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Barney Harwood
Barnaby John Harwood (born 7 November 1979) is a British actor and television presenter. He is known for his work with CBBC beginning in 2002. Career Television For CBBC, Harwood presented '' Prank Patrol'' and was a voice-over commentator for ''The Smokehouse'', while on BBC Two, he co-presented '' Basil's Swap Shop'' (a remake of ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop''), alongside Basil Brush. Previous work for CBBC included gameshow ''Crush'' in 2004, ''Sport Relief Gets Sub'd!'', a Sport Relief 2006 show and as co-presenter of ''Smile'', which aired each Sunday on BBC Two until 26 August 2007 and saw him win a Children's BAFTA for best presenter. He also co-hosted the ''Doctor Who'' tie-in programme '' Totally Doctor Who'' until it was cancelled after series three in 2007. Harwood was also the Control Voice in an episode of the ''Doctor Who'' spin off animated series '' The Infinite Quest''. As an extra, he appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' episode " Love & Monsters", which was first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool, borough of the same name. Blackpool was originally a small hamlet; it began to grow in the mid-eighteenth century, when sea bathing for health purposes became fashionable. Blackpool's beach was suitable for this activity, and by 1781 several hotels had been built. The opening of a railway station in 1846 allowed more visitors to reach the resort, which continued to grow for the remainder of the nineteenth century. In 1876, the town became a borough. Blackpool's development was closely tied to the Lancashire cotton mill, cotton-mill practice of annual factory maintenance shutdowns, known as wakes weeks, when many workers chose to visit the seaside. The town saw large growth during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. By 1951 its popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totally Doctor Who
''Totally Doctor Who'' is a children's television series produced by the BBC that was originally broadcast between 13 April 2006 and 29 June 2007, accompanying the second and third revived series of ''Doctor Who''. At the time of its original broadcast, ''Doctor Who'', a science fiction programme aimed at a family audience, had no existing children's spin-off; '' The Sarah Jane Adventures'', of which the pilot episode was broadcast on New Year's Day, 2007, would replace the series as the only children's show based on ''Doctor Who'' until 2009 when '' K-9'' aired. History The first series of the programme ran concurrently with the 2006 series of ''Doctor Who''. Presented by Barney Harwood and Liz Barker it aired on BBC One at 5:00 p.m. on Thursdays as part of the CBBC strand, and was repeated at 6:30 p.m. on Fridays and then again on Saturdays on the CBBC Channel, just prior to the BBC One airing of the new episode of ''Doctor Who''. There was no ''Totally Doctor Who'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Barker
Elizabeth Jane Barker (born 16 May 1975) is an English television presenter, best known for her work on ''Blue Peter'' from 2000 to 2006. Early life and education Born in Cambridge, Barker grew up in the village of Oakington, near Cambridge and attended Impington Village College#Impington Village College, Impington Village College before undertaking a philosophy degree at the University of Southampton. After this was completed, she became a runner for independent production company Lion TV, a researcher, and eventually the sports presenter for BBC Choice programme ''Backstage''. Career On 23 June 2000 Barker joined the children's television programme ''Blue Peter''. During her six years on the programme she reported from Vietnam, Morocco, Brazil, Austria, Greece, India and the U.S. Her adventures included an inverted spin in a jet, lawn mower racing, paragliding, walking a circus tightrope walking, high-wire, cleaning windows at London's Canary Wharf tower. She won a bronze me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MasterChef (British TV Series)
''MasterChef'' is a British competitive cooking reality show produced by Endemol Shine UK and Banijay and broadcast in 60 countries around the world. The show initially ran from 1990 to 2001 and was revived in 2005 as ''MasterChef Goes Large''. The revival featured a new format devised by Franc Roddam and John Silver, with Karen Ross producing. In 2008, the name was changed back to ''MasterChef'' but the format remained unchanged. The series currently appears in four versions: the main ''MasterChef'' series; ''Celebrity MasterChef''; '' MasterChef: The Professionals'', with working chefs; and '' Junior MasterChef'', with children between the ages of nine and twelve. The format and style of the show have been reproduced around the world in various international versions. It was revealed in November 2024, that following allegations against Wallace he had decided to temporarily step away from the show. In December 2024, it was revealed that Wallace has temporarily been replaced w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Backshall
Stephen James Backshall (born 21 April 1973) is a British naturalist, explorer, presenter and writer, best known for BBC Television, BBC TV's ''Deadly (franchise), Deadly...'' franchise. His other BBC work includes being part of the expedition teams in ''Lost Land of the Tiger'', ''Lost Land of the Volcano'', ''Deadly Dinosaurs'' and ''Lost Land of the Jaguar'', as well as ''Expedition with Steve Backshall'' for the TV channel Dave (TV channel), Dave. He has worked for the National Geographic Channel and the Discovery Channel. He has published a series of four novels for children called ''The Falcon Chronicles'', three adult non-fiction works and numerous other children's non-fiction books. Early life Backshall's parents worked for British Airways, and he was brought up in a smallholding in Bagshot surrounded by rescue animals. Backshall attended Collingwood College, Surrey, Collingwood College in Camberley and Brooklands College, Surrey in the sixth form. He backpacked solo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Defries
Joel Nirmalan Defries (born 14 March 1985) is a British-born presenter, who worked on the BBC One children's programme ''Blue Peter'' from 2008 to 2010. He previously worked on the New Zealand television station, C4. Career Born in Hammersmith, London, Defries' New Zealand media career began at the alternative radio station Channel Z, before going on to host the music jukebox show ''Select Live''. Defries presented a new New Zealand-based live music show called ''Live at Yours''. He became a household name among young New Zealanders and saw a rapid rise in popularity. He also made a successful move into radio where he presented a Sunday morning show for the Edge called ''Joel's Take Out''. He was a former presenter of Vodafone Select Live. Defries decided to return to the UK to take up other opportunities in radio and TV. On 5 September 2008, it was announced that he would replace Gethin Jones as a presenter on the children's TV show ''Blue Peter'', and joined the other membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. The channel was launched on 2 November 1936 under the name BBC Television Service, which was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nev The Bear
Nev the Bear is a small, blue puppet bear that originally appeared in the CBBC television programme ''Smile''. Since 2007, Nev has starred in his own CBBC show '' Bear Behaving Badly'', alongside Barney Harwood. His name was created from the name of his co-star Dev Griffin on ''Smile''. He was last seen on '' Hacker Time'' when Derek puts Nev on Line 1 for Barney Harwood. Nev has patches in places on his body and is missing part of his ear. This is due to Bandit the cat, who is seen in some episodes of ''Bear Behaving Badly'', biting it off. Nev likes ice cream, jam, socks and ducks (his favourite toy duck being Snuggly Ducky Duck Duck). When scared or intimidated, he growls, just like a real bear would. Originally on ''Smile'', the voice of Nev was prerecorded with his limited vocabulary being played in as appropriate. When Nev took on a more significant role in ''Smile'', puppeteer Ross Mullan, who also stars in ''Bear Behaving Badly'', was recruited to provide the voice live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter
''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven Fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's conflict with Lord Voldemort, a Black magic, dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic, and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people). The series was originally published in English by Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom and Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic Press in the United States. A series of many genres, including fantasy, drama, Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age fiction, and the British school story (which includes elements of mystery (fiction), mystery, thriller (genre), thrille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (TV Series)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a children's reality show that originally aired on BBC One with Barney Harwood as host for the first series from 9 to 20 July 2007, it was moved to BBC Two with Ortis Deley Ortis Deley ( ; born 2 June 1973) is a British television presenter, comedian, singer, radio DJ and actor. He is of Ghanaian and Nigerian descent, best known for presenting the Children's BBC Saturday morning flagship series ''Live & Kicking' ... as host for series two and three from 25 January to 20 December 2009. Transmissions External links * * 2007 British television series debuts 2009 British television series endings 2000s British children's television series BBC children's television shows British reality television series British English-language television shows Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios {{UK-reality-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love & Monsters (Doctor Who)
"Love & Monsters" is the tenth episode of the Doctor Who (series 2), second series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 June 2006. It was written by executive producer and lead writer Russell T Davies and directed by Dan Zeff. The episode is set in London. In the episode, a human called Elton Pope (Marc Warren) joins a group of people who have a shared interest in the alien Time travel in fiction, time traveller the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and his ship the TARDIS. The group is joined and taken over by Victor Kennedy (Peter Kay), an alien who has a darker interest in the Doctor and seeks to absorb his physical body and knowledge. Due to the addition of a The Christmas Invasion, Christmas special in the production schedule, two episodes needed to be shot concurrently for production to finish on time. With "Love & Monsters", Davies told a story from a different character's point of view to allow for only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
