Phillip Schofield
Schofield in 2007
Born	Phillip Bryan Schofield[1] (1962-04-01) 1 April 1962 (age 50) Oldham, Lancashire, England
Nationality	British
Ethnicity	English
Occupation	Broadcaster
Years active	1982-present
Employer	ITV
Height	5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m)
Television	Presenting: This Morning (since 2002) Dancing on Ice (since 2006) All Star Mr & Mrs (since 2008) The Cube (since 2009)
Spouse	Stephanie Lowe (m. 1993) «start: (1993-03)»"Marriage: Stephanie Lowe to Phillip Schofield" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Phillip_Schofield)
Children	2 daughters
Website
Official Website

Phillip Bryan Schofield (born 1 April 1962) is an English broadcaster and television personality best known for presenting shows such as This Morning, Dancing on Ice, and various game shows including The Cube and All Star Mr & Mrs.

Early life and career[link]

Schofield was born in the Lancashire town of Oldham.^[1] He grew up and was educated in Newquay, Cornwall.^[2] When he was 15, his first foray into media was a Sunday show on Hospital Radio Plymouth.^[2] After many years of writing letters to the BBC, at 17 he took up the position of bookings clerk for BBC Radio at Broadcasting House in London, where he was, at the time, the youngest employee.^[2]

Television[link]

Aged 19, Schofield moved with his family to New Zealand, where he made his television debut presenting the children's music programme Shazam! on 23 February 1982. He also spent two years working for the Auckland-based station Radio Hauraki.^[2]

In 1985, Schofield returned to England, where he became the first in-vision continuity presenter for Children's BBC on weekdays for two years from September 1985.^[2] He left the "Broom Cupboard" to present Going Live! on Saturday mornings between September 1987 and April 1993.^[2]

He then moved to adult-orientated TV with various programmes for ITV, such as Schofield's Quest, Schofield's TV Gold and Ten Ball. From 1994 to 1997, Schofield presented Talking Telephone Numbers for five series, and the National Lottery Winning Lines programme for BBC One between June 2001 and October 2004.

His two current assignments with ITV1 are as co-presenter of daytime TV talk-show, This Morning (since 3 September 2002) and as co-presenter of the BAFTA-nominated celebrity reality television show Dancing on Ice (since 2006) alongside Holly Willoughby. Also, All Star Mr & Mrs with Fern Britton.

Since 2006, Schofield has presented The British Soap Awards, between 2006 and 2008 he hosted the programme with Fern Britton but since 2009, he has hosted alone.

Following the success of that show, and his continued spot on This Morning, ITV signed Schofield to an exclusive two-year contract (a so-called 'golden handcuffs' deal) in July 2006, alleged to be worth £5 million.^[3]

The exclusive deal also meant he could no longer present the BBC nationwide quiz Test the Nation, which he had presented for fifteen editions with Anne Robinson between 2002 and 2006. Schofield was replaced by Danny Wallace.

During the run of the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Schofield co-hosted the new ITV1 spin-off series I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! Exclusive with Sheree Murphy. He has also presented two series of Have I Been Here Before?, a programme in which a celebrity attempts to use regression to get in touch with a previous life.

On 23 February 2007, Schofield celebrated his 25th anniversary as a television presenter. A surprise feature on This Morning showed highlights of his career, along with tributes from his parents, Pat and Brian; wife since 1993, Stephanie (née Lowe); daughters Ruby and Molly; and brother, Tim. At the conclusion of the tribute, Gordon the Gopher, on the beach at his "retirement clinic" in Hawaii, was blown up via a detonator manned by Fern Britton.

On 1 May 2008 Schofield's father, Brian, died due to a long-standing heart condition,^{[citation needed]} which led to Schofield taking a break from presenting This Morning. John Barrowman stood in for him until his return.

In April 2008, Schofield and his colleague, Fern Britton, presented a revival of the ITV show Mr and Mrs. A celebrity version, it aired as a six-part series on Saturday nights. Following successful ratings, a second series was commissioned and aired in Spring 2009.

Schofield now presents the Sunday night show, The Cube, where contestants are given difficult and brain-straining tests. They face the 'Cube' to win up to £250,000.

Since 2011, Schofield has co-hosted Christmas charity show Text Santa, alongside Christine Bleakley, on ITV1.

Filmography[link]

Schofield was originally planned to play Moody Margaret's Dad in the 2011 film Horrid Henry the Movie.

Radio[link]

During the same period Schofield was presenting Going Live!, he was also broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 with a Sunday show (also called Going Live).

When Radio 1 made the switch from medium wave to full use of FM stereo in 1988, Schofield was one of the presenters chosen to help with the launch by officiating at the turning on of the Southend transmitter. During his 2005 appearance on Room 101, Schofield recalled how a large crowd gathered in expectation of Simon Mayo arriving by helicopter to turn on the transmitter. Due to a miscommunication, however, Mayo instead flew to Norwich. Realising the crowd would be disappointed by Mayo's failure to appear, Schofield and an unnamed producer fled in a Radio 1 outside broadcast vehicle without revealing the bad news and leaving the crowd - which included the town's mayor - still watching the sky. For this reason, and as a result of a later incident involving wing walking on a plane leaving Southend Airport, Schofield chose Southend as one of his pet hates for the programme.

At 10 am on 28 February 2010, he launched Radio Plymouth in Devon. He is an investor in the station along with several individuals and the Sunrise Radio Group.^{[citation needed]}

Theatre[link]

Schofield elected to try his hand at theatre, and took over the role of Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat from Jason Donovan on the West End stage. Another theatre production he was involved in was Dr Dolittle.

Music[link]

As a consequence of appearing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, he was approached to record a cover of Close Every Door to be released as a single.^[4] The single was released in December 1992 on Polydor Records and peaked number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.^[5]

Gordon the Gopher[link]

Schofield was accompanied by Gordon the Gopher, a hand puppet, in his Children's BBC and Going Live! days. Gordon is often mentioned, and sometimes appears, on Schofield's TV interviews, usually as a joke or novelty. When Schofield appeared on Room 101, Gordon was the first thing Schofield asked to be interred there - however, the audience took the side of the rodent. His four choices for inclusion were Gordon the Gopher (rejected), rooks (accepted), Southend-on-Sea (accepted) and satellite navigation systems (accepted).

Personal life[link]

Schofield married Stephanie Lowe in March 1993,^[6] a BBC Production Assistant whom he met during his time at BBC Children's Television. The couple have two daughters, Ruby and Molly, and live near Henley-on-Thames.^[7][8]

To keep in shape, apart from breakfast he only eats one meal a day:

Schofield drinks and collects Bordeaux wines, an interest kindled by friend Jason Donovan. Asked in 1992 to introduce a compilation video for Donovan, as a friend Schofield refused to accept payment. Stock, Aitken and Waterman sent him two cases of Burgundy with a set of tasting notes: 1990 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières and 1990 Gevrey-Chambertin from Louis Jadot. He joined the Wine Society two years later.^[10]

Schofield is a patron of the charity CHASE hospice care for children, who offer help and support to children and their families who are not expected to reach their 19th birthday. In conjunction with rose specialist C&K Jones, he launched the Schofield rose in support of CHASE at Gardeners World June 2006. Each rose sold retail attracts a donation to CHASE.

Schofield is an ambassador to children's charity Kidscape^[11]

References[link]

External links[link]

Official web sites

• Phillip Schofield's Official website
• Phillip Schofield at itv.com

Holly Willoughby
Born	Holly Marie Willoughby (1981-03-10) March 10, 1981 (age 31) Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Residence	Clapham, London
Nationality	British
Ethnicity	English
Occupation	TV Presenter, Model
Years active	2000–present
Employer	ITV BBC
Television	Presenting: This Morning (2009–present) Celebrity Juice (2008–present) The Voice UK (2012–present)
Spouse	Dan Baldwin (m. 2007) «start: (2007-08-04)»"Marriage: Dan Baldwin to Holly Willoughby" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Holly_Willoughby)
Children	Harry James Baldwin (born 11 May 2009) Belle Baldwin (born 14 April 2011)
Website
OffficialHollyWilloughby.com

Holly Marie Willoughby (born February 10, 1981)^[1][2], is an English television presenter and model, known for her work in presenting children's TV and entertainment shows. In her early career she modelled underwear and went on to present CD:UK. In 2006, she won a BAFTA and was chosen to present Dancing on Ice, a UK celebrity talent show, shown on the ITV network which drew in an average of 8.9 million viewers in the 2010 series. She later stepped down from the role in 2011 due to new commitments and was replaced by Christine Bleakley.^[3] In July 2009, she was selected as a replacement for Fern Britton on This Morning.^[4] She began presenting on This Morning on 14 September 2009, alongside Phillip Schofield. On 23 November 2011, it was announced that Willoughby would be hosting the singing show The Voice UK on the BBC along with Reggie Yates.^[5]

Early life[link]

The younger of two daughters of the manager of a double-glazing company and an air stewardess,^[6] Willoughby was educated at the independent Burgess Hill School For Girls in the town of Burgess Hill in West Sussex. She went on to attend The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, at the age of 14, Willoughby was spotted by talent scouts at The Clothes Show Live exhibition. Storm Model Management signed her up.^[7] She appeared in teen magazines for girls such as Mizz, Just Seventeen and More!. From 1998, at the age of 17, she started modelling underwear for various clients including Pretty Polly. She appeared in various adverts and posters.

Media career[link]

Children's TV[link]

In 2000, Willoughby won an audition for a show on CITV featuring S Club 7 called S Club TV.^[8] In this show actors represented an alternative S Club.^[9] She also acted in a show called S Club 7: Artistic Differences. She played a character called Zoe alongside the regular members of the band.^[10] and after these shows, she worked as a receptionist for a while and then as a runner for the defunct shopping channel Auction World TV.

She also took on menial jobs and started an Open University course in psychotherapy. Then eventually she found work as assistant manager during which time she persuaded a friend to make a show reel of her. This show reel secured her an agent who then contacted the BBC.^[8] Later in 2000, she presented a factual entertainment programme for children called Xchange. She went on to host several other children's shows for CBBC: X-perimental, and CBBC at the Fame Academy (CBBC's version of the BBC-TV talent show Fame Academy).

Her breakthrough as a children's entertainer came when she re-joined CITV in 2004 to co-present their flagship entertainment show Ministry of Mayhem which was aired on Saturday mornings. It was on this programme that she met her future husband Dan Baldwin, one of the show's producers. In 2006, the show's title was changed to Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown in order to reflect the popularity of its co-presenters, Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern. During the final episode of the show (1 July 2006), Willoughby accidentally revealed one of her breasts during a particularly energetic routine. CITV received a small number of complaints, though the wider audience merely wrote the occurrence off as unfortunate. In 2005 Willoughby presented Feel the Fear, a children's entertainment programme in which the presenters are set unnerving challenges. She has also had a number of minor appearances on other children's programmes and programmes relating to children. She co-presented the final of the children's version of Stars in Their Eyes in 2004. The programmes listed below were broadcast on CITV in 2000

Mainstream TV[link]

Willoughby presented CD:UK for a short while in the spring of 2005, replacing Cat Deeley before Myleene Klass became the regular presenter. Her major breakthrough as a mainstream family entertainer came when she was chosen to co-present the flagship ITV talent show Dancing on Ice, alongside Phillip Schofield, in 2006.^[11] In this show, celebrities from the UK are partnered with professional dancers to learn ice-dancing routines which are then judged by a panel of experts and voted on by the public. She stepped down from the role in 2011 due to new commitments. She was criticised for her choice of costume in January 2008.^[12]

She has presented a number of other ITV programmes, especially spin-off shows such as Celebrity Wrestling: Bring It On, Greased Lightnin and most recently, The Xtra Factor. She has also presented shows exploring celebrity gossip such as Lip Service and the comedy show Celebrity Juice. In 2007, she took over from Davina McCall as the presenter of Streetmate, a dating game show in the UK. She presented sections of The National Television Awards in 2007 and 2008.

She co-presents Holly & Fearne Go Dating alongside Fearne Cotton. In this show the two hosts, who are also best friends, attempt to find dates for single people that they meet in various situations in in UK. She has also presented Here Come the Boys, a show celebrating the achievements of popular UK male singers of the past 50 years.

Willoughby has co-presented ITV's morning show This Morning with Phillip Schofield since September 2009 after she took over the role from Fern Britton.

On 23 November 2011, it was announced that she would present The Voice UK in 2012, along with BBC Radio presenter Reggie Yates.

On 30 March 2012 she won celebrity cleavage of the year^[13] in a competition sponsored by Wonderbra.

Filmography[link]

Guest appearances[link]

• Panel Member Never Mind the Buzzcocks (31 October 2005)
• Contestant Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (29 September 2007)
• Contestant All Star Family Fortunes (3 November 2007)
• Guest presenter This Morning (5 December 2008)
• Contestant All Star Mr and Mrs (2 January 2010)
• Contestant Chris Moyles' Quiz Night (29 November 2010)
• Guest presenter Britain Unzipped (24 April 2012)

Bibliography[link]

Willoughby and Fearne Cotton have written an advice book entitled The Best Friends' Guide to Life published in October 2010

• The Best Friends' Guide to Life. Vermilion. 14 October 2010. ISBN 978-0-09-193540-5. 

Awards[link]

In 2006, Willoughby won a BAFTA in recognition of her abilities as a children’s TV presenter.^[14]

She has also appeared in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll every year since 2005, ranking at #51 in 2010, #74 in 2009 and #100 in 2008.^[15]

On March 30th, 2012, on the National Cleavage Day, Holly Willoughby was awarded the title “Best Celebrity Cleavage”,^[16][17] based on a poll of 1000 women who chose her as the first celebrity to get into the Wonderbra Cleavage Hall of Fame.^[18]

Personal life[link]

Holly Willoughby is dyslexic.^[19] Her sister, Kelly, also works in the television industry.^[20]

On 4 August 2007 she married Dan Baldwin, a producer on Ministry of Mayhem. Her son, Harry James Baldwin, was born in May 2009.^[21] Her daughter, Belle Baldwin, was born in April 2011.^[22]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Holly Willoughby on Twitter
• Holly Willoughby on Facebook
• Holly Willoughby at The X Factor
• Holly Willoughby at This Morning
• ITV Celebrity Playlist for Holly Willoughby

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