on Radio 4's Just a Minute and as one of Comedy Store's Comedy Store Players.
Merton was born on 9 July 1957 in Parsons Green, London to an English father (a train guard on the London Underground) and an Irish Roman Catholic mother. When his mother returned to work as a nurse, Merton and his younger sister were looked after by their grandfather, who lived with them in their council flat in Mitcham, South London.[citation needed]
He failed his eleven plus and went on to Wimbledon College, a Jesuit-run secondary school that had just become a comprehensive, where he received A-levels in English and History. His experience of victimisation there as a working-class boy became a frequent subject of his comedy.[citation needed] After leaving school, Merton worked at the Tooting employment office for seven years.
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Paul Ross
Paul Ross (born April 1956 in Leytonstone, London) is an English television and radio presenter, journalist, and media personality. He is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross.
Ross was educated, along with his brother, at Norlington School for Boys and the University of Kent. Realising he would not be able to follow the academic career he favoured, "an English lecturer at a polytechnic", he trained as a journalist at Exeter University and started his career with the Western Times in Exeter in 1982.
Ross moved into television as a researcher at London Weekend Television before becoming an editor for The Six O'Clock Show and The London Programme.
He worked as an editor and producer on Channel Four's The Word and became a familiar face on television having presented on The Big Breakfast and numerous game shows such as No Win No Fee, Mind the Gap, and the UK versions of Jeopardy!.
By 1997 he had his own late night The Paul Ross Show for ITV which finished in 1998. He is a regular showbusiness reporter and newspaper reviewer for This Morning.
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Phil Nichol
Phil Nichol is a Canadian comedian, singer-songwriter, and actor.
Nichol was born in Scotland to a Scottish mother, but raised in Canada. He first found fame as a member of the musical comedy trio Corky and the Juice Pigs, known for the song " Eskimo"
Nichol's 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Things I Like I Lick was nominated for the Perrier Award. In 2006 Nichol won the if.comedy award (successor to the Perrier) with a show entitled The Naked Racist which he performed at The Stand; he later performed the same show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2007, Nichol was nominated for Best Headliner at the Chortle Awards.
On 23 September 2007, he was a last minute replacement to host the second half of the charity show A Seriously Funny Attempt To Get The Serious Fraud Office In The Dock.
In 2005, Phil Nichol performed his one-man show of "Nearly Gay," a show about being a straight man with a predominantly gay social group, at the Edinburgh Fringe, to positive critical reviews in the mainstream media. Nichol has stated that the show was partly conceived in response to fellow comic Scott Capurro angrily and repeatedly interrupting a rendition of "Eskimo" - a song about a gay Eskimo with a rubber fetish wishing for whaleskin tights - stating that it was homophobic; Nichol stated that the song was written to "express solidarity." The "Nearly Gay" material itself has been described as Nichol "ranting about queers" and "recounting Nichol's drunken effort to cop off with a transsexual" in a four-star review by The Guardian.
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Rebecca Pike
Rebecca Pike is the Business Presenter on the Simon Mayo Drivetime Show on BBC Radio 2. She can be heard every weekday between 5 and 7 pm.
She started on Drivetime in 2006, when Chris Evans begun hosting the show. She was nicknamed 'Foxy' after the popular 'Fox the Fox' feature, in which listeners were invited to try and 'outfox' her with difficult financial questions.
Since she's been on the show, it has been awarded three Gold Sony Awards - two as Best Entertainment Show with Chris Evans and one as Best Music Programme with Simon Mayo.
She was previously a business and economics reporter for the BBC. She has worked as a reporter on a number of Radio and TV news programmes, including the Today programme, Radio 4’s Six o’clock News, Radio 5 Live, BBC One’s TV news bulletins and the BBC News channel.
She started her career at the Express and Star in Wolverhampton before moving to the Daily Telegraph. She joined the BBC as a News Trainee.
Pike attended Bedales School, where she was Head Girl, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
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Richard Allinson
Richard John McNeill Allinson (born 12 October 1958) is a British broadcaster. He started his broadcasting with a 3-year stint at Bailrigg FM, known at that time as University Radio Bailrigg (URB), whilst undertaking college courses at Lancaster University Management School. He was firstly Treasurer and then became President of URB. After developing a passion for radio early on, Allinson chose a career in the industry and can now be heard on the BBC Radio network, most often on BBC Radio 2, and on BFBS (British Forces) radio.
Allinson was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. He attended Tudor Grange Grammar School for Boys in Solihull. He rejected a career in the legal profession and, in August 1980, took up broadcasting on London's Capital Radio, presenting their Chart Show. He also presented the Early Breakfast show for some of this period. Following on from Capital's Chart Show, in 1984 he took over the late-night 10pm-midnight slot. In 1987 he took over the Weekday 2-4.30pm slot, followed by the weekday Early Breakfast show 4-6.30am in 1990. In addition to this, in around 1994 he worked alongside Julia Carling on the satellite music television channel VH1, where they hosted a live show together.
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Richard Madeley
Richard Madeley (born 13 May 1956) is a British television presenter and columnist. With his wife Judy Finnigan, Madeley has presented This Morning and later the weekday chat show Richard & Judy. Solo projects of Madeley's include the ITV show Fortune - Million Pound Giveaway and standing in on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2.
Madeley was born in Romford, Essex on 13 May 1956. His mother is Canadian. His sister, Liz Lawrence, is a teacher at The Anglo European School. He attended the Coopers' Company School in Bow, London, now relocated to Upminster, Essex.
Madeley began his media career in local newspapers, before moving to BBC Radio Carlisle at the age of 19 as a news producer and presenter. He soon moved to nearby Border Television as a reporter on the Lookaround local news slot, before fronting its equivalent Calendar with Richard Whiteley on bigger Yorkshire TV, and then on to Granada Reports in the early 1980s. Here he met Judy Finnigan who was assigned to assist him on his first day.
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Ronnie Corbett
Ronald Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, CBE (born 4 December 1930) is a Scottish actor and comedian who had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the television comedy series The Two Ronnies. He achieved prominence in Sir David Frost's 1960s satirical comedy programme, The Frost Report and later starred in the sitcoms Sorry! and No - That's Me Over Here!
Corbett was born in Edinburgh in 1930, the son of London-born Annie Elizabeth (Main) and William Balfour Corbett, master baker. He has a brother about six years younger, and a sister about ten years younger than himself. Corbett was educated at the Royal High School in the city, but did not attend university. After leaving school, he decided he wanted to be an actor while performing in amateur theatricals at a church youth club. However, his first job was with the Ministry of Agriculture. He then did national service with the RAF, during which he was the shortest commissioned officer in the British Forces. After National Service he moved to London to act, and started his career by playing schoolboy roles in films. At 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) tall, Corbett was suited to playing younger than his years. References to his height frequently crop up in his self-deprecating humour.
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Rufus Hound
Rufus Hound (born Robert James Blair Simpson on 6 March 1979)[citation needed] is a British comedian and presenter.
Hound hosted Destination Three, the coverage of the Glastonbury festival and Top of the Pops in 2005 and 2006 alongside Fearne Cotton. He presented the idiosyncratic reality show Grime Scene Investigation on BBC Three with staff and students from Aston University, and narrated BBC Two's broadcasts of Mythbusters. He has also appeared in many comedy shows and quizzes such as Street Cred Sudoku and Celebrity Juice, where he is a regular panellist. He narrated the 2009 series Rocket Science and has appeared on The Apprentice: You're Fired! and Richard & Judy. He also presented Outtake TV on BBC1, replacing Anne Robinson.
In early 2008, Hound appeared twice on ITV's Thank God You're Here in the UK, after initially working as the warm-up act. In late summer 2008, Hound joined the panel show Argumental as the Blue Team Captain. Hound was the narrator for the gaming series Playr and presents What Do Kids Know? on UKTV-owned channel Watch. In 2010, he appeared in his own sitcom on CBBC called Hounded, where he plays a TV presenter who must save the universe from an evil doctor. Hound took part in Let's Dance for Sport Relief, dancing to Cheryl Cole's "Fight for This Love" and won the final of the series on 13 March 2010. Rufus also hosted the year 2000 edition of new show "My Funniest Year", a look at a past year of British television, which was broadcast on Channel 4 in September 2010.
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Russell Davies
Robert Russell Davies (born 5 April 1946), is a British journalist and broadcaster. He currently presents a Sunday radio programme on BBC Radio 2 which spotlights popular song, as well as Brain of Britain on Radio 4.
Davies was born in Barmouth, North Wales. He attended Manchester Grammar School, according to his own statement on a November 2010 Brain of Britain programme. During his time there (1957-64) he acted in dramatic society productions and was appointed school vice-captain. He gained a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge and was awarded a first class degree in Modern and Mediaeval Languages in 1967, but soon abandoned his post-graduate studies in German literature, when the opportunity arose to tour with the Cambridge Footlights revue. During his time in Cambridge he contributed topical cartoons to the news pages of Varsity, the undergraduate newspaper, under the pseudonym Dai. As a journalist, Davies worked as a film and television critic for The Observer and The Sunday Times, features writer and sports columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, a caricaturist for The Times Literary Supplement and was a deputy editor of Punch. He edited Kenneth Williams's diaries for publication, despite being the target of Williams's acid pen in those same diaries. He regularly appeared on television in the 1980s, presenting Saturday Review for BBC2.
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Sally Boazman
Sally Boazman, known to many of her listeners as "Sally Traffic", is a British radio traffic reporter, best known for her work in the afternoons on the national BBC Radio 2, with more than eight million listeners. Her reporting "revolutionised" United Kingdom traffic news with the addition of live reports from motorists on mobile phones and lorry drivers on CB radio. Boazman's reporting is so up to date that the national Highways Agency uses her broadcast to update their own reports.
Boazman was described as "bit of a superhero for motorists", by Autotrader UK as the 'sexiest voice on the radio' and by veteran broadcaster Steve Wright as a 'national treasure' who changed the way traffic reporting was done. Her fans have named a thoroughbred race horse (which occasionally even won), after her as well as lorry trucks.
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Selina Scott
Selina Scott (born 13 May 1951) is a British newsreader, journalist, television producer and presenter.
Scott was born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, in 1951, the eldest of five children. Her late father, Charles, was a police sergeant and her mother, Betty (née Bumby), was formerly a journalist from Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
She completed her secondary education at the Laurence Jackson School in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, where she was head girl, whilst living in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Cleveland. She then continued her studies at the University of East Anglia, reading English and American Literature.
Initially resisting the temptation to continue a family trait working in journalism Scott succumbed and went to work on The Sunday Post in Dundee, Scotland, for two years. She then took up the post of Press officer for the Tourist board on the Isle of Bute. She then began broadcasting after being hired by Ted Brocklebank, then Head of News & Current Affairs, later a Tory MSP, as a reporter and presenter with Grampian TV in 1978. She made her television debut on the nightly news programme Grampian Today, presenting from a North Sea oil platform and at the summit of Cairn Gorm. She later became one of the launch team for North Tonight.
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Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo (born 21 September 1958 in Southgate, London) is an English radio presenter who has worked for BBC Radio since 1981. As of January 2010, Mayo is presenter of Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 and, with Mark Kermode, presenter of Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews on BBC Radio 5 Live.
In 2008, Mayo was recognised as the "radio broadcaster of the year" at the 34th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and the "Speech Broadcaster of the Year" at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, receiving the latter for his "ability to paint colourful pictures of location and event and his ability to bring the very best out of his guests, encouraging conversation and interaction between them while skilfully nudging and controlling them" and for being "a master of light and shade, handling serious and lighter issues with aplomb." Known as a committed Christian, Mayo has criticised the BBC for marginalising religion and being anti-Christian.
Mayo attended Solihull School, an historic independent school in the West Midlands, and after graduating from the University of Warwick in 1980 with a degree in History and Politics, Mayo spent some time honing his skills at Southlands Hospital Radio, worked for five years as a presenter with BBC Radio Nottingham, before joining the national pop network BBC Radio 1 in 1986, presenting a two hour Saturday evening show from 7.30-9.30pm.
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Sophie Winkleman
Sophie Lara Winkleman, The Lady Frederick Windsor (born 5 August 1980) is an English actress and extended member of the British Royal Family. On 14 February 2009, she became engaged to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince Michael (a grandson of George V) and Princess Michael of Kent. They married in Hampton Court on 12 September 2009. Sophie Winkleman then became officially styled as The Lady Frederick Windsor, but continues to use her maiden name in her professional career.
Sophie Lara Winkleman was born in Primrose Hill in London.
She was educated at the City of London School for Girls and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she read English literature. She joined the university's famed dramatic society Cambridge Footlights and wrote and performed in the comic revue Far Too Happy. For the first time in twenty years, the Footlights received a Perrier award nomination. Winkleman is also a member of the National Youth Theatre. She is also a soprano.
Winkleman's credits include lead roles in numerous series including Peep Show, Harry and Paul (which she co-wrote), White Teeth, The Trial of Tony Blair, Plus One, Red Dwarf: Back To Earth, Lead Balloon, Keen Eddie, Chasing Alice, Poirot (in the episode, Five Little Pigs), The Palace, Robin Hood, and the upcoming Titanic. She was nominated for Best Newcomer by the BBC for her leading guest role in Waking the Dead. Winkleman also debuted on American television as the star of the short lived NBC sitcom 100 Questions as the main character Charlotte Payne and as recurring star on the hit series Two and a Half Men as Zoey, the love interest of Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher).
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Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq (born 16 October 1965), sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo (given to him by John Peel) or "The Cat" (due to his ability as a goalkeeper) is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.
He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire. His family soon moved to Essex and he grew up in the Halstead area in a village called Colne Engaine. Lamacq's career in journalism began as a junior reporter at the West Essex Gazette, after studying Journalism at Harlow College, Essex. In similar fashion to other music journalists who started fanzines during their teenage years, Lamacq started one called A Pack of Lies.
It was during his time at NME that he began DJing on XFM, when it was still a pirate radio station. He formed a record label in 1992 with Alan James and Tony Smith, called Deceptive Records. The majority of the label's releases shared a punk-pop sensibility, with Elastica being their most successful signing, before the label eventually folded in 2001.
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Tanya Byron
Tanya Byron (born 1967) is a British psychologist, writer and media personality, best known for her work as a child therapist on television shows Little Angels and The House of Tiny Tearaways. She also co-created the BBC2 sitcom The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle with Jennifer Saunders, and still contributes articles to various newspapers.
In 2008 she became Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Edge Hill University.
Byron was born in the UK. Her father was the film and television director John Sichel, later the founder of ARTTS International in Yorkshire.
When Byron was aged 15 years old her grandmother was murdered by being battered to death by a woman who abused illicit drugs. Her grandmother knew the woman, who was in pursuit of money. Byron was perplexed by this cruelty, and at about that time she began to try to understand how anyone could do such a terrible thing and she began to be interested in psychology.
Byron was educated at North London Collegiate School, University of York (BSc Psychology, 1989), University College London (MSc Clinical Psychology, 1992), and University of Surrey (PhD, 1995). Her PhD thesis was entitled "The evaluation of an outpatient treatment programme for stimulant drug misuse", and was completed at University College Hospital.
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Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE, DL (born 3 August 1938), also known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish radio and television broadcaster who holds dual Irish and British citizenship. Wogan has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career. Before he retired from the weekday breakfast programme Wake Up to Wogan on BBC Radio 2 on 18 December 2009, it had a regular 8 million listeners, making Wogan the most listened-to radio broadcaster of any European nation. He began his career at Raidió Teilifís Éireann where he presented shows such as Jackpot in the 1960s.
Wogan has been a leading media personality in the UK since the late 1960s and is often referred to as a national treasure. He is perhaps best known in the United Kingdom for his BBC1 chat show Wogan, for his work presenting Children in Need, as the host of Wake Up to Wogan, the original host of the BBC game show Blankety Blank (before being replaced by Les Dawson), a presenter of Come Dancing in the 1970s, and as the BBC's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest on radio and television from 1971 to 2008. Wogan currently hosts a two hour Sunday morning show, Weekend Wogan on Radio 2.
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Tess Daly
Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly (born 27 April 1969) is an English television presenter. She is married to the presenter Vernon Kay.
Daly was born in Derbyshire to Vivian (1932-2003), who died of emphysema, and Sylvia Daly and grew up in Birch Vale near New Mills, Derbyshire. She attended Hayfield Primary School and New Mills Secondary School. She has a younger sister, Karen.
In 1990, Daly appeared in two Duran Duran videos for the songs "Serious" and "Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)", both from the album Liberty. She also appeared in the video for The Beloved's 1993 song "Sweet Harmony".
After working as a model, her first television appearance was in 2000, when she hosted the 'Find Me a Model' competition on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast. Since then, she has presented shows including Singled Out, Smash Hits TV, SMTV Live, Back To Reality, the first series of Make Me a Supermodel (with Dave Berry) and Strictly Come Dancing, which she has co-hosted with Bruce Forsyth in all nine series to date. Daly missed a couple of episodes in Season 2 due to being pregnant with her first daughter. Natasha Kaplinsky, the first series winner, took her place but she later returned. She was a possible contender to replace Samantha Harris as the co-host of the American version, Dancing With the Stars.
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Tony Blackburn
Tony Blackburn (born 29 January 1943) is an English disc jockey, who broadcast on the "pirate" stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s and was the first disc jockey to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1967. In 2002 he was the winner of the ITV reality TV programme I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.
He was born Antony Kenneth Blackburn, in Guildford, Surrey, but in 1946 his family moved to Bournemouth, Hampshire, where his sister, Jacqueline, was born. His mother, Pauline Cubitt (née Stone), was a housewife and his father, Kenneth Fleming Blackburn, was a GP, and he was educated at Castle Court School in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset and Millfield School in Somerset, which he entered on a sports scholarship. He went on to become captain of the school cricket team, but left before taking any examinations. He then achieved a clutch of O-levels, following private tuition, and enrolled for a HND course in Business Studies at Bournemouth Technical College. He began his career as a singer, then worked as a DJ for the offshore pirate radio stations Radio Caroline and Radio London, before joining the BBC in 1967, initially broadcasting on the Light Programme.
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Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He resigned from all of these positions in June 2007.
Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election of July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under his leadership, the party used the phrases "New Labour" and "New Socialism" to define its policy, and moved away from its support of state socialism since the 1960s and created a new version of the ethical socialism that was last pursued by Clement Attlee. Critics of Blair claim that "New Labour" did not adhere to socialism as claimed, and that it effectively advocated capitalism. Blair subsequently led Labour to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election. At 43 years old, he became the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812. In the first years of the New Labour government, Blair's government implemented a number of 1997 manifesto pledges, introducing the minimum wage, Human Rights Act and Freedom of Information Act, and carrying out devolution, establishing the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Trevor Nelson
Trevor Nelson MBE (born 7 January 1964 in Hackney, London) is an English DJ and presenter.
Born in Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, he attended Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School (now known as Central Foundation Boys' School) in Cowper St, Islington, London EC2 and Westminster Kingsway College. His first job was in a shoe shop, but his love of music meant a part time role as a DJ. Nelson gained day time work at a record importer in 1985, and widened his DJ experience putting on "warehouse parties" on the weekends. Nelson then worked in A&R for record labels Cooltempo and EMI, promoting artistes such as D'Angelo, Mica Paris and Lynden David Hall; while also promoting events, including his own Soul II Soul and The Lick.
Nelson began DJing on pirate radio station Kiss from 1985, which when it gained a broadcasting license in 1990 to become Kiss FM, Nelson became a director and day time DJ. Nelson moved to BBC Radio 1 in 1996 to present the first UK national R&B show "Rhythm Nation," and a year later began a Saturday afternoon program which resulted in him winning a MOBO Award in 1997 as Best DJ. He now also presents the 10:00 until 13:00 show on BBC Radio 1Xtra, and a Soul show on Wednesday evenings on BBC Radio 2 since April 2008 which is produced by independent production company Somethin' Else. During the summer season Nelson performs weekly sessions in the Global Room at the nightclub Pacha in Ibiza. Was at the KIC FM for the Launch of the station is a big fan of the station.
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Vanessa Feltz
Vanessa Jane Feltz (born 21 February 1962) is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. She currently presents an early morning radio show on BBC Radio 2, a mid morning phone-in show on BBC London 94.9. In 2011, she started hosting The Vanessa Show on Channel 5. The first series ended on June 24. The show will return in September.
Vanessa Feltz was born in Islington, London, and grew up in Pine Grove, Totteridge. On her radio show she frequently refers to Totteridge as "the Beverly Hills of North London", and her middle-class Jewish background as like "growing up in Fiddler on the Roof [with her] as Topol".
Her father Norman was in the lingerie business. Her mother Valerie (née Ohrenstein) was a housewife who died of cancer at the age of 57 in 1995. She has one sister, three years younger.
Feltz was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, an independent school in Elstree, Hertfordshire. She then went on to study English at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
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Vassos Alexander
Vassos Alexander is a BBC sports reporter, presenter and commentator. He can currently be heard on the Chris Evans breakfast show on BBC Radio 2. He also reports for BBC Radio 5 Live, primarily commentating on golf and tennis as well as occasionally presenting 5live Sport.
Before joining Radio2, Alexander presented the sport on the 5live Breakfast Programme for three years, during which time he went to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and two Ryder Cups - as well as several Open Golf Championships, Wimbledon, the Australian and French Open tennis, Ashes cricket Tests and to a Champions League final. He replaced the ill Tony Green at the 2011 BDO World Darts Championships and returned the following year in a three-man rotation with Green and David Croft.
Alexander was born and brought up in South West London. He currently lives in Barnes, with his wife, Caroline, and two children, Emily and Matthew. He enjoys running and speaks five languages (English, Greek, French, Russian, German).
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Vernon Kay
Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974) is a British television presenter, radio DJ and former model. He began his television career presenting the BBC children's programme FBi, a spin-off of Fully Booked. Since then he has presented various programmes, most notably T4, Beat the Star and All Star Family Fortunes alongside his weekend show on BBC Radio 1. In 2010 he was named the host of Skating with the Stars, which was broadcast in the United States. He is married to English television presenter Tess Daly
Kay was born and raised in Bolton, Greater Manchester, the elder son of Norman and Gladys; he has a younger brother, Stephen. He attended St Joseph's R.C. High School in Horwich, near Bolton, and then St John Rigby College in Orrell, near Wigan. He graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with an HND in Environmental Science. He supports his hometown's football club Bolton Wanderers. He used to be a regular visitor to Manchester nightclub The Haçienda.
Kay presented the Saturday morning children's programme FBi alongside Boyzone's Keith Duffy and BBC Children's presenter Kate Heavenor. The series was shown on the BBC from 22 April until 23 September 2000 and was filmed in Glasgow.
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Zoë Ball
Zoë Louise Ball (born 23 November 1970 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show and for her earlier work presenting the 1990s children's show, Live & Kicking.
The daughter of the children's TV presenter Johnny Ball and his wife Julia (née Anderson, divorced when Zoë was two), Ball was educated at Heston Junior School in West London between 1975 and 1978. Her family then moved to Farnham Common in Buckinghamshire. She attended Farnham Common First School and Farnham Common Middle School before moving to Holy Cross Convent School in Chalfont St Peter and Amersham College of Art and Technology. She joined the Young Theatre at Beaconsfield where she trained as an actress. Her first TV appearance was as a child in the studio audience of the 1980s Saturday morning children's show, Saturday Superstore, on which her father was appearing as a guest.
She began her television career as a runner at Granada Television and researcher on BSkyB. She worked as a researcher for quiz shows for two years. Her presenting jobs have included hosting The Big Breakfast and The Priory on Channel 4, BBC One's Saturday morning children's programme Live & Kicking and the pre-school programme Playdays. Between 1996 and 1998, she was a regular presenter on Top of the Pops, usually alternating with fellow presenters and DJs Jayne Middlemiss and Jo Whiley. The three only ever presented together once, on Christmas Day 1997.
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks S23E06 part1
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- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Claudia Winkleman guesthosting. Noel's team: Jamelia, Tom Basden Phill's team:Harry Shearer, Little boots(Victoria Hesketh) No copyright infringement intended
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Claudia Winkleman plays Carpark Catchphrase
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- Updated: 04 Nov 2012
Claudia Winkleman plays Carpark Catchphrase with her own horn
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Claudia Winkleman plays Carpark Catchphrase with her own horn
- published: 17 Mar 2011
- views: 5490
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Claudia Winkleman - Celebrity Juice
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- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Claudia Winkleman gets teased by Keith Lemon on Celebrity Juice
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Claudia Winkleman gets teased by Keith Lemon on Celebrity Juice
- published: 23 Jun 2010
- views: 29301
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Strictly Come Dancing - Your Questions Answered - Claudia Winkleman - BBC One
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- Duration: 3:37
- Updated: 28 Dec 2012
www.bbc.co.uk Last week we asked you to put questions forward to Claudia...she very kindly let us visit her backstage and tells us all about doing Dance Mat, which are her favourite shoes and who she has a crush on.....for more backstage videos visit the 'EXCLUSIVE' section at www.bbc.co.uk/strictly
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www.bbc.co.uk Last week we asked you to put questions forward to Claudia...she very kindly let us visit her backstage and tells us all about doing Dance Mat, which are her favourite shoes and who she has a crush on.....for more backstage videos visit the 'EXCLUSIVE' section at www.bbc.co.uk/strictly
- published: 18 Dec 2009
- views: 7812
- author: BBC
Claudia Winkleman cooks chilli with Chef - Gordon Ramsay
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- Duration: 2:21
- Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Claudia Winkleman challenges Gordon Ramsay to a recipe challenge cooking chilli con carne. From the Cookalong Live 70s special. Claudia teases Gordon for being old and tries to teach him to dance.
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Claudia Winkleman challenges Gordon Ramsay to a recipe challenge cooking chilli con carne. From the Cookalong Live 70s special. Claudia teases Gordon for being old and tries to teach him to dance.
- published: 04 Nov 2009
- views: 21177
- author: gordonramsay
Claudia Winkleman
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- Updated: 16 Dec 2012
Some leg highlights from SCDITT
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Debra Stephenson does Claudia Winkleman
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- Updated: 04 Dec 2012
The Impressions Show, BBC1, 29th October 2011
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The Impressions Show, BBC1, 29th October 2011
- published: 31 Oct 2011
- views: 14489
- author: MrSidTaylor
FANORAMA - QUIZ SHOW WITH DAVID MITCHELL CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN RHYS THOMAS
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- Duration: 23:05
- Updated: 27 Dec 2012
FANORAMA - DAVID MITCHELL CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN RHYS THOMAS QUIZ SHOW FROM 2002 THAT MYSELF AND RACHEL APPEARED ON AS MARILYN MANSON FANS AND WE DID A BIT PANTS!
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FANORAMA - DAVID MITCHELL CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN RHYS THOMAS QUIZ SHOW FROM 2002 THAT MYSELF AND RACHEL APPEARED ON AS MARILYN MANSON FANS AND WE DID A BIT PANTS!
- published: 16 Jan 2011
- views: 6040
- author: rocktart2009
The Impressions Show - Davina McCall & Claudia Winkleman - 28/11/09
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- Duration: 1:34
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Davina McCall meets Claudia Winkleman and they can't believe the choice of still or sparkling water!
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Davina McCall meets Claudia Winkleman and they can't believe the choice of still or sparkling water!
- published: 29 Nov 2009
- views: 80324
- author: GetToasted91
Twinings - Cocktails with Claudia Winkleman - Camomile & Limeflower
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- Duration: 5:45
- Updated: 15 Oct 2012
An Orchard Moment: 35 ml Grey Goose La Poire vodka, 30 ml British pear juice, zest of a fresh lime, 10 ml orange blossom honey, 75 ml Twinings Camomile and Limeflowers Moment of Calm Infusion Brew the Camomile and Limeflower tea and set aside till at room temperature-do not worry about over-infusing. Mix all ingredients together except for the lime zest in a small white wine glass filled with ice and zest the lime on top. Use 2 sprigs of basil on the top as garnish
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An Orchard Moment: 35 ml Grey Goose La Poire vodka, 30 ml British pear juice, zest of a fresh lime, 10 ml orange blossom honey, 75 ml Twinings Camomile and Limeflowers Moment of Calm Infusion Brew the Camomile and Limeflower tea and set aside till at room temperature-do not worry about over-infusing. Mix all ingredients together except for the lime zest in a small white wine glass filled with ice and zest the lime on top. Use 2 sprigs of basil on the top as garnish
- published: 28 Dec 2011
- views: 1379
- author: TwiningsTeaUK
Claudia Winkleman in wetlook spandex leggings
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- Duration: 4:37
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Claudia Winkleman in wetlook spandex leggings on strictly it takes two
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Claudia Winkleman in wetlook spandex leggings on strictly it takes two
- published: 19 Oct 2009
- views: 45999
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claudia winkleman in black opaque tights2
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claudia winkleman in black opaque tights
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claudia winkleman in black opaque tights
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 16070
- author: christopher harrison
Claudia Winkleman Swallowing and Carrying On
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- Duration: 0:22
- Updated: 16 Dec 2012
Claudia Winkleman on Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two with the classic Lets just swallow and carry on
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Claudia Winkleman on Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two with the classic Lets just swallow and carry on
- published: 24 Nov 2007
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claudia winkleman in black opaque tights 5
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claudia winkleman in black opaque tights
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claudia winkleman in black opaque tights
- published: 13 Dec 2008
- views: 32054
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claudia winkleman in black opaque tights1
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claudia winkleman in black opaque tights
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claudia winkleman in black opaque tights
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 36185
- author: christopher harrison
Cary Grant Tribute - Film 2011 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC One
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- Duration: 6:20
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk To mark 25 years since the death of Cary Grant, Antonia Quirke looks back at his extraordinary career.
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More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk To mark 25 years since the death of Cary Grant, Antonia Quirke looks back at his extraordinary career.
- published: 09 Dec 2011
- views: 2091
- author: BBC
Chronicle - Film 2012 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC One
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- Duration: 2:25
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk Chronicle follows three American teenagers who discover they have super powers.
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More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk Chronicle follows three American teenagers who discover they have super powers.
- published: 07 Feb 2012
- views: 2023
- author: BBC
Claudia Winkleman tells us she looks disgusting! 10/05/12
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- Duration: 1:07
- Updated: 27 Dec 2012
Claudia Winkleman tells us she looks disgusting! 10/05/12 www.mrpaparazzi.com Mr Paparazzi on Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com
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Claudia Winkleman tells us she looks disgusting! 10/05/12 www.mrpaparazzi.com Mr Paparazzi on Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com
- published: 10 May 2012
- views: 230
- author: mrpaparazziuk
Short Skirts Rule-claudia winkleman in black opaque footless tights1
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- Duration: 4:46
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Some call them tights others call them pantyhose but one thing is for sure. When you see a woman with them on it turns you on. that is why I say short skirts rule... claudia winkleman in black opaque footless tights
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Some call them tights others call them pantyhose but one thing is for sure. When you see a woman with them on it turns you on. that is why I say short skirts rule... claudia winkleman in black opaque footless tights
- published: 09 Dec 2012
- views: 115
- author: loveofstockings
WE - Film 2012 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC One
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- Duration: 2:52
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk Madonna, Andrea Riseborough and James D'Arcy talk about WE a film about the love affair between Wallis and Edward.
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More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk Madonna, Andrea Riseborough and James D'Arcy talk about WE a film about the love affair between Wallis and Edward.
- published: 26 Jan 2012
- views: 2184
- author: BBC
Claudia Winkleman Can't Stop Sneezing
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- Duration: 1:13
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Sorry It's Only Audio, It Was From A Radio Interview
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Sorry It's Only Audio, It Was From A Radio Interview
- published: 08 Oct 2011
- views: 15315
- author: heavyrocer
Comic Book Films - Film 2012 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC One
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- Duration: 5:55
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk Chris Hewitt indulges his inner geek and takes a look at the comic book craze in Hollywood.
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More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk Chris Hewitt indulges his inner geek and takes a look at the comic book craze in Hollywood.
- published: 20 Mar 2012
- views: 1521
- author: BBC
Like Crazy - Film 2012 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC One
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- Duration: 2:26
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk In an improvised script, Like Crazy sees college lovers separated by American immigration.
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More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk In an improvised script, Like Crazy sees college lovers separated by American immigration.
- published: 31 Jan 2012
- views: 1979
- author: BBC
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27 Dec 2012
Washington. Six people, including two young children, were left dead in weather-related accidents, as winter snowstorms complicated travel for many Americans in the Midwest and Northeast on Wednesday. Snow totals in parts of Indiana ranged from 6 to 12 inches, CNN reported. About 350 snowploughs were clearing roads throughout the city. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told residents they should avoid nonessential travel ... IANS ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
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27 Dec 2012
Imperial adventures are nothing new in the Middle East. Neither is their glorification, as Peter O’Toole’s pained Lawrence of Arabia eternally reminds us. But for a decade or so now, things have been heating up, as if to coincide with climate change and fears of declining petroleum reserves ... The Belly for Belligerence? ... The question loomed over beltway intelligentsia like an ephemeral Gordian knot ... We’re All Hawks Now ... While George W ... ....(size: 9.3Kb)
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29 Dec 2012
Police in India have sealed off much of the capital, Delhi, and issued an appeal for calm after the death of a woman who was gang-raped in the city. The 23-year old woman, who has not been identified, died early on Saturday at a hospital in Singapore, where she had been taken for specialist treatment. Her body is to be flown back to India for burial ... Gatherings of more than five people have been banned in the city centre ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)
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28 Dec 2012
The president of Central African Republic (CAR) has urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching the capital. Speaking to crowds in Bangui, a city of some 600,000, Francois Bozize on Thursday pleaded with foreign powers to do what they could. He pointed in particular to France, Central African Republic's former colonial ruler ... 516 Share ... News ... ....(size: 19.5Kb)
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27 Dec 2012
Large crowds of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporters are gathering to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Ms Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack during her 2007 election campaign. Hundreds of thousands of people have set up camp near the Bhutto family's ancestral home in Sindh province ... He cannot contest an election until his 25th birthday. Show of strength ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)
The Guardian
19 Dec 2012
The ingredients that have made Strictly 2012 a recipe for success – and a few things it would be better not to see again next year. What have your highlights and lowlights been?. Catch up with last week's Strictly live blog. Strictly Come Dancing finalists Flavia Cacace and Louis Smith. Photograph. Guy Levy/BBC ... But this year Strictly has been brilliant ... • Claudia Winkleman's silly pony trot onto the stage on results nights at Wembley....(size: 7.0Kb)
Belfast Telegraph
14 Dec 2012
“This match has global box office appeal and quite rightly we’re joined by two genuine Hollywood legends,” said Geoff Shreeves, who suddenly morphed into Claudia Winkleman, minus the silly fringe, to talk to Tom Cruise and his granda, who, it transpired, was Robert Duvall ... Geoff, employing the Claudia interview technique, replied with. “Err, um.” ... It was damp ... I’ll get my coat ... ....(size: 5.2Kb)
Stylist
27 Nov 2012
Self-confessed movie buff Claudia Winkleman reveals her five films every woman should see ... Claudia is currently working with BT Infinity Broadband....(size: 0.7Kb)
Digital Spy
23 Nov 2012
Claudia Winkleman ... Graham NortonAnton du BekeVernon KayRonnie CorbettJohn BarrowmanClaudia WinklemanAnt & DecMel & SueOther (say in the comments box below) ... Bruce Forsyth, Tess Daly, Graham Norton, Vernon Kay, Ronnie Corbett, Claudia Winkleman, Mel & Sue, Ant & Dec, John Barrowman, Davina McCall, Paul O'Grady, Terry Wogan, Gethin Jones, Holly Willoughby, Chris Hollins, Chris Evans, Anton Du Beke, Reality TV, Strictly Come Dancing....(size: 12.5Kb)
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23 Nov 2012
Claudia Winkleman ... Bruce Forsyth, Tess Daly, Graham Norton, Vernon Kay, Ronnie Corbett, Claudia Winkleman, Mel & Sue, Ant & Dec, John Barrowman, Davina McCall, Paul O'Grady, Terry Wogan, Gethin Jones, Holly Willoughby, Chris Hollins, Chris Evans, Anton Du Beke, Reality TV, Strictly Come Dancing....(size: 12.0Kb)
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18 Nov 2012
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17 Nov 2012
Chortle reports that guests included David Baddiel, Morwenna Banks, Jimmy Carr, Sandi Toksvig, Barry Cryer and Claudia Winkleman ... ....(size: 0.7Kb)
The Daily Telegraph
12 Nov 2012
Claudia Winkleman's stand-in stint for Sir Bruce Forsyth attracted the highest ratings of the series so far. Fern Britton and her partner Artem Chigvinstev were voted out of Strictly Come Dancing Photo ... Comments. Strictly Come Dancing enjoyed the biggest audience of the series so far when Claudia Winkleman stood in for Sir Bruce Forsyth ... Winkleman joined Tess Daly as co-host after Sir Bruce, 84, opted to take a week-long rest break....(size: 9.6Kb)
The Guardian
11 Nov 2012
The show, hosted by Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh (above), has smartly avoided critical ire in the film community by inviting most of the nation's critics on to the show at some point (myself included) ... It's on at 11.25pm; it's back for six weeks, then off air again over Christmas (Claudia's got to top up the tan?); then it'll be around for a bit before slipping into oblivion again by March....(size: 5.0Kb)
Digital Spy
11 Nov 2012
This week's Strictly Come Dancing saw an energetic Charleston, a captivating Paso Doble and Fern Britton stripping in front of the judges' table. With Brucie away, Claudia Winkleman joined Tess for hosting duties on the penultimate show before Wembley. Denise and James took top spot on the leader board, while Michael and Natalie came last ... Strictly Come Dancing Week 6. Claudia and Tess get proceedings underway. 1 of 14. Copyright. BBC ... More....(size: 8.2Kb)
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09 Nov 2012
Claudia Winkleman will stand in for Forsyth, alongside Daly ... "Sure, he's 84 but, boy, he doesn't act it," she told the Daily Mail ... - By Alex Fletcher. ....(size: 0.7Kb)
Belfast Telegraph
09 Nov 2012
His injury has been so severe that he was sent for a scan on Thursday after he showed little improvement following a period of rest ... Regular host Sir Bruce Forsyth is taking a break from presenting duties this week with Claudia Winkleman - who co-hosts the Sunday results programme - stepping in alongside Tess Daly ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)
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| Claudia Winkleman | |
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 Winkleman at the 2008 BAFTA Television Awards |
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| Born | Claudia Anne I. Winkleman (1972-01-15) 15 January 1972 (age 40) London, England, UK |
| Residence | Connaught Square, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Television presenter, Disc Jockey, Film critic |
| Years active | 1991-Present |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Spouse | Kris Thykier (m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 sons, and 1 daughter |
| Parents | Barry Winkleman, Eve Pollard |
| Relatives | Sophie Winkleman (half-sister) Oliver Lloyd (half-brother) Nicholas Lloyd (stepfather) |
Claudia Anne I. Winkleman[1] (born 15 January 1972) is an English television presenter, film critic, radio personality and journalist.
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Early life and family[link]
Winkleman was born in Westminster, London,[1] to a Jewish family,[2] the daughter of Eve Pollard, former editor of the Sunday Express, and Barry Winkleman (born 1939),[3] former publisher of The Times Atlas of the World. Her parents divorced when she was three;[4] both remarried in 1979.[3][5] Her stepfather is Sir Nicholas Lloyd, former editor of the Daily Express, and her half-sister, from her father's second marriage, to children's author Cindy Black, is actress Sophie Winkleman, wife of Lord Frederick Windsor. She has a younger half-brother, Oliver Lloyd, from her mother's second marriage, to Nicholas Lloyd.[4]
Brought up in the London suburb of Hampstead, Winkleman was educated at the City of London School for Girls[6] and Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, obtaining an MA Hons degree in History of Art.[7]
Television career[link]
1991–2000[link]
Winkleman's first major television job was in 1991, on the regional discussion programme.Central Weekend.[8] In 1992, she began frequently to appear in the long-running BBC series Holiday, and this continued throughout the mid-1990s. This culminated in a special documentary in which she travelled around the world for 34 days reporting from Japan, India, Costa Rica and Dubai.
Throughout this period, Winkleman also appeared as a reporter on other shows, particularly This Morning interviewing celebrities, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Tony Blair, Sir Alan Sugar and Harrison Ford. During the late 1990s, Winkleman presented a number of programmes on smaller digital channels. She had a stint on the cable channel L!VE TV, run by Kelvin MacKenzie and Janet Street-Porter, but soon left to pursue other projects. One programme made during this period was a short series titled Toilets shown on BBC Choice, which examined the "design, etiquette, psychology and hidden culture behind the humble loo"[citation needed]. She also presented a number of gameshows including the dating show Three's a Crowd[9], LWT show Talking Telephone Numbers, the second series of Granada TV show God's Gift and Fanorama,[10] which featured a young David Mitchell as a team captain in his first television appearance. She was also an occasional team captain on a gameshow called HeadJam, hosted by Vernon Kay.
2001–2006[link]
Between 2002 and 2004, Winkleman began her first daily TV role when she hosted the BBC Three Entertainment update show Liquid News, taking over from Christopher Price on the now defunct BBC Choice. She shared the presenting duties with Colin Paterson, and later Paddy O'Connell. The show featured celebrity interviews, for example Winkleman interviewed S Club 7 in May 2003. In 2003, Fame Academy appointed Winkleman to present a daily update show on BBC Three, in conjunction with its second series. Reporting from behind the scenes of the show, Winkleman conducted daily interviews with contestants, experts and celebrity pundits. She repeated the show in 2005 for the much shorter celebrity version Comic Relief Does Fame Academy. Also in 2005, Winkleman co-hosted The House of Tiny Tearaways, a BBC Three reality TV show, along with Tanya Byron, a British psychologist, writer and media personality. She also began hosting Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, a supplementary programme to Strictly Come Dancing, taking over from Justin Lee-Collins.
Winkleman then presented several more reality shows including End of Story[11] in 2004, a literature-based show, and Art School[12] in 2005, a programme which saw five unlikely celebrities go through a two-week art course at the Chelsea College of Art and Design.
2007 - Present[link]
More recently, Winkleman has presented a number of prime time programmes. In 2007, she took over from Cat Deeley as the main host for the third series of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, co-hosting with Patrick Kielty. She also presented the Eurovision Song Contest. She co-hosted coverage of the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 alongside Graham Norton for BBC One in September of that year. She co-presented the UK selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 called Eurovision: Your Decision, this time accompanied by Eurovision stalwart Terry Wogan. In March 2008, Winkleman rekindled her partnership with Patrick Kielty when the pair hosted the final leg of Sport Relief 2008, announcing £19,640,321 as the final amount raised through viewers' donations. She has since spoken of how much she was moved by the experience.[citation needed]
In 2007, Winkleman was the face of Sky Movie Premiere's coverage of the 79th Academy Awards, repeating it for the 80th Academy Awards in 2008. The show was broadcast live in conjunction with the ceremony itself, running right through the night into the early hours of the morning.
Winkleman has made many guest appearances on panel and talk shows, including: Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Would I Lie To You? (in which she appeared on David Mitchell's team, thus reprising their earlier gameshow collaboration), Have I Got News for You, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, and Lily Allen and Friends. In February 2008, she appeared on the British version of the comedy improvisational show Thank God You're Here, hosted by Paul Merton. In it she had to improvise a scene in which she played a boarding school girl who had been called to the headmistress's office.[citation needed]
As part of the celebration for London's win for hosting the 2012 Olympics, Winkleman co-hosted the London 2012 party alongside Matt Baker on 24 August, on the BBC.
Winkleman narrates the BBC Three show Glamour Girls,[13] a documentary series focusing on Britain's glamour industry.[14]
Winkleman was a panellist on Channel 4's The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2008.[15] and also appeared in The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2009.
In 2009, Winkleman appeared as presenter of Let's Dance for Comic Relief, a no-rule dance contest to raise money for Comic Relief which is similar to Strictly Come Dancing, but with musical, pop and dance songs. In the same year, she presented a section of the Red Nose Day live telethon alongside Jonathan Ross.
In March 2009, Winkleman was announced as the host of the new series of Hell's Kitchen on ITV1. She fronted the nightly show live from the restaurant in East London in its fourth series in the spring.[16]
On 14 November 2009, she stepped in on the main show of Strictly Come Dancing to present backstage, this was due to main presenter Bruce Forsyth being on sick leave. She co-hosted the show with Tess Daly and guest presenter Ronnie Corbett.
On 29 March 2010, Winkleman was named as one of the new co-presenters of The Film Programme, replacing Jonathan Ross.[17][18] The Guardian stated, through her recent hosting of Sky Television's coverage of The Oscars, Winkleman had "proved both a passionate and engaging advocate of cinema", while her husband Kris Thykier is a film producer with credits on several mainstream releases.[19]
On 10 October 2010, she began hosting the Strictly Come Dancing results show on a Sunday, assisting Tess Daly, and she continued to do this during the 2011 series.
In January 2011 it was announced that she would host King Of... a new comedy chat show for Channel 4 the series started on 17th June.
From April 2011, Claudia has become the voiceover for the "Next" clothing adverts.[citation needed]
Strictly: It Takes Two[link]
Main article: Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
It is through her work on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two that Winkleman has gained the most public recognition. The programme, which started in 2004, was devised as a companion show to run conjoined with the second series of Strictly Come Dancing, and continues to run to date. It follows a similar format to the one Winkleman made popular on Fame Academy, and sees her deliberating and dissecting the ins and outs of the main competition, accompanied by an array of dance experts, assorted guests and the competitors themselves. The show is aired every weekday throughout the course of the series at 6:30pm on BBC Two.
The show's four judges sometimes appear on the programme, with the series seven line-up usually consisting of Craig Revel Horwood on Mondays and Fridays, Len Goodman on Thursdays and via telephone from LA on Mondays, plus Alesha Dixon occasionally appearing. Bruno Tonioli does not appear on the programme until the run of Dancing with the Stars, the US equivalent he and Len also judge, has concluded. Until Arlene Phillips was replaced, she typically appeared on Fridays, with Revel Horwood reporting mid-week.
One of the show's features is "Len's Masterclass," a segment in which Head Judge Len Goodman demonstrates with Winkleman a dance move or two. Her attempts to follow the steps are accompanied by much girlish giggling.
It is estimated some three million viewers on average watch each episode. The 2011 series of the programme was presented by former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Zoë Ball, as Winkleman was on maternity leave, and some different segments were introduced.
Writing[link]
Winkleman started her journalism career as a travel writer, with columns about her various worldwide excursions. She did so in The Sunday Times and The Independent, but also contributed to the free daily London paper Metro in a similar capacity. As her television career - and family - evolved, she travelled less, and began to write more general work, opinion-led Lifestyle journalism about womanhood, sex and relationships. She wrote for Cosmopolitan and Tatler amongst others.
Between 2005 and 2008, she wrote a regular Wednesday column for The Independent called Take It From Me,[20] collating her various musings on the lighter sides of current affairs, celebrity news and anecdotes concerning her own life. These were mostly tongue-in-cheek diatribes on the shortcomings of men, and the pitfalls of juggling a professional life with that of being a mother. Her column often angled towards the more irritating aspects of life, with her husband regularly the subject of loving scorn. In 2007, this resulted in her husband writing her column instead, as something of a retaliation, though he did this only once.
On 9 April 2008, Winkleman wrote in The Independent about her having read this Wikipedia article when scouring the Internet looking for something to write about. In the column, she denied speculation previously included here that she was to have a third baby - she put her perceived new bulge down to the fact that she had not "...[banned] pasta from my world". She wrote of typing her name into Google and looking at this entry on Wikipedia. She was perturbed by the knowledge that there was any speculation that she was pregnant, when she wasn't, and - having rejected ideas from her friend Lucy that it was "...to do with the dress" or that "...they'd got her mixed up with Kate Thornton" - decided that the best course of action was to "have a slice of cake and a cup of tea".[21]
Radio work[link]
In April and May 2008, Winkleman hosted a six part comedy quiz series taking a humorous look into the week's celebrity gossip, called Hot Gossip.[22] The show was broadcast on a Saturday afternoon on BBC Radio 2; points were awarded to those who dished out dirt.[23] The show featured many famous pundits, including Will Smith, Phil Nichol, Jo Caulfield, Rufus Hound and Jonathan Ross' brother, Paul.
She hosts a weekly show also on BBC Radio 2 every Friday night between 10pm and midnight called Claudia Winkleman's Arts Show consisting of interviews with people from the arts world, as well as reviews and debate. In July 2010, Winkleman sat in for Dermot O'Leary.[24]
Charity and other work[link]
In 2007, she travelled to Uganda for Comic Relief, where the harsh realities of the AIDS situation there affected her greatly. Following this, she manned the phones at the BT Tower for the Disasters Emergency Committee in response to the problems in Darfur.[25] In May 2007, she helped relaunch The National Missing Persons Campaign,[26] and also supported a Christmas campaign by the charity Refuge,[27] which aimed to stop domestic violence.[28]
In June 2008, Winkleman was featured in Heat magazine with no make-up on, as part of a stand against the excessive airbrushing of prominent women, which she described as "pretty terrifying".[29]
Winkleman has also presented several Award Ceremonies including the Purple Heart Awards, The HSBC Awards, and The Campaign Digital Awards. In addition she has hosted promotional videos for companies such as John Lewis Partnership, C&J Clark and the British airport consortium BAA Limited.
On 18 March 2011, Winkleman was one of the presenters of BBC's Comic Relief.
Personal life[link]
Winkleman married film producer Kris Thykier (born 1972),[5] in Westminster, London in 2000.[4] They live in Connaught Square, Westminster.[30] They have three children: Jake Leonard (born March 2003, Westminster), Matilda Martha (born June 2006, Westminster)[1][31] and Arthur (born 6 July 2011).[32]
On 1 September 2008, The Daily Mail reported on problems in Winkleman's marriage. The newspaper reported that Winkleman "looked drawn and stressed on the doorstep as she greeted (her father and stepmother), who took her son out for the morning. She was not wearing a wedding ring".[33] However, Winkleman said in February 2009, in an interview with Fabulous magazine regarding her marriage, "Everyone has problems, but you have one life and you have to sort things out. It's what everyone does". [4][34]
References[link]
- ^ a b c "Marriages and Births England and Wales 1837-2006". Findmypast.co.uk. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ Take It From Me (25-06-2008) The Independent. Published 25 June 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ^ a b "The Peerage p 38021". Thepeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p38021.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ a b c d Claudia Winkleman gets candid Daily Mail. Published 20 September 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ^ a b "The Peerage p 40445". Thepeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p40445.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Claudia Winkleman: I loved my school". mydaughter.co.uk. http://www.mydaughter.co.uk/girls-schools/advocates/claudia-winkleman/. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ^ "BBC profile". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/presenters/claudia-winkleman/. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "BBC biography". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/strictlycomedancing/2010/team/. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Three's a Crowd". Ukgameshows.com. 2006-06-26. http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Three's_a_Crowd. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Fanorama". Ukgameshows.com. 2006-08-20. http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Fanorama. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "End of Story". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/endofstory. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Art School". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/08_august/10/art.shtml. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Glamour Girls". Bbc.co.uk. 2008-07-03. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b2913. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ IMDb
- ^ "The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2008 - British Comedy Guide". Comedy.org.uk. http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/big_fat_quiz_of_the_year/episodes/1/6/. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Winkleman to present new Hell's Kitchen" "Digital Spy". 23 March 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
- ^ "Claudia Winkleman named as presenter of new-look Film 2010" (Press release). BBC. 29 March 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/03_march/29/film.shtml. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ Film 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ MacInnes, Paul (29 March 2010). "Claudia Winkleman named as Jonathan Ross's successor on Film 2010". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/mar/29/claudia-winkleman-film-2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ Facebook. "Take It From Me". London: Independent.co.uk. http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/claudia-winkleman. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ Claudia Winkleman "Take It From Me", The Independent, 9 April 2010
- ^ 13:30 (2008-05-10). "Hot Gossip". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b7rl5. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Hot Gossip" page, BBC Radio 2
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- ^ DEC work, 24/05/2007
- ^ Charity re-launches on International Missing Children's Day Published 24 May 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ^ "Refuge". Refuge. 2011-01-20. http://www.refuge.org.uk. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ We've raised our hands. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ^ Malkin, Bonnie (2008-06-17). "''The Telegraph'', June 2008". London: Telegraph.co.uk. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2144649/Celebrity-women-shun-make-up-in-stand-against-airbrushing.html. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Claudia Winkleman: Take It From Me - Blair's moving in" The Independent. Published 16 May 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ^ Here trips the bride Daily Mail. Published 14 September 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ^ Bull, Sarah (11 July 2011). "Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman overjoyed after giving birth to a baby boy called Arthur". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2011974/Claudia-Winkleman-baby-Strictly-Come-Dancing-presenter-gives-birth-boy.html.
- ^ Revoir, Paul; Thomas, Liz (2008-09-01). "''The Daily Mail'', September 1st 2008". London: Dailymail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1051138/Strictly-Come-Dancing-host-Claudia-Winkleman-fight-save-trouble-hit-marriage.html. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Claudia's Dark Side". Fabulousmag.co.uk. http://www.fabulousmag.co.uk/celebs/celeb_claudia_054.php. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
External links[link]
- Claudia Winkleman official agent's website
- Claudia Winkleman at the Internet Movie Database
- Claudia Winkleman at BBC Programmes
- Claudia Winkleman on Twitter
- Claudia Winkleman on Unreality TV
- Claudia Winkleman's Independent column
- Radio Times photo gallery
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Gordon James Ramsay, OBE (born 8 November 1966)[1] is a British chef, television personality and restaurateur.[2] He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars in total and currently holds 12.[3][4][5]
Ramsay is known for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell's Kitchen, The F Word, Ramsay's Best Restaurant, and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, along with the American versions of Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, and MasterChef.
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Early life[link]
Gordon Ramsay was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland,[6] and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England from the age of 5.[7] Ramsay is the second of four children; he has an older sister, Diane, a younger brother, Ronnie, and a younger sister, Yvonne. Ramsay's father Gordon (died 1997)[8] was, at various times, a swimming pool manager, a welder, and a shopkeeper; his mother, Helen Cosgrove,[9] and Yvonne[8] have been nurses.[10] Ramsay has described his early life as "hopelessly itinerant", as his family moved constantly due to the aspirations and failures of his father, who was violent.[8] In 1976, they finally settled in Stratford-upon-Avon where he grew up in the Bishopton area of the town. In past public interviews, Ramsay has declined to describe his father as an alcoholic; however, his autobiography, Humble Pie,[10] describes his early life as being marked by abuse and neglect from this "hard-drinking womaniser".[10][11] At the age of 16, Ramsay moved out of the family house into a flat in Banbury.[12]
Football career[link]
Ramsay played football and was first chosen to play under-14 football at age 12. He was chosen to play for Warwickshire. His football career was marked by a number of injuries, causing him to remark later in life, "Perhaps I was doomed when it came to football".[10] In mid-1984, Ramsay had a trial with Rangers, the club he supported as a boy. He seriously injured his knee, smashing the cartilage during training.[13] Ramsay continued to train and play on the injured knee, tearing a cruciate ligament during a squash game. He never fully recovered from the double injury.[citation needed]
Ramsay has claimed to have played two first team games for Rangers.[14] According to his autobiography Ramsay played "a couple of non-league matches as a trialist" for Rangers[15] and was signed by the club at the age of 15.[16] In May 2002 he told The Observer newspaper that he played two first-team games, for Rangers against St Johnstone and Morton.[17] However, according to Rangers historians, there is no evidence he ever played for the Rangers first-team and he was never a signed player.[18]
As evidence of his time with Rangers, Ramsay has produced a team photo showing him in full kit, boasting that he played in a reserve match against Celtic. But while the caption mentions the other players by name, Ramsay is labelled simply as 'triallist'. And Rangers historian Robert McElroy said: 'It's all nonsense. The reserve team was really good but Ramsay wasn't even a signed player and wasn't in it.'[19]However Allan Cairns, the photographer who took the picture in September 1985, said the photo was not one of Rangers first team but a side picked to play a testimonial match. A Rangers spokesman said: "Ramsay was a trialist in that testimonial game. He trained with us for a few months after that but then got injured."[20]
Rangers revisited[link]
In series 4, episode 12 of The F Word (originally aired on 29 July 2008),[21] Ramsay visited Ibrox, the home playing field of his favourite childhood team, Rangers, and exclaimed, "Home, Sweet Home" and said, "My dream came true when I was spotted in the mid-80s and I joined the youth team here in Ibrox." He related that one of his fondest memories is playing alongside one of Scotland's football legends, Ally McCoist, who said about Ramsay, "I remember him well and the one thing that never ever will change is that he's a competitive so-and-so and wants to do and be the best that he can." Ramsay recalled that, "the pain of being released on the back of an injury" was only assuaged many years later, "after receiving [his] third Michelin Star", and concluded that, "without the upset at Ibrox, I would not be the chef I am today."[22]
Early cooking career[link]
By this time, Ramsay's interest in cooking had already begun, and rather than be known as "the football player with the gammy knee",[10] at age 19, Ramsay paid more serious attention to his culinary education. After weighing his options, Ramsay enrolled at North Oxfordshire Technical College, sponsored by the Rotarians, to study Hotel Management. He describes his decision to enter catering college as "an accident, a complete accident".[10]
In the late 1980s, he worked as a commis chef at the Roxburgh House Hotel, then ran the kitchen and 60-seat dining room at the Wickham Arms, until his sexual relationship with the owner's wife made the situation difficult.[23] Ramsay then moved to London, where he worked in a series of restaurants until being inspired to work for the temperamental Marco Pierre White at Harveys.[10]
After working at Harveys for two years and ten months, Ramsay, tired of "the rages and the bullying and violence", decided that the way to further advance his career was to study French cuisine. White discouraged Ramsay from taking a job in Paris, instead encouraging him to work for Albert Roux at Le Gavroche in Mayfair. (While at Le Gavroche, he met Jean-Claude Breton, now his maître d' at Royal Hospital Road.) After working at Le Gavroche for a year, Albert Roux invited Ramsay to work with him at Hotel Diva, a ski resort in the French Alps, as his number two. From there, Ramsay moved to Paris to work with Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon, both Michelin-starred chefs. He continued his training in France for three years, before giving in to the physical and mental stress of the kitchens and taking a year to work as a personal chef on the private yacht Idlewild, based in Bermuda.[10]
Head chef[link]
Upon his return to London in 1993, Ramsay was offered the position of head chef at La Tante Claire in Chelsea. Shortly thereafter, Marco White re-entered his life, offering to set him up with a head chef position and 10% share in the Rossmore, owned by White's business partners. The restaurant was renamed Aubergine and went on to win its first Michelin star fourteen months later. In 1997, Aubergine won its second Michelin star. Despite the restaurant's success, a dispute with Ramsay's business owners and Ramsay's dream of running his own restaurant led to his leaving the partnership in 1997.[10] In 1998, Ramsay opened his own restaurant in Chelsea, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, with the help of his father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson. The restaurant gained its third Michelin star in 2001, making Ramsay the first Scotsman to achieve that feat.[24]
From his first restaurant, Ramsay's empire has expanded rapidly, first opening Petrus, where six bankers famously spent over £44,000 on wine during a single meal in 2001,[25] then Amaryllis in Glasgow (which he was later forced to close) and later Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's. Restaurants at the Dubai Creek and Connaught Hotels followed, the latter branded with his protégé, Angela Hartnett's, name. Ramsay has now begun opening restaurants outside the UK, beginning with Verre in Dubai. Gordon Ramsay at Conrad Tokyo and Cerise by Gordon Ramsay both opened in Tokyo in 2005, and in November 2006, Gordon Ramsay at the London opened in New York City,[26] winning top newcomer in the city’s coveted Zagat guide, despite mixed reviews from professional critics.[27]
In 2007, Ramsay opened his first Irish restaurant, Gordon Ramsay at Powerscourt, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.[28] In May 2008 Ramsay opened his first US west coast restaurant, in Los Angeles, California. Situated in the former Bel-Age hotel on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, the hotel has been renovated and renamed The London West Hollywood. The restaurant is called Boxwood.
On 9 August 2011 Ramsay opened his first Canadian restaurant in Montreal. Laurier Gordon Ramsay, formerly Rotisserie Laurier BBQ, will continue on with the tradition of BBQ rotisserie but with an update Ramsay is known for.[29] However, in February 2012 Danny Lavy — the owner of the restaurant — announced the restaurant was disassociating itself from Ramsay, citing a lack of involvement and understanding on Ramsay's part.[30]
Awards[link]
Opened in 1998, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay was Ramsay’s first solo restaurant, located at Royal Hospital Road, London. In 2001, it was voted Top Restaurant in the U.K. in the London Zagat Survey and was awarded its third Michelin star, making Gordon Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have ever won three Michelin stars.[31] Though he spends more time on television than in the kitchen, Gordon Ramsay's Chelsea restaurant still managed to retain its three Michelin star status according to the latest edition of the guide.[32] Ramsay is one of only four chefs in the UK to maintain three Michelin Stars for his restaurant (the others being Heston Blumenthal, Alain Ducasse and Alain Roux). He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 honours list for services to the hospitality industry, but almost missed the award when his plane was delayed.[33]
In July 2006, Ramsay won the Catey award for "Independent Restaurateur of the Year", becoming only the third person to have won three Catey awards, the biggest awards of the UK hospitality industry. Ramsay's two previous Catey awards were in 1995 (Newcomer of the Year) and 2000 (Chef of the Year). The other two triple-winners are Michel Roux, and Jacquie Pern.
In September 2006, he was named as the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry in the annual Caterersearch 100 list, published by Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine. He overtook Jamie Oliver, who had been top of the list in 2005.[34]
Also in 2006, Ramsay was nominated as a candidate for Rector at the University of St Andrews, but was beaten at the polls by Simon Pepper.[35] Despite a publicity campaign, Ramsay never visited St Andrews and did not appear in press interviews.
Ramsay's flagship restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, was voted London's top restaurant in food bible Harden's for eight years, but in 2008 was placed below Petrus, a restaurant run by former protégé Marcus Wareing.[36]
Gordon Ramsay holdings[link]
All of Ramsay's business interests (restaurants, media, consultancy) are held in the company Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited. Run in partnership with his father-in-law Chris Hutcheson, Ramsay owns a 69% stake valued at £67 million.[37]
Whereas previous ventures acted as a combined consultant/brand, in November 2006 Ramsay announced plans to create three restaurants in the United States in partnership with private equity firm Blackstone Group, who are refurbishing each of the chosen hotels into five star locations at a cost of £100 million per hotel. At an investment of £3 million per restaurant for the 10-year lease, all the restaurants offer the chef’s trademark modern European cuisine, and opened in 2006/2007 at:
- Gordon Ramsay at the London Hotel in Manhattan, New York, October 2006[26]
- Gordon Ramsay at the Cielo in Boca Raton, Florida
- Gordon Ramsay at the London Hotel in West Hollywood, California
- Gordon Ramsay at the Mirabelle in London
In late 2006 Gordon Ramsay Holdings purchased three London pubs which he converted into gastropubs. These are: The Narrow in Limehouse, which opened in March 2007, the Devonshire in Chiswick, which opened in October of that year and The Warrington in Maida Vale, which opened in February 2008. Both The Devonshire and The Warrington were subsequently sold in 2011, leaving The Narrow as the sole pub in GRH's portfolio.[38]
Ramsay acts as a consultant to numerous catering organisations, and was recruited by Singapore Airlines as one of its "International Culinary Panel" consultants.[39]
In May 2008 it was confirmed that Ramsay's protégé of 15 years, Marcus Wareing was going solo having opened and operated Pétrus at The Berkeley Hotel on behalf of Gordon Ramsay Holdings since 2003.[40] With the name Pétrus owned by Gordon Ramsay Holdings, industry sources suggested it was likely to transfer to another restaurant in the group with the former La Noisette site identified as the most likely.[41]
As of June 2009, Gordon Ramsay Holdings is reported to be in severe financial difficulty after a financial audit by accounting firm KPMG.[42]
In April 2010, Jason Atherton, Executive chef of Maze restaurants worldwide resigned to open his own venue in Mayfair.[43]
On 19 October 2010, the company Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited announced that Chris Hutcheson had left his position as CEO of Gordon Ramsay Holdings Ltd. Shortly after, Ramsay released a letter to the press describing how he had unraveled the "manipulative" Hutcheson's "complex life" after having him followed by a private detective. His father-in-law's "away days", wrote Ramsay, "were rarely what I thought they were". Company accounts show Hutchenson borrowed up to £1.5 million from Gordon Ramsay Holdings, of which he was chief executive, though he says he reported the borrowings to the company and paid the money back. Hutcheson said he had been "vaporised" and subjected to a "public hanging" by Ramsay, whom he described as a friendless egotist.[44]
Television[link]
Ramsay's first foray in television was in two fly-on-the-kitchen-wall documentaries: Boiling Point (1998) and Beyond Boiling Point (2000).
Ramsay appeared on series three of Faking It in 2001 helping the prospective chef, a burger flipper named Ed Devlin, learn the trade. This episode won the 2001 BAFTA for "Best Factual TV Moment".[45][46]
In 2004, Ramsay appeared in two British television series. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares aired on Channel 4, and saw the chef troubleshooting failing restaurants over a one week period. This series ran its fifth season in 2007. Hell's Kitchen was a reality show, which aired on ITV1, and saw Ramsay attempt to train ten British celebrities to be chefs, as they ran a restaurant on Brick Lane which opened to the public for the two-week duration of the show.
In May 2005, the FOX network introduced Ramsay to American audiences in a US version of Hell's Kitchen produced by Granada Entertainment and A. Smith & Co. The show follows a similar premise as the original British series, showcasing Ramsay's perfectionism and infamous short temper. The show proved to be popular enough with audiences in the United States that, in August 2005, shortly following the Season 1 finale, Hell's Kitchen was picked up for a second season. The show has now run nine seasons. In addition, Ramsay had also hosted a US version of Kitchen Nightmares which premiered on Fox on 19 September 2007. The show's second season aired from September 2008 to January 2009; in September 2008, Fox announced that Kitchen Nightmares would return for a third season which aired from January 2010 to May 2010.
Ramsay has presented five series of a food-based magazine programme titled The F-Word; it launched on Channel 4 on 27 October 2005. The show is organised around several key, recurring features, notably a brigade competition, a guest cook competition, a food related investigative report and a series-long project of raising animals to be served in the finale. The guest cook (usually a celebrity) prepares a dish of their own choosing and places it in competition against a similar dish submitted by Ramsay. The dishes are judged by diners who are unaware of who cooked which dish and, if the guest wins (as they have on numerous occasions), their dish is served at Ramsay's restaurant.
In the first series of The F-Word, Ramsay mockingly named the turkeys he raised: Antony, Ainsley, Jamie, Delia, Gary and Nigella — all in reference to other celebrity chefs. During the second series, Ramsay named the two pigs that he was raising after Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine[47] who found the naming highly amusing.[48] In July 2006, Channel 4 announced that it had re-signed Ramsay to an exclusive four-year deal at the network, running until July 2011.[49] During the third series, Ramsay reared lambs that had been selected from a farm in North Wales and he named them after two Welsh celebrities, Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson. The series became one of the highest rated shows aired on Channel 4 each week.[50] During one episode of The F-Word, Ramsay cooked in Doncaster Prison in Marshgate for its inmates. The chef was so impressed by the speed at which a prisoner, Kieron Tarff, chopped vegetables that he offered him a job at his restaurant following his release in 2007.[51]
In 2010, Ramsay served as a producer and judge on the US version of MasterChef.[52] (A second season of the show began in June 2011, again starring Ramsay.) He starred in a travelogue about his visit to India, Gordon's Great Escape followed by a series set in Asia. He hosted the series Ramsay's Best Restaurant, which was the first UK series by Ramsay's own production company, One Potato Two Potato.
Ramsay joined several other celebrity chefs in the 2010 series, The Big Fish Fight, where he, along with fellow chef Jamie Oliver and a few others, spent time on a trawler boat to raise awareness about the discarding of hundreds of thousands of salt water fish.
In March 2012, Fox announced the coming of Ramsay's fourth series for the Fox network, Hotel Hell;[53] the series is similar to Kitchen Nightmares, except that it focuses on struggling hotels, motels and other lodging establishments in the United States.[54] Originally slated for debut 6 April 2012[55] and 4 June 2012,[56] the series has been delayed until later in the summer.[57]
Guest appearances[link]
In September 2005, Ramsay, along with Jamie Oliver, Heston Blumenthal, Wolfgang Puck and Sanjeev Kapoor, were featured in CNN International's Quest, in which Richard Quest stepped into the shoes of celebrity chefs.[58]
In 2006, Ramsay took part in a television series for ITV1, following the lead-up to Soccer Aid, a celebrity charity football match, in which he played only the first half, nursing an injury picked up in training. Ramsay captained the Rest of the World XI against an England XI captained by Robbie Williams. However, his involvement was limited after he received a four-inch cut in his calf.
During his second Top Gear appearance, he stated that his current cars are a Ferrari F430 and a Range Rover Sport Supercharged, the latter replacing the Bentley Continental GT he previously owned. On 14 May 2006, he appeared on Top Gear in the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment. Ramsay held the top spot on Top Gear's celebrity leader board, with a lap time of 1.46.38 until overtaken by Simon Cowell.[59]
Ramsay starred in part of a National Blood Service "Give Blood" television advertisement, in which he said that he would have died from a ruptured spleen[60] had it not have been for another person's blood donation. On 13 October 2006, he was guest host on the first episode of Have I Got News for You's 32nd series. On 27 December 2007 Ramsay appeared in the Extras Christmas special.
In January 2008, Ramsay also guest featured on Channel 4's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack as the Big Brother housemates took part in his Cookalong Live television show. Gordon spoke directly to the Big Brother House via the house plasma screens, regularly checking on the progress of the contestants.
In 2011, during the results show of American Idol, footage of the top 5 contestants taking on a challenge of cooking with Gordon Ramsay was shown. The Top 5 were given 10 minutes to make the best omelets.
Ramsay also made an appearance on The Simpsons episode "The Food Wife" in November 2011.
Legal proceedings[link]
In June 2006, Ramsay won a High Court case against the London Evening Standard newspaper, in which Victor Lewis Smith had alleged, after reports from previous owner Sue Ray, that scenes and the general condition of Bonaparte's had been faked for Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Ramsay was awarded £75,000 plus costs.[61] Ramsay said at the time: "I won't let people write anything they want to about me. We have never done anything in a cynical fake way".
In June 2007, Ramsay's show was sued by the terminated general manager (Martin Hyde) of the New York restaurant Purnima (Dillon's), who also alleged fakery. Hyde had quit his position at the restaurant during the show, when Ramsay suggested that the owner hire top Indian Chef Vikas Khanna as the Consultant Chef for Purnima. The lawsuit alleged that "unknown to the viewing audience, some or all of Kitchen Nightmares are fake and the so-called 'problems uncovered and solved' by Ramsay are, for the most part, created by Ramsay and his staff for the purpose of making it appear that Ramsay is improving the restaurant".[62] However, in August 2007, the case was dismissed voluntarily and ordered into arbitration as stipulated in their contract.[63]
On 21 March 2012, Ramsay filed a $2.7 million lawsuit against his former partners of his restaurant in Montreal, Canada, the Laurier Gordon Ramsay (since renamed The Laurier 1936), over lost licensing fees and defamatory statements made against him.[64][65]
Public image and reception[link]
Personality[link]
Ramsay's reputation is built upon his goal of culinary perfection. Since the airing of Boiling Point which followed Ramsay's quest of earning three Michelin stars, the chef has also become infamous for his fiery temperament and use of expletives.[66] Ramsay once famously ejected food critic A. A. Gill along with his dining companion, Joan Collins, from his restaurant, leading Gill to state that "Ramsay is a wonderful chef, just a really second-rate human being".[24] Ramsay admitted in his autobiography that he did not mind if Gill insulted his food, but a personal insult he was not going to stand for. Ramsay has also had confrontations with his kitchen staff, including one incident that resulted in the pastry chef calling the police.[67] A 2005 interview claimed Ramsay had retained 85% of his staff since 1993.[68]
Ramsay attributes his pugnacious management style to the influence of previous mentors, notably chefs Marco Pierre White and Guy Savoy, father-in-law Chris Hutcheson, and Jock Wallace, his manager while a footballer at Rangers.[69]
Ramsay's ferocious temper has contributed to his media appeal in both the United Kingdom and the United States, where his programmes are produced.[70][71] His fierce personality ensured that he was voted television's most terrifying celebrity in a Radio Times poll consisting of 3,000 people.[72] MSN Careers featured an article about television's worst bosses, which listed Ramsay as the only non-fictional boss. They cited his frequent loss of his temper and his harsh critiques, notably when he picks on something other than one's cooking abilities, such as calling someone a "chunky monkey."[73] He maintains that such behaviour within the kitchen is necessary and demonstrates passion.
Although Ramsay often mocks the French, one of his most trusted maîtres d, Jean-Claude Breton (Royal Hospital Road) is French.[74][75]
In November 2007, Ramsay installed 29-year-old Clare Smyth as head chef at his three-Michelin-starred flagship restaurant on London’s Royal Hospital Road.[76] Smyth is the second high profile appointment of a female chef by Ramsay, after Angela Hartnett.
Ramsay has been criticised for his frequent use of profanity on his programmes, first by British celebrity cook Delia Smith,[77] then, in relation to Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, by a member of the Federal Parliament of Australia.[78] In his autobiography, Ramsay himself said he was unaware of the extent of his swearing until he watched an episode of Boiling Point. While he stated he did not have a problem with it, "Mum was appalled".
On 5 June 2009, Ramsay started trading national TV insults with Australia's Nine Network, A Current Affair journalist Tracy Grimshaw. The day after his interview, he was a guest feature at the Melbourne Food and Wine festival. While doing his display, he added some comments pertaining to a person who's name "starts with a T" at which time an audience member completed his sentence by shouting out Tracy Grimshaw's name. Ramsay laughed and said, "Oh don't shout that out". This incident was taken out of context by Tracy Grimshaw where she made claims of Ramsay questioning her sexual orientation and responded by calling Ramsay an "arrogant, narcissist bully" and implied that Ramsay mistreats his wife.[79][80] Ramsay eventually apologised, stating that his behavior "was a joke".[81][82]
Ramsay has also drawn the ire of vegetarians. In 2005, he served ham to an unknowing vegetarian. He has also told the BBC that he has lied to vegetarian diners to conceal the presence of chicken stock in his soup.[83]
Food views[link]
On the second series of The F Word, Ramsay showed a softened stance after learning about intensive pig farming practices including castration and tail docking. On the programme, Ramsay commented, "It's enough to make anyone turn fucking vegetarian, for God's sake. And I've always sort of knocked vegetarians and vegans for missing out on the most amazing flavour you can get from meat. But you can see why so many people change instantly."[84]
Some controversy arose in the third series of The F Word when journalist Janet Street-Porter, who thought horse meat should be eaten more widely in Britain, attempted to serve horse steaks and quiche at Cheltenham Racecourse during Gold Cup Week. The police prevented her from doing this, and deemed the stunt "highly provocative". She, subsequently, served the meat from a private property; most of the consumers shown in the programme approved. The conclusion of both Street-Porter and Ramsay was that horse meat merited a more prominent place in Britain's national diet. In the wake of the stunt, representatives of animal rights group PETA protested by dumping a tonne of horse manure outside Ramsay's restaurant at Claridge's in central London.[85]
Other chefs[link]
Ramsay has been highly critical of Food Network and Iron Chef America star Mario Batali.[citation needed] The New York Post reported in 2009 that Batali has banned Ramsay from his restaurants. This alleged feud goes back to when Batali was highly critical of Ramsay's cooking style for being "dull and outdated".[86] However, Batali has since stated that the alleged feud "was created by a couple of journalists." Batali went on to state, "I'd love to hang out with [Ramsay]."[87]
Personal life[link]
Ramsay stands at 6 feet 1.5 inches (186.7 cm).[88] On his show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Ramsay has stated that he is afraid of dancing, especially in front of people.[episode needed] On a later episode, at La Gondola, he decided to "confront his demons" and is seen dancing. Ramsay also demonstrates the moonwalk dance in the episode of Kitchen Nightmares spotlighting Mama Cherri's Soul Food Shack. He also learns to salsa dance on an episode of The F-Word[episode needed] Ramsay is a fan of Scottish Premier League team Rangers F.C. and English Premier League team Chelsea F.C..
Family[link]
Ramsay married Cayetana Elizabeth Hutcheson (known as Tana), a Montessori-trained schoolteacher, in 1996. The couple have four children: Megan Jane (b. 1998), twins Jack Scott and Holly Anna (b. 2000), and Matilda Elizabeth (b. 2002), They live in Battersea. Ramsay's father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson, was until 2010 responsible for the business operations of Ramsay's restaurant empire.[89][90]
Legal issues[link]
In 1994, Ramsay accepted a police caution for gross indecency involving him and two other men, both chefs, in the lavatory of a London Underground station. It was stressed to be only "hi jinks" by Ramsay and not sexual.[91] Ramsay stated that the three, who were discovered in the early morning hours, were celebrating and drinking the night before. In regards to the caution, Ramsay stated that one of his friends was urinating in a sink, another friend was walking around with his trousers by his ankles, and that he himself was urinating in a urinal with his head against the wall, when the station supervisor discovered them.[91]
On 15 November 2002, Ramsay was breathalysed, arrested, and charged with driving under the influence of excess alcohol in London. While he remained charged, he was informed by police that the case would be discontinued.[92]
In 2007, Ramsay admitted arranging for a biker to steal the reservations book from the Aubergine restaurant in 1998 and blaming the theft on Marco Pierre White, because he suspected Aubergine's owners were planning to offer his job to Pierre White.[93]
Charity work[link]
Ramsay has been involved in a series of charitable events and organisations. He fulfilled his aim of finishing 10 marathons in ten years by running his 10th consecutive London Marathon on 26 April 2009, sponsoring the Scottish Spina Bifida Association.[94]
Ramsay has been Honorary Patron of the Scottish Spina Bifida Association since 2004, and in 2005 he launched The Gordon Ramsay "Buy a Brick" appeal to help the organisation raise funds to build a new Family Support Centre and Head Office in Glasgow. In 2006 he launched a new Appeal to help the charity raise the funds required to continue to run the support centre "What's your favourite F Word, Gordon's is Fundraising". In November 2007 Ramsay hosted a St Andrew's Day Gala Dinner at Stirling Castle in aid of the Association and has now made this fundraising Gala Dinner an annual event.[95]
During March 2005 Ramsay teamed up with Indian chef Madhur Jaffrey to help the VSO, an international development charity group to support its Spice Up Your Life event. The charity hoped to raise £100,000 for VSO’s work in HIV and AIDS in India.[96] The Ramsays were the first couple to become ambassadors for the women's charity Women's Aid in 2005. The couple ran the Flora Families marathon[97] to support Women's Aid.[98]
Life endangering experiences[link]
In 2008, Ramsay was in Iceland's Westman Islands filming a puffin hunting segment when he lost his footing and fell during a descent of an 85m cliff, landing in the icy water below. He said, "I thought I was a goner", reaching the surface of the water by removing his heavy boots and waterproof clothing. His film crew, who rescued Ramsay by throwing him a rope, reported that he was submerged for at least 45 seconds. During the ordeal he remembers how he felt: "I was panicking and my lungs were filling with water. When I got to the top after getting my boots off I was dazed and my head was totally massive".[99] At first, Ramsay did not want to tell his wife. "I chickened out but she knew something was up. She was upset and extremely pissed off. When I was underwater, all I could think of was Tana and my kids. It wasn't until I was on the plane home I realised what a close call I'd had."[100]
In January 2011, while in Costa Rica, Ramsay was doused in petrol and held at gunpoint as he tried to uncover the dark world of illegal shark fin trading for a new TV show.[101] Ramsay stated:
They told me they’d shoot me. At one, I managed to shake off the people keeping us away, ran up some stairs to a rooftop and looked down to see thousands of fins, drying on rooftops for as far as the eye could see. When I got back downstairs, they tipped a barrel of petrol over me. Back at the wharf, there were people pointing rifles at us to stop us filming. A van pulled up and these seedy characters made us stand against a wall. The police came and advised us to leave the country.[102]
Accusations of infidelity[link]
In late November 2008, the former British tabloid News of the World published a news story wherein Sarah Symonds, author of the book Having An Affair? A Handbook For The Other Woman, claimed to have been involved in a secret affair with Ramsay for a period of seven years.[103][104] Symonds further alleged that Ramsay had been involved with at least two other women.[103] Amidst the allegations, the family put off a holiday in Mauritius[105] and Ramsay, initially ignoring the allegations, denied them during a live BBC show cooking demonstration, Good Food Show.[106][107] An Australian woman has also made similar claims, while Ramsay denies even knowing the woman.[108][109][110][111]
Richard Harden, co-publisher of the Harden's Restaurant Guide, speaking to the Evening Standard, concurs "It must damage the package",[112] though publicist Max Clifford disagrees, noting that while the allegations might cause "a lot of aggravation" at home, it wouldn't impact his image and popularity "at all."[113]
Pre-prepared meal controversy[link]
On 17 April 2009 it was revealed that Ramsay's restaurant, Foxtrot Oscar in Chelsea, West London, used pre-prepared food that was heated up and sold with mark-ups of up to 586%. It was also revealed that three of his gastropubs in London did the same thing. A spokeswoman for Gordon Ramsay explained, "Gordon Ramsay chefs prepare components of dishes devised and produced to the highest Gordon Ramsay standards. These are supplied to those kitchens with limited cooking space such as Foxtrot Oscar and Gordon Ramsay's highly-acclaimed pubs, including the Narrow. These are sealed and transported daily in refrigerated vans and all menu dishes are then cooked in the individual kitchens. This is only for the supply of Foxtrot Oscar and the three pubs and allows each establishment to control the consistency and the quality of the food served."[114][115] Reflecting on the controversy in 2010, Ramsay was unapologetic, stating:
"When I was working at the Gavroche all those years ago, the duck terrine wasn’t made there. It was made outside, then brought to the restaurant wrapped in plastic. This is standard practice. What on earth was the fuss about?"[116]
Cosmetic procedures[link]
Seeking the advice of Simon Cowell, in 2009, Ramsay admitted having Botox injections to smooth his wrinkles, at a cost of £1,000 a time. He has also spent up to £10,000 on procedures to improve his teeth.[117]
After being photographed with a puffy face and wearing a “medical-looking” cap on his head (a common side effect of a hair transplant) rumours started that Ramsay had undergone a procedure. Initially, he explained away the rumours, putting his swollen face and scalp down to an infection and an allergic reaction.[118] It was discovered afterwards, however, that he had undergone a procedure known as follicular unit extraction (FUE) for £30,000.[119] The procedure, which lasted 12 hours, was done in a Los Angeles clinic and entailed Ramsay’s hair follicles being removed from lush patches of his scalp and reinserted where his hairline was thinning.[120]
Restaurants owned or run by Ramsay[link]
United Kingdom[link]
- Restaurant Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road (three Michelin stars), Mark Askew (executive chef), Clare Smyth (head chef)
- Pétrus" (two Michelin stars), Marcus Wareing (executive chef) (until 2008)[121]
- Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, Steve Allen (head chef)
- The Boxwood Café at the Berkeley Hotel, Stuart Gillies (executive chef)
- Savoy Grill
- La Noisette (one Michelin star) Sloane Street (closed)
- Maze, (one Michelin star) Jason Atherton (executive chef)
- Foxtrot Oscar
- Maze Grill, Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square
- Gordon Ramsay's Plane Food at London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5
- York and Albany located in Ramsay's first hotel (only 10 rooms), Regents Park, Angela Hartnett (executive chef), opened in July 2008[122]
- Murano (one Michelin star), Mayfair, Angela Hartnett (executive chef), opened 2008[122]
- Bread Street Kitchen, the newest restaurant at One New Change, London opened September 2011
International[link]
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- Gordon Ramsay at The London (two Michelin stars), New York, Josh Emett (chef de cuisine)[123]
- Maze by Gordon Ramsay at The London, New York City
- Verre at the Hilton Dubai Creek, Dubai - (Closed[when?])
- Gordon Ramsay at Conrad Tokyo, Tokyo (one Michelin star)
- Cerise by Gordon Ramsay, Tokyo
- Cielo by Angela Hartnett, Boca Raton, Florida, Nader Jaouhar (head chef)
- Gordon Ramsay at The London, West Hollywood (one Michelin Star)
- Gordon Ramsay at The Trianon Palace (two Michelin stars), Versailles near Paris, Simone Zanoni (head chef)
- Boxwood Café, across from Gordon Ramsay restaurant in Los Angeles[124]
- Laurier Gordon Ramsay, Montreal, Quebec, opened August 2011, Danny Levy (owner), Guillermo Russo (head chef);[125] became the Laurier 1936 in February 2012 after Ramsay was relieved of his consultant status,[126] which later was the subject of Ramsay's lawsuit against his partners[64]
- Maze by Gordon Ramsay at One and Only Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa, opened in April 2009 with first guests being Nelson Mandela and Sol Kerzner. (Closed[when?])
- Maze by Gordon Ramsay at The Pearl-Qatar, Doha, Qatar. Opened in 2010.[127]
- Maze and Maze Grill by Gordon Ramsay at Crown Metropol, Melbourne, Australia. Opened in March 2010. Josh Emett (head chef)[128] (Closed)[129]
- Grill from Hell by Gordon Ramsay in Flinders Street, Townsville, QLD and Gold Coast QLD. Opened mid 2011.
- Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - Steak in Las Vegas. (Opening May 7th)
Filmography[link]
- Boiling Point (5 part documentary) (Channel 4, 1998)
- Beyond Boiling Point (6 part documentary) (Channel 4, 2000)
- Ramsay – Trouble at the Top
- Love's Kitchen (2011)
Notable television appearances[link]
- Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (Channel 4, 2004–present)
- Hell's Kitchen (UK) (ITV, 2004–2009)
- Hell's Kitchen (U.S.) (Fox, 2005–present)
- The F Word (Channel 4, 2005–present)
- Kitchen Nightmares (Fox, 2007–present)
- Extras Christmas Special (BBC Two 2007)
- Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live (Channel 4, 18 January 2008–present)
- Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live U.S. (Fox, 15 December 2009, a one-off episode)
- Gordon's Great Escape (Channel 4, January 2010)
- Soccer Aid (ITV, May 2006, September 2008, June 2010, May 2012)
- MasterChef (U.S.) (Fox, since 27 July 2010)
- Ramsay's Best Restaurant (Channel 4, 2010)
- Christmas with Gordon (Channel 4, 2010)
- The Simpsons - "The Food Wife" (Fox, 2011)
- Top Gear (BBC Two, Star in a Reasonably Priced Car)
Bibliography[link]
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Ramsay signing a copy of Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite at the Toronto Eaton Centre, February 2009
Since 1996, Ramsay has written 21 books. Ramsay also contributes a food-and-drink column to The Times' Saturday magazine.
- Gordon Ramsay’s Passion For Flavour (1996)
- Gordon Ramsay’s Passion For Seafood (1999)
- Gordon Ramsay A Chef For All Seasons (2000)
- Gordon Ramsay’s Just Desserts (2001)
- Gordon Ramsay’s Secrets (2003)
- Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Heaven (2004)
- Gordon Ramsay Makes It Easy (2005)
- Gordon Ramsay Easy All Year Round (2006)
- Gordon Ramsay's Sunday Lunch and other recipes from the F word (2006)
- Humble Pie (2006) (Autobiography)
- Roasting in Hell's Kitchen (2006) (US title for Humble Pie)
- Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food Recipes from the F Word (2007)
- Playing With Fire (2007) (Follow up to Autobiography)
- Recipes From a 3 Star Chef (2007)
- Gordon Ramsay's Three Star Chef (2008)
- Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food (2008)
- Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite (2008)
- Cooking for Friends: Food from My Table (2008)
- Gordon Ramsay's On Top of The World (2009)
- Gordon Ramsay's World Kitchen: Recipes from "The F Word" (2009)
- Ramsay's Best Menus (2010)
- Master Chefs Series
- Pasta Sauces (1996)
- Fish And Shellfish (1997)
- Cook Cards
- Hot Dinners (2006)
- Cool Sweets (2006)
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Further reading[link]
- Millard, Rosie (30 September 2007). "Rosie Millard meets Gordon Ramsay". The Sunday Times (UK). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/gordon_ramsay/article2557632.ece. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
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Debra Stephenson (born 4 June 1972 in Kingston upon Hull)[citation needed] is an English actress, comedienne, impressionist and singer.
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At the age of fourteen Stephenson appeared on BBC TV's Opportunity Knocks, winning her way through to the All-Winners' Final, broadcast live from the London Palladium. She appeared on Blue Peter doing an impression of Esther Rantzen; she also appeared in other CBBC programmes and was a backing singer on Chris Jarvis's 1997 charity single Glasses.
She was then on TV screens in 1998 in Kay Mellor's comedy drama about women's football, Playing the Field. Stephenson also appeared in the last two episodes of ITV1's adaptation of Catherine Cookson's A Dinner of Herbs in which she played the adult Kate Roystan who falls in love with the son of the woman who murdered her grandfather.
In 1999 she had a more prominent role, playing Shell Dockley in the ITV prison drama Bad Girls. Her performance as the psychotic Dockley earned her consecutive nominations for Best Actress at the National Television Awards in 1999 and 2000. After three years playing one of the show's most popular characters, she left in 2001, returning for one last time in 2003.
As well as doing stand-up comedy at venues including London's Comedy Store, Stephenson has played several roles as a comic actress on radio and television. These include Hosanna in the BBC Radio 4 comedy At Home with the Snails (2002), and sketch show TV to Go in 2000 with Hugh Dennis and Pauline McLynn. She featured in the 1998 Chucklevision episode 'Stop that Stamp' as the Grand Duchess Olga. Stephenson was also a big part of The Friday Night Project, interviewing the public and going undercover with disguises such as 'Debbo'.
From June 2004 to December 2006, Stephenson starred in the top rated British soap opera Coronation Street playing Frankie Baldwin, the wife of Bradley Walsh's character, Danny. She received nominations for "Best Newcomer" at various TV and soap awards shows. On 14 May 2006, producers announced that Stephenson would be leaving the soap at the end of that year.[1] Her final scenes aired on 31 December 2006.
In 2005 she took part in Comic Relief does Fame Academy, a singing competition involving celebrities, to raise money for charity, and finished fifth. Among her performances was a rendition of "Cry Me A River" which was called "blemishless" and of Dionne Warwick's "Anyone Who Had A Heart". Her participation on the show led to a record deal and she has subsequently released a debut album "In The Sunshine". It includes cover versions of the songs she sang on the show, which range from Kylie's to Lemar's, as well as a cover of Madonna's "Music", which she sang on the "Madonna Mania" TV show. Stephenson was a reporter for GMTV on Fridays throughout Summer 2007 as part of The Richard Arnold Show.
She appeared on channel virgin 1's The Prisoner:X in December 2008. She was locked up for four days in a high security prison in America where she spent a night in segregation and was treated as though she was an actual prisoner doing time in that prison.Stephenson played the part of Aladdin in the pantomime Aladdin at the Regent Theatre in Ipswich. The pantomime was shown on 13 December 2008 and performed again in January 2009. Because of this role, Stephenson appeared on the Celebrity Ding Dong Christmas special in which the theme was pantomimes and "goodies vs baddies". The goodies (Stephenson's team) won.
The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson, led by Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson, began recording in August 2009. Co-starring as lead regulars are Thomas Nelstrop and newcomer impressionist Jess Robinson. Eight episodes were commissioned by the BBC; the first aired on Saturday 31 October 2009. The popular series was recommissioned for a second series in 2010 and then again for a third series of 6 episodes which started on 26 October 2011. As of October 2011, only the 1st series has currently been released on to DVD.
In March 2010, Stephenson took part in Let's Dance for Sport Relief and reached the final after an impressive rendition of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal". She competed in heat 2/3 before the best six celebrity acts reached the final. The judges chose to put her through to the final as she had received some of the highest viewer votes that night. The final was live on the 13th March and she performed the same routine. The winner was Rufus Hound who performed a version of Cheryl Cole's "Fight For This Love". She is also a contestant on the 2011 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special.[2] Debra Stephenson was a guest in Waterloo Road as a Parent
Personal life[link]
Stephenson attended South Hunsley School in Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire, from the age of 11, and during these years she appeared in a number of national TV talent shows doing impressions. In 1996 Stephenson graduated in Drama, from The Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre. She married builder James Duffield in June 1999. They have two children, Max, born in November 2002 and Zoe born in January 2007.
References[link]
- ^ "Stephenson to quit Coronation Street". RTÉ. 15 May 2006. http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0515/coronationstreet.html. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "Su Pollard to star in Strictly Christmas show". BBC News (BBC). 23 November 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15853992. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
External links[link]
- Debra Stephenson at the Internet Movie Database
- MMU Alumni website
- Debra Stephenson at BFI Film & TV Database
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| Davina McCall | |
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 McCall at the BAFTA Awards, April 2009 |
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| Born | Davina Lucy Pascale McCall[1] 16 October 1967 (1967-10-16) (age 44)[2] Wimbledon, South West London, England[2] |
| Nationality | British |
| Ethnicity | Anglo-French |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Television | God's Gift Don't Try This at Home Streetmate Big Brother Davina Got to Dance The Million Pound Drop Live The Biggest Loser Long Lost Family |
| Spouse | Andrew Leggett (1997–1999, divorced) Matthew Robertson (2000–present) |
| Children | 2 daughters, 1 son |
| Parents | Andrew McCall Florence Koch (née Hennion, deceased) |
| Relatives | Célestin Hennion (great-grandfather) |
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Davina Lucy Pascale McCall (born 16 October 1967) is an English television presenter, currently hosting Channel 4's game show Million Pound Drop Live and Sky1's reality talent show Got to Dance. She is best known as the presenter of reality series Big Brother during its run on Channel 4 between 1999 and 2010. Having fronted the shows weekly live eviction shows every summer since the beginning, she decided not to return as host after it was dropped by Channel 4 and relaunched by Channel 5 the following year.
After a difficult childhood, by her early twenties McCall had pursued various jobs including solo singer. Having recovered from a drug problem, she embarked on a career in television with a first job presenting for satellite music channel MTV in 1992. After further work on terrestrial channels she became a household name thanks to Big Brother, while also continuing to work with other hosting vehicles on various channels, from game shows to talent shows. From 2005 she has also been a regular co-presenter for the Comic Relief annual telethons.
Departures from presenting into other television roles, through a sitcom, a documentary series and fronting her own chat show, have all proven to be unsuccessful, and beyond Big Brother she has continued in the main as a presenter on Channel 4, ITV and Sky.
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Early career[link]
McCall's first career was as a singer. McCall had been performing in a band while still at school. The band went under the name Foghorn. By age 19 she had decided to pursue a professional career as a solo artist, assisted by her then boyfriend Eric Clapton who produced her demo music disc.[3][4]
Dissatisfied with near misses in the music industry, McCall gave up singing and took a job at Models 1 on the men's desk as a booker. Later she ran a restaurant for two years before a brief spell in Paris as a Moulin Rouge style cabaret performer. On her return to London she worked on the nightclub scene as a hostess.[5] Work in this period also included an appearance as a dancer in the video for the 1991 Kylie Minogue single Word Is Out, wearing a striped sweater and beret in a nod to her French ancestry.
Presenting[link]
[edit] Before Big Brother
In 1992 McCall was hired as a presenter on Ray Cokes' Most Wanted on MTV Europe. In 1995 she went on to host the ITV late night game show God's Gift and in 1998 to present the cult Channel 4 dating show Streetmate. From 1998 she co-hosted the Sky TV show Prickly Heat with Julian Clary and presented the ITV game show Don't Try This at Home!.
[edit] The Big Brother years
McCall was chosen as the inaugural presenter of the first series of Channel 4's reality television show Big Brother, in which 15 housemates entered a sealed house for up to 9 weeks, in which their every move would be filmed and then broadcast as a daily highlights show. McCall hosted the weekly live eviction show, where one contestant would be removed from the house, until the last housemate became the winner. McCall also hosted the celebrity version Celebrity Big Brother, whose first series ran for 8 days in March 2001. Days before the celebrity series she also hosted the 2000 BRIT Awards.
McCall continued to present other shows in the Big Brother period. When ITV's game show Don't Try This at Home! ended in 2001, she continued with that channel presenting series such as the talent show Popstars: The Rivals and game show The Vault (1st series) in 2002, the talent/reality series Reborn in the USA in 2003 and the entertainment series Love on a Saturday Night in 2004. She also hosted the British Academy Television Awards 2004 for ITV, returning in in 2006.
McCall's performance on the sixth series final night of Big Brother in 2005 attracted press attention and some complaints for her treatment of housemate Makosi Musambasi.[6][7] In December 2007, McCall presented a New Year's edition of Channel 4's The Friday Night Project, entitled "The Friday Night New Year Project 2007", alongside Alan Carr and Justin Lee-Collins.
By the 9th series of Big Brother in 2008, McCall was earning a reported £85,000 per episode.[8] Responding to tabloid claims before the series that she was about to quit Big Brother she said, "I'm not leaving ... They would have to kill me before I'd stop doing it".[9][10] The 9th series proved to be a low point however, becoming the least watched summer series in the show's history.
McCall became the regular presenter of the live Big Brother companion show Big Brother's Big Mouth for the tenth and eleventh series, after it was recast into an hour long show after the weekly live eviction show, having previously occupied the slot after each daily highlights show. In December 2009 McCall began hosting the Sky1 reality talent show Got To Dance.
[edit] Leaving Big Brother and beyond
With audience figures falling, Channel 4 decided that the eleventh series in Summer 2010 would be the last Big Brother broadcast on their channel, although the show's future was in the hands of the rights holder Endemol. After presenting her the seventh and last series of Celebrity Big Brother in January 2010, she fronted her eleventh and final regular edition over the Summer. As a finale to the series on Channel 4, McCall also presented the Ultimate Big Brother show, which started immediately after the regular series, and featured selected past regular and celebrity housemates.
Having made the decision to leave the show after the end of that series, when Channel 5 announced in April 2011 that they had secured the rights to relaunch Big Brother in Summer 2011, McCall confirmed she would not be returning as host. Stating she still believed the show had potential, she gave her backing to Emma Willis as her replacement.[11] The winner of regular series 2 and Ultimate Big Brother Brian Dowling was ultimately chosen to take over Davina's role as presenter of the Channel 5 version.
In between the final celebrity and regular editions of Big Brother on Channel 4, McCall began presenting a new Channel 4 game show called The Million Pound Drop Live, and has continued to do so into 2012. Beyond the end of Big Brother on Channel 4 McCall also continued as host of Got To Dance on Sky1 into 2012. From January 2011 McCall has been co-host of the ITV reality weight loss game show The Biggest Loser from the start of the fourth series.[12]
Other work[link]
Television[link]
In fictional television, in 2001 McCall appeared alongside Ed Byrne, Tristan Gemmill and Tameka Empson as the title character in Sam's Game, a Friends-style sitcom. Slammed by the critics, it aired in just one six-episode series. In self-portrayals, McCall has voiced the android Davina McCall in the 2005 Doctor Who episode "Bad Wolf", and in 2008 she played herself as both a human and a zombie in Dead Set, a five-part horror parody of Big Brother set in the house.
From early 2006 McCall also fronted her own prime-time chat show on BBC One called Davina, featuring guests such as Pierce Brosnan, Gordon Ramsay, Dawn French and Piers Morgan. Receiving scathing reviews and with viewing figures falling to below half of the 6 million watching The Bill on ITV1 at the same time, the show was axed in the April for not reaching expectations.
In documentary television, McCall has fronted Let's Talk Sex about sex education and how it's taught in the United Kingdom (one of the countries of Europe with the highest teenage pregnancy levels). She also published a companion book to the series. McCall has also appeared in a video for schools called "Watch Over Me," talking about her drug addiction and peer pressure. During 2005 she presented the BBC documentary series He's Having a Baby, in which she was to follow and advise eight young men who were to become first time fathers at various stages during the shows 10 week run. It received poor ratings.
Telethons[link]
Since 2005 McCall has been one of the co-presenters of the annual British charity telethons are organised by Comic Relief. Organised on a alternating comedy/sport theme and televised live in March, McCall has co-hosted Red Nose Days in 2005, 2007, 2009 & 2011, and for Sport Relief in 2006, 2008, 2010 & 2012. She has also presented or appeared on various related Comic Relief shows, including: The Record Breaker (1999), Naked Red Nose Ground Force in Practice and Say Pants to Poverty (2001), The Big Hair Do (2003) and Comic Relief Does Fame Academy (2005).
Other appearances[link]
On 5 July 2007, McCall was a panellist on the school's edition of the BBC's Question Time political panel show.
In 2010 McCall was subjected to Channel 4's version of the popular American practice of a 'comedy roast', in which a famous personality has to endure mocking by a host of celebrity friends in silence, only being allowed to deliver a rebuttal at the end. Davina McCall: A Comedy Roast featured roasts from Rich Hall, Debra Stephenson, Patrick Kielty, Ed Byrne, Jack Whitehall, Chris Moyles, Dermot O'Leary, Julian Clary, Fearne Cotton, Brian Dowling, Nikki Grahame, Sophie Reade, Brian Belo and Sam Pepper.[13]
Biography[link]
Early life[link]
McCall was born on 16 October 1967 in Wimbledon, London[1][14] to Florence (née Hennion) and Andrew McCall,[15] and at the age of three went to live with her paternal grandparents in Surrey after the break-up of her parents' marriage.[16] Her French mother Florence – whom McCall has described as something of a "wild child" and later, specifically as "an alcoholic" – returned to Paris, and McCall saw her only when on holidays. Her relationship with her mother was a difficult one and she has said that her mother "should never have had kids" describing how she once left her, at the age of 12, in a nightclub on her own. She continued to see her father Andrew, a graphic designer, at weekends before moving in with him and his new wife Gaby when she was 13 years old.[17]
McCall attended the St Catherine's School, Bramley in Guildford, Surrey and Godolphin and Latymer Girls School,[18] an independent school in Hammersmith, West London. At secondary level, McCall studied for nine O levels and two A levels.
During her teens McCall developed the eating disorder anorexia. In the words of Hello Magazine, McCall's sunny disposition, one of her greatest assets as a TV presenter, stems from overcoming her fractured childhood and this eating disorder.[5]
Family[link]
McCall is married to Matthew Robertson, presenter of Pet Rescue, with whom she has three children – two daughters, Holly Willow (born 22 September 2001, Hounslow, London) and Tilly Pippy (born 23 September 2003, Surrey), and a son, Chester Micky (born 14 September 2006, Surrey).[19][20] Robertson is McCall's second husband; they were married on 29 June 2000 at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire. Her first marriage was to Andrew Leggett in 1997 in Westminster, London.[19] McCall's pre-marital relationships included old family friend Eric Clapton.[3][4] He also helped her when in early 20s she developed a drug problem; it was only after turning things around that she gained her own television show on MTV.[5][15]
Ancestry[link]
McCall's ancestry was examined for a 2009 episode of Who Do You Think You Are?. With the help of historians Jean-Marc Berliere and Simon Kitson, McCall learned that she is the great-granddaughter of onetime Prefect of Police Célestin Hennion (1862–1915), and the great great great-granddaughter, on her father's side, of James Thomas Bedborough (1787–1860), a stonemason, councillor, Mayor, property developer, and entrepreneur, who worked on Windsor Castle and Upton Park in Slough. Participants in the show included Françoise Hennion (Hennion's granddaughter and McCall's mother's cousin) and Pierre, Hennion's son and McCall's grandfather. Pierre gave McCall his father's Royal Victorian Order medal. McCall met with Alfred Dreyfus's great-granddaughter, Yael Ruiz, after learning of the part her ancestor played in the Dreyfus affair.[15][21]
Filmography[link]
- MTV Europe (1992)
- Eurotrash (1993) – Female Voice Dubber for the first series on Channel 4
- God's Gift (1995)
- Don't Try This at Home! (1998–2001)
- Streetmate (1998–2001)
- A Day in the life of the Shepherds (1999)
- BRIT Awards (2000), (2003),
- Big Brother (2000–10)
- Sam's Game (2001)
- Celebrity Big Brother (2001–2002, 2005–07, 2009–10)
- Comic Relief (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
- Oblivious (2001)
- The Vault (2002)
- Popstars: The Rivals (2002)
- Reborn in the USA (2003)
- Love on a Saturday Night (2004)
- BAFTA (2004)
- Doctor Who (2005) – Voice of Davinadroid in the episode Bad Wolf
- A Bear's Tail (2005) – Dave Ian McCall
- He's Having a Baby (2005)
- Davina (2006)
- BAFTA (2006)
- Sport Relief (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
- Let's Talk Sex (2007)
- Big Brother: On The Couch (2007)
- The Friday Night New Year Project (2007)
- Dead Set (2008) – A horror parody of Big Brother with McCall playing an undead version of herself.[22]
- 4Music's Davina & Steve's 20 Big Ones (2008)
- Big Brother's Big Mouth (2008, 2009–10) – as a guest presenter for one week (2008) and then as main presenter during Big Brother 10, 11 and Ultimate Big Brother.
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2009) – as participant [15]
- Got to Dance (2010–present) [23]
- The Million Pound Drop (2010–present)
- Ultimate Big Brother (2010)
- The Biggest Loser (2011–present)
- Long Lost Family (2011–present)
References[link]
- ^ a b Husband, Stuart (12 June 2005). "The Real McCall". London: The Guardian/Observer. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1502976,00.html. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ a b "McCALL, Davina". British Film Institute. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/616143.
- ^ a b Davina McCall Profile Biogs.com. URL accessed 3 September 2006
- ^ a b Meet the Team – Davina McCall BBC Parenting. URL accessed 3 September 2006.
- ^ a b c Davina McCall Profile Hello!. URL accessed 3 September 2006
- ^ "Big Brother 6: Ofcom to investigate over Makosi's treatment"Manchester Evening News, 16 August 2006. URL accessed 3 September 2006
- ^ "Complaints Over Davina’s Treatment Of Makosi" UnrealityTV August 17 2005 Retrieved 3 September 2010
- ^ "Davina McCall has confidence crisis at 40". Now magazine. http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/tv-news/256052/davina-mccall-has-confidence-crisis-at-40/1/. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ "Davina: 'I'm not leaving Big Brother'". Digital Spy. 13 May 2008. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bigbrother9/a95826/davina-im-not-leaving-big-brother.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "Davina McCall 'quits Big Brother'". Digital Spy. 6 May 2008. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bigbrother9/a95313/davina-mccall-quits-big-brother.html. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ "McCall rules out Big Brother return". Entertainment.stv.tv. 2011-04-08. http://entertainment.stv.tv/tv/242378-davina-mccall-rules-out-big-brother-return/. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ "Davina's a winner on Loser". The Sun (London). 9 October 2010. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/3172290/Davina-McCall-to-present-new-series-of-The-Biggest-Loser.html.
- ^ Wightman, Catriona (30 September 2010). "Davina McCall to appear on 'Comedy Roast'". London: Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a279516/davina-mccall-to-appear-on-comedy-roast.html. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ Debrett's People of Today 2005 (18th ed.). Debrett's. p. 1034. ISBN 1-870520-10-6.
- ^ a b c d "Who Do You Think You Are?, Series 7, Davina McCall". Who Do You Think You Are?. 15 July 2009. BBC. BBC Two. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ls4sx.
- ^ Hilton, Beth (5 June 2008). "Ten Things You Never Knew About Davina McCall". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a97294/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-davina-mccall.html. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ^ Jones, David (23 June 2007). "Found: Davina McCall's tragic mum". London: Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-463829/Found-Davina-McCalls-tragic-mum.html. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ^ Byrne, Ciar (7 December 2005). "Davina McCall's £1m deal makes her BBC's first female chat-show host". London: Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/davina-mccalls-1631m-deal-makes-her-bbcs-first-female-chatshow-host-518499.html. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ^ a b "Marriages and Births England and Wales 1984–2006". Findmypast.co.uk. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ "Sun reports birth of Chester". Thesun.co.uk. 2006-09-15. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006420762,00.html. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? – Davina McCall". The National Archives. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/stories/331.htm?WT.hp=nf-37600. Retrieved 16 July 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Dead Set". E4.com. http://www.e4.com/deadset. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ Davina McCall Moves To Sky One’s Just Dance – Audition Now! 26-8-2009
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| Born | Archibald Alexander Leach (1904-01-18)January 18, 1904 Bristol, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | November 29, 1986(1986-11-29) (aged 82) Davenport, Iowa, United States |
| Cause of death | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| Other names | Archie Leach |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1932–1966 |
| Spouse | Virginia Cherrill (1934–1935) Barbara Hutton (1942–1945) Betsy Drake (1949–1962) Dyan Cannon (1965–1968) Barbara Harris (1981–1986) |
| Partner | Maureen Donaldson (1973–1977)[1] |
| Children | Jennifer Grant, born on (1966-02-26) February 26, 1966 (age 46) |
| Awards | Academy Honorary Award - 1970 For his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues. Kennedy Center Honors - 1981 |
Archibald Alexander Leach[2] (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English-American actor.[3] Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor and "dashing good looks", Grant is considered one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.
Grant was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. Noted particularly for his work in comedy but also for drama, Grant's best-known films include The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Gunga Din (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), His Girl Friday (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Notorious (1946), To Catch A Thief (1955), An Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959) and Charade (1963).
Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Penny Serenade (1941) and None But the Lonely Heart (1944), and five times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Grant was continually passed over, and in 1970 was given an Honorary Oscar at the 42nd Academy Awards. Frank Sinatra presented Grant with the award, "for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues".[4][5]
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Early life and career[link]
Archibald Alexander Leach was born at 15 Hughenden Road, Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria Kingdon (1877–1973) and Elias James Leach (1873–1935).[6][7] An only child, Leach had an unhappy upbringing, attending Bishop Road Primary School. His mother had suffered from clinical depression since the death of a previous child. Her husband placed her in a mental institution, and told his nine-year-old son only that she had gone away on a "long holiday". Believing she was dead, Grant did not learn otherwise until he was 31 and discovered her alive in a care facility.[8] When Grant was 10, his father abandoned him after remarrying and having a baby with his new young wife.[9]
Grant was expelled from the Fairfield Grammar School in Bristol in 1918. After joining the "Bob Pender Stage Troupe", Leach performed as a stilt walker and travelled with the group to the United States in 1920 at the age of 16, on a two-year tour of the country. He was processed at Ellis Island on July 28, 1920.[10]
When the troupe returned to the UK, he decided to stay in the U.S. and continue his stage career. During this time, he became a part of the vaudeville world and toured with Parker, Rand and Leach. Still using his birth name, he performed on the stage at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri in such shows as Irene (1931); Music in May (1931); Nina Rosa (1931); Rio Rita (1931); Street Singer (1931); The Three Musketeers (1931); and Wonderful Night (1931). Leach's experience on stage as a stilt walker, acrobat, juggler, and mime taught him "phenomenal physical grace and exquisite comic timing" and the value of teamwork, skills which would benefit him in Hollywood.[8]
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After appearing in several musicals on Broadway under the name "Archie Leach,"[11] Grant went to Hollywood in 1931.[8] When told to change his name, he proposed "Cary Lockwood," the name of the character he had played in the Broadway show Nikki, based upon the recent film The Last Flight. He signed with Paramount Pictures, where studio bosses decided that the name "Cary" was acceptable, but that "Lockwood" was too similar to another actor's surname. Paramount gave their new actor a list of surnames to choose from, and he selected "Grant" because the initials C and G had already proved lucky for Clark Gable and Gary Cooper, two of Hollywood's biggest movie stars.
Grant appeared as a leading man opposite Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus (1932), and his stardom was given a further boost by Mae West when she chose him for her leading man in two of her most successful films, She Done Him Wrong and I'm No Angel (both 1933).[12] I'm No Angel was a tremendous financial success and, along with She Done Him Wrong, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, saved Paramount from bankruptcy. Paramount put Grant in a series of unsuccessful films until 1936, when he signed with Columbia Pictures. His first major comedy hit was when he was loaned to Hal Roach's studio for the 1937 Topper (which was distributed by MGM).
The Awful Truth (1937) was a pivotal film in Grant's career, establishing for him a screen persona as a sophisticated light comedy leading man. As Grant later wrote, "I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be and I finally became that person. Or he became me. Or we met at some point." Grant is said to have based his characterization in The Awful Truth on the mannerisms and intonations of the film's director, Leo McCarey, whom he resembled physically. As writer/director Peter Bogdanovich notes, "After The Awful Truth, when it came to light comedy, there was Cary Grant and then everyone else was an also-ran."
The Awful Truth began "what would be the most spectacular run ever for an actor in American pictures."[8] During the next four years, Grant appeared in several classic romantic comedies and screwball comedies, including Holiday (1938), Bringing Up Baby (1939), and The Philadelphia Story (1940) with Katharine Hepburn; His Girl Friday(1940) with Rosalind Russell; and My Favorite Wife (1940), which reunited him with Irene Dunne, his co-star in The Awful Truth. During this time he also made the adventure films Gunga Din and Only Angels Have Wings (both 1939) and dramas Penny Serenade (1941, also with Dunne) and Suspicion (1941, the first of Grant's four collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock).
Grant remained one of Hollywood's top box-office attractions for almost 30 years.[8] Howard Hawks said that Grant was "so far the best that there isn't anybody to be compared to him".[13] David Thomson called him "the best and most important actor in the history of the cinema".[8]
Grant was a favorite of Hitchcock, who called him "the only actor I ever loved in my whole life".[14] Besides Suspicion, Grant appeared in the Hitchcock classics Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955) and North by Northwest (1959). Biographer Patrick McGilligan wrote that, in 1965, Hitchcock asked Grant to star in Torn Curtain (1966), only to learn that Grant had decided to retire after making one more film, Walk, Don't Run (1966); Paul Newman was cast instead, opposite Julie Andrews.[15]
In the mid-1950s, Grant formed his own production company, Granart Productions, and produced a number of movies distributed by Universal, such as Operation Petticoat (1959), Indiscreet (1958), That Touch of Mink (co-starring with Doris Day, 1962), and Father Goose (1964). In 1963, he appeared opposite Audrey Hepburn in Charade. His last feature film was Walk, Don't Run three years later, with Samantha Eggar and Jim Hutton.
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Grant was the first actor to "go independent" by not renewing his studio contract, effectively leaving the studio system,[8] which almost completely controlled what an actor could or could not do. In this way, Grant was able to control every aspect of his career, at the risk of not working because no particular studio had an interest in his career long term. He decided which movies he was going to appear in, he often had personal choice of the directors and his co-stars and at times even negotiated a share of the gross revenue, something uncommon at the time. Grant received more than $700,000 for his 10% of the gross for To Catch a Thief, while Hitchcock received less than $50,000 for directing and producing it.[16]
Grant was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Penny Serenade (1941) and None But the Lonely Heart (1944), but never won a competitive Oscar; he received a special Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1970. Accepting the Best Original Screenplay Oscar in 1965, Father Goose co-writer Peter Stone had quipped, "My thanks to Cary Grant, who keeps winning these things for other people." In 1981, Grant was accorded the Kennedy Center Honors.
Never self-absorbed, Grant poked fun at himself with statements such as, "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant—even I want to be Cary Grant,"[17] sometimes elaborating, "I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be and I finally became that person. Or he became me. Or we met at some point." He poked fun at himself in ad-lib lines - such as in the film "His Girl Friday", saying, "I never had so much fun since Archie Leach died" and in "Arsenic and Old Lace" a gravestone is seen bearing the name Archie Leach. According to an extremely famous story now believed to be apocryphal, after seeing a telegram from a magazine editor to his agent asking "How old Cary Grant?" Grant reportedly responded with "Old Cary Grant fine. How you?"[18][19]
Retirement and death[link]
Cary Grant retired from the screen at 62 when his daughter Jennifer was born, in order to focus on raising her and to provide a sense of permanency and stability in her life. While raising his daughter, he archived artifacts of her childhood and adolescence in a (bank quality) room sized vault he had installed in the house. His daughter attributed this meticulous collection to the fact that artifacts of his own childhood had been destroyed during the bombing of Bristol in World War II (an event that also claimed the lives of his uncle, aunt and cousin as well as the cousin's husband and grandson) and he may have wanted to prevent her from experiencing a similar loss.[20]
Although Grant had retired from the screen, he remained active in other areas. In the late 1960s, he accepted a position on the board of directors at Fabergé. By all accounts this position was not honorary, as some had assumed; Grant regularly attended meetings and his mere appearance at a product launch would almost certainly guarantee its success. The position also permitted use of a private plane, which Grant could use to fly to see his daughter wherever her mother, Dyan Cannon, was working. He later joined the boards of Hollywood Park[disambiguation needed 
], The Academy of Magical Arts (The Magic Castle, Hollywood, CA) Western Airlines (now Delta Air Lines), and MGM.[21]
In the last few years of his life, Grant undertook tours of the United States in a one-man show, A Conversation with Cary Grant, in which he would show clips from his films and answer audience questions. Grant was preparing for a performance at the Adler Theater in Davenport, Iowa on the afternoon of November 29, 1986 when he sustained a cerebral hemorrhage (he had previously suffered a stroke in October 1984). He died at 11:22 pm[21] in St. Luke's Hospital at the age of 82. The bulk of his estate, worth millions of dollars, went to his fifth wife Barbara Harris and his daughter Jennifer Grant.[22]
In 2001 a statue of Grant was erected in Millennium Square, a regenerated area next to the harbour in his city of birth, Bristol, England.
In November 2005, Grant came in first in the "The 50 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time" list by Premiere Magazine.[23] Richard Schickel, the film critic, said about Grant: "He's the best star actor there ever was in the movies."[24]
Personal life[link]
Grant was married five times. He wed Virginia Cherrill on February 10, 1934. She divorced him on March 26, 1935, following charges that Grant had hit her. In 1942 he married Barbara Hutton, one of the wealthiest women in the world, and became a father figure to her son, Lance Reventlow. The couple was derisively nicknamed "Cash and Cary", although in an extensive prenuptial agreement Grant refused any financial settlement in the event of a divorce.[citation needed] After divorcing in 1945, they remained lifelong friends. Grant always bristled at the accusation that he married for money: "I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was never one of them."[citation needed]
On December 25, 1949, Grant married Betsy Drake. He appeared with her in two films. This would prove to be his longest marriage, ending on August 14, 1962. Drake introduced Grant to LSD, and in the early 1960s he related how treatment with the hallucinogenic drug — legal at the time — at a prestigious California clinic had finally brought him inner peace after yoga, hypnotism and mysticism had proved ineffective.[25][26][27] Grant and Drake divorced in 1962.
He eloped with Dyan Cannon on July 22, 1965, in Las Vegas. Their daughter, Jennifer Grant, was born prematurely on February 26, 1966. He frequently called her his "best production" and regretted that he had not had children sooner. The marriage was troubled from the beginning, and Cannon left him in December 1966, claiming that Grant flew into frequent rages and spanked her when she "disobeyed" him. The divorce, finalized in 1968, was bitter and public, and custody fights over their daughter went on for nearly ten years.
On April 11, 1981, Grant married long-time companion Barbara Harris, a British hotel public relations agent, who was 47 years his junior. They renewed their vows on their fifth wedding anniversary. (Fifteen years after Grant's death, Harris married former Kansas Jayhawks All-American quarterback David Jaynes in 2001.)[28]
Some, including Hedda Hopper[29] and screenwriter Arthur Laurents, have said that Grant was bisexual, the latter writing that Grant "told me he threw pebbles at my window one night but was luckless".[30] Grant allegedly was involved with costume designer Orry-Kelly when he first moved to Manhattan,[31] and lived with actor Randolph Scott off and on for twelve years. Richard Blackwell wrote that Grant and Scott were "deeply, madly in love",[32] and alleged eyewitness accounts of their physical affection have been published.[31] Alexander D'Arcy, who appeared with Grant in The Awful Truth, said he knew that Grant and Scott "lived together as a gay couple", adding: "I think Cary knew that people were saying things about him. I don't think he tried to hide it."[31] The two men frequently accompanied each other to parties and premieres and were unconcerned when photographs of them cozily preparing dinner together at home were published in fan magazines.[31]
Barbara, Grant's widow, has disputed that there was a relationship with Scott.[21] When Chevy Chase joked about Grant being gay in a television interview Grant sued him for slander; they settled out of court.[33] However, Grant did admit in an interview that his first two wives had accused him of being homosexual.[33] Betsy Drake commented: "Why would I believe that Cary was homosexual when we were busy fucking?"[21]
Politics[link]
Grant did not think movie stars should publicly make political declarations.[34] Grant described his politics and his reticence about them this way:
"I'm opposed to actors taking sides in public and spouting spontaneously about love, religion, or politics. We aren't experts on these subjects. Personally I'm a mass of inconsistencies when it comes to politics. My opinions are constantly changing. That's why I don't ever take a public stand on issues."[35]
Throughout his life, Grant maintained personal friendships with colleagues of varying political stripes, and his few political activities seemed to be shaped by personal friendships. Repulsed by the human costs to many in Hollywood, Grant publicly condemned McCarthyism in 1953, and when his friend Charlie Chaplin was blacklisted, Grant insisted that the actor's artistic value outweighed political concerns.[35] Grant was also a friend of the Kennedy brothers and Robert Kennedy's press secretary Frank Mankiewicz. He hosted one of Robert Kennedy's first political fundraisers at his home. He made one of his rare statements on public issues following the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, calling for gun control.[35]
In 1976, after his retirement from movies, Grant made his one overtly partisan appearance, introducing his friend Betty Ford, the First Lady, at the Republican National Convention,[34] but even in this he maintained some distance from partisanship, speaking of "your" party, rather than "ours" in his remarks.[35]
Filmography[link]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | This Is the Night | Stephen | With Lili Damita, Charles Ruggles, and Thelma Todd |
| Sinners in the Sun | Ridgeway | With Carole Lombard and Chester Morris | |
| Singapore Sue | First Sailor | Musical Comedy short subject | |
| Merrily We Go to Hell | Charlie Baxter | UK title: Merrily We Go to _____
With Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March |
|
| Devil and the Deep | Lieutenant Jaeckel | With Tallulah Bankhead and Gary Cooper | |
| Blonde Venus | Nick Townsend | With Marlene Dietrich | |
| Hot Saturday | Romer Sheffield | With Nancy Carroll and Edward Woods | |
| Madame Butterfly | Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton | With Sylvia Sidney and Charles Ruggles | |
| 1933 | She Done Him Wrong | Capt. Cummings | With Mae West and Noah Beery, Sr. |
| The Woman Accused | Jeffrey Baxter | With Nancy Carroll | |
| The Eagle and the Hawk | Henry Crocker | With Fredric March and Carole Lombard | |
| Gambling Ship | Ace Corbin | With Jack La Rue and Glenda Farrell | |
| I'm No Angel | Jack Clayton | With Mae West | |
| Alice in Wonderland | The Mock Turtle | With W. C. Fields and Gary Cooper | |
| 1934 | Thirty-Day Princess | Porter Madison III | With Sylvia Sidney and Edward Arnold |
| Born to Be Bad | Malcolm Trevor | With Loretta Young
(Heavily censored by the Hayes Office) |
|
| Kiss and Make-Up | Dr. Maurice Lamar | With Helen Mack and the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1934 | |
| Ladies Should Listen | Julian De Lussac | With Francis Drake and Edward Everett Horton | |
| 1935 | Enter Madame | Gerald Fitzgerald | With top-billed Elissa Landi |
| Wings in the Dark | Ken Gordon | With Myrna Loy | |
| The Last Outpost | Michael Andrews | With Claude Rains | |
| Sylvia Scarlett | Jimmy Monkley | Directed by George Cukor
With Katharine Hepburn |
|
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes | Det. Sgt. Danny Barr | With Joan Bennett and Walter Pidgeon |
| Suzy | Andre | With Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone | |
| The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss | Ernest Bliss | US title: Romance and Riches
Alt title: The Amazing Adventure |
|
| Wedding Present | Charlie | With Joan Bennett | |
| 1937 | When You're in Love | Jimmy Hudson | UK title: For You Alone
With Grace Moore |
| Topper | George Kerby | With Constance Bennett | |
| The Toast of New York | Nicholas "Nick" Boyd | With Edward Arnold and Jack Oakie | |
| The Awful Truth | Jerry Warriner | Directed by Leo McCarey With Irene Dunne Introduced the "Cary Grant persona" |
|
| 1938 | Bringing up Baby | Dr. David Huxley | Directed by Howard Hawks With Katharine Hepburn and Charles Ruggles |
| Holiday | John "Johnny" Case | Directed by George Cukor With Katharine Hepburn UK title: Free to Live |
|
| 1939 | Gunga Din | Sgt. Archibald Cutter | Directed by George Stevens With Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
| Only Angels Have Wings | Geoff Carter | Directed by Howard Hawks With Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, and Rita Hayworth |
|
| In Name Only | Alec Walker | With Carole Lombard and Charles Coburn | |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Walter Burns | Directed by Howard Hawks Remake of The Front Page With Rosalind Russell |
| My Favorite Wife | Nick | Co-written by Leo McCarey Directed by Garson Kanin With Irene Dunne and Gail Patrick |
|
| The Howards of Virginia | Matt Howard | UK title: The Tree of Liberty With Martha Scott |
|
| The Philadelphia Story | C.K. Dexter Haven | With Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart | |
| 1941 | Penny Serenade | Roger Adams | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Directed by George Stevens With Irene Dunne and Edgar Buchanan |
| Suspicion | Johnnie | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock With Joan Fontaine |
|
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town | Leopold Dilg aka Joseph | With Ronald Colman and Jean Arthur |
| Once Upon a Honeymoon | Patrick "Pat" O'Toole | Directed by Leo McCarey With Ginger Rogers |
|
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky | Joe Adams/Joe Bascopolous | With Laraine Day and Charles Bickford |
| Destination Tokyo | Capt. Cassidy | With John Garfield and Dane Clark | |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time | Jerry Flynn | With Janet Blair |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | Mortimer Brewster | With Priscilla Lane and Peter Lorre | |
| None But the Lonely Heart | Ernie Mott | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Written and directed by Clifford Odets |
|
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Himself (cameo) | With Claudette Colbert and John Wayne |
| Night and Day | Cole Porter | Directed by Michael Curtiz | |
| Notorious | T.R. Devlin | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock With Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains |
|
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Dick | UK title: Bachelor Knight
With Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple |
| The Bishop's Wife | Dudley | With Loretta Young and David Niven | |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Jim Blandings | With Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas |
| Every Girl Should Be Married | Dr. Madison W. Brown | With Betsy Drake | |
| 1949 | I Was a Male War Bride | Capt. Henri Rochard | UK title: You Can't Sleep Here With Ann Sheridan |
| 1950 | Crisis | Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson | With Jose Ferrer |
| 1951 | People Will Talk | Dr. Noah Praetorius | With Jeanne Crain |
| 1952 | Room for One More | George "Poppy" Rose | With Betsy Drake |
| Monkey Business | Dr. Barnaby Fulton | Directed by Howard Hawks With Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe |
|
| 1953 | Dream Wife | Clemson Reade | With Deborah Kerr and Walter Pidgeon |
| 1955 | To Catch a Thief | John Robie | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock With Grace Kelly |
| 1957 | The Pride and the Passion | Anthony | With Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren |
| An Affair to Remember | Nickie Ferrante | A same-script remake of Love Affair (1939 film), both directed by Leo McCarey
With Deborah Kerr |
|
| Kiss Them for Me | Cmdr. Andy Crewson | Directed by Stanley Donen With Jayne Mansfield and Suzy Parker |
|
| 1958 | Indiscreet | Philip Adams | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Directed by Stanley Donen With Ingrid Bergman |
| Houseboat | Tom Winters | With Sophia Loren | |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Roger O. Thornhill | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
With Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and Martin Landau |
| Operation Petticoat | Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy With Dina Merrill and Arthur O'Connell |
|
| 1960 | The Grass Is Greener | Victor Rhyall, Earl | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Directed by Stanley Donen |
| 1962 | That Touch of Mink | Philip Shayne | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Directed by Delbert Mann With Doris Day and Gig Young |
| 1963 | Charade | Peter Joshua / Alexander Dyle / Adam Canfield / Brian Cruikshank | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Directed by Stanley Donen With Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, and James Coburn |
| 1964 | Father Goose | Walter Christopher Eckland | Directed by Ralph Nelson With Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard |
| 1966 | Walk, Don't Run | Sir William Rutland | With Samantha Eggar |
References[link]
Notes[link]
- ^ Donaldson,
Brooks, Phyllis, Maureen and William Royce. An Affair to Remember: My Life With Cary Grant. New York: Charter Books, 1990. ISBN 1-55773-371-6. - ^ McMann 1996, p. 271, n. 13. Note: Although Grant's baptismal record records his middle name as "Alec", it is "Alexander" on his birth certificate.
- ^ Obituary Variety, December 3, 1986.
- ^ "Oscar." carygrant.net.
- ^ "Cary Grant: Honorary Oscar." tcm.com.
- ^ "Elsie Kingdom." geneall.net. Retrieved: July 12, 2008.
- ^ Pace, Eric. "Movies' Epitome of Elegance Dies of a Stroke." The New York Times, December 1, 1986. Retrieved: July 12, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g Schwarz, Benjamin. "Becoming Cary Grant." The Atlantic, January/February 2007. Retrieved: January 18, 2011.
- ^ "Cary Grant's LSD gateway to God." smh.com.
- ^ "The Statue of Liberty." Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.. Retrieved: March 24, 2010.
- ^ "Cary Grant." Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved: September 8, 2011.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Cary Grant biography.
- ^ Interview of Howard Hawks with Joseph McBride, in Hawks, Howard and Gerald Mast. Bringing Up Baby. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1988, p. 260.
- ^ Nelson and Grant 1992, p. 325.
- ^ McGilligan 2003, pp. 663–664.
- ^ Hodgins, Eric (1957-06-10). "Amid Ruins of an Empire a New Hollywood Arises". Life: pp. 146. http://books.google.com/books?id=Nz8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA146&pg=PA146#v=onepage&f=true. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ "Cary in the Sky with Diamonds." Vanity Fair, Number 600, August 2010, p. 174.
- ^ "Old Cary Grant Fine." time.com, 27 July 1962.
- ^ Halliwell, Leslie. "Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion, Ninth Edition". Scribners, 1988, p. 303.
- ^ Grant, Jennifer. Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. ISBN 978-0-307-26710-8.
- ^ a b c d Jaynes, Barbara Grant and Robert Trachtenberg. "Cary Grant: A Class Apart." tcm.com, Burbank, California: Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Turner Entertainment, 2004.
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-04/local/me-1412_1_cary-grant
- ^ "The 50 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time." Premiere Magazine. Retrieved: August 21, 2011.
- ^ Hammond, Pete. "Remembering Cary Grant at 100." Associated Press, (c/o CBS News), May 21, 2004. Retrieved: June 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cary Grant Today." Saturday Evening Post, March 1978. Retrieved: June 13, 2009.
- ^ McKelvey, Bob. "Cary Grant – Hollywood's Zany Lover Reaches 80." Detroit Free Press January 18, 1984. Retrieved: June 13, 2009.
- ^ Godfrey, Lionel. Cary Grant: The Light Touch. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. ISBN 0-312-12309-4.
- ^ "Sayers’ advice on education priceless for today’s athletes." The Lawrence Journal-World October 5, 2003. Retrieved: August 9, 2009.
- ^ Mann 2001, p. 154.
- ^ Laurents 2001, p. 131.
- ^ a b c d Higham and Moseley 1989.
- ^ Blackwell, Vernon Patterson. From Rags to Bitches: An Autobiography. Los Angeles: General Publishing Group Inc., 1995. ISBN 1-881649-57-1.
- ^ a b Eliot, Marc. Cary Grant: The Biography. New York: Harmony Books, 2004. ISBN 1-4000-5026-X.
- ^ a b Jaynes, Barbara Grant and Robert Trachtenberg. "PBS: "Cary Grant: A Class Apart." Washington Post, May 26, 2005. Retrieved: June 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Nelson, Nancy. Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best. New York: Citadel, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8065-2412-2.
Bibliography of cited references[link]
- Bogdanovich, Peter. Who the Hell's in It: Portraits and Conversations. New York: Knopf, 2004. ISBN 0-375-40010-9
- Eliot, Marc. Cary Grant: The Biography. New York: Aurum Press, 2005. ISBN 1-84513-073-1
- Higham, Charles and Roy Moseley. Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart. London: Thompson Learning, 1997. ISBN 0-15-115787-1
- Johannson, Warren and William A. Percy. Outing: Shattering the Conspiracy of Silence.. Kirkwood, New York: Harrington Park Press, 1994, pp. 146–147
- Kael, Pauline. "The Man from Dream City – Cary Grant" – The New Yorker (July 14, 1975) – reprinted in: Pauline Kael: For Keeps – 30 Years at the Movies. New York: Dutton, 1994
- Laurents, Arthur. Original Story by: A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Hal Leonard Corp, 2001. ISBN 1-55783-467-9
- Mann, William J. Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910–1969. New York: Viking, 2001. ISBN 0-670-03017-1
- McCann, Graham. Cary Grant: A Class Apart. London: Fourth Estate, 1997. ISBN 1-85702-574-1
- McGilligan, Patrick. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light. New York: Regan Books, 2003. ISBN 0-06-039322-X
- Morecambe, Gary; Sterling, Martin. Cary Grant: In Name Alone. London: Robson Books, 2001. ISBN 1-86105-466-1
- Nelson, Nancy and Cary Grant. Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections In His Own Words and By Those Who Loved Him Best. Thorndike, Maine: Thorndike Press, 1992. ISBN 1-56054-342-6.
- Russo, Vito. The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies [revised edition]. New York: Harper & Row, 1987. ISBN 0-06-096132-5
- Wansell, Geoffrey. Cary Grant: Dark Angel. London: Arcade, 1997. ISBN 1-55970-369-5
- Grant, Jennifer. Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. ISBN 978-0-307-26710-8
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- Becoming Cary Grant (in Atlantic Magazine)
- Cary Grant's christening record, and his appearance in the 1911 England/Wales Census, 1920 US immigration, and Social Security Death index in 1986
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| Name | Grant, Cary |
| Alternative names | Leach, Archibald Alec |
| Short description | English actor |
| Date of birth | January 18, 1904 |
| Place of birth | Bristol, England, UK |
| Date of death | November 29, 1986 |
| Place of death | Davenport, Iowa, U.S. |
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