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Scared Of The Dark (TV Series)
''Scared of the Dark'' is a British reality television series broadcast on Channel 4. Presented by Danny Dyer, the series follows eight contestants as they live in complete darkness for eight days. The first series of five episodes aired over five consecutive nights from 16–20 April 2023. Format Described as a "world first", eight celebrity contestants spend 180 hours (8 days) living, completing tasks, eating and sleeping in complete darkness in a specially built set. Danny Dyer presented the show accompanied by clinical psychiatrist, Dr Tharaka Gunarathne, who monitored the contestants and analysed their activities. In a way compared to the exit strategy of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', the participants could shout "I'm scared of the dark" at any time, to leave a task, or the show. In a nod to ''Big Brother Big Brother may refer to: * Big Brother (''Nineteen Eighty-Four''), a character from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' ** Authoritarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series ''Survivor (franchise), Survivor'', ''Idols (franchise), Idols'', and ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother'', all of which became global Franchising, franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Burrows
Chloe Louisa Burrows (born 26 September 1995) is an English television personality, known for her appearances as a contestant on the seventh series of ''Love Island'' in 2021. She has since appeared on '' Scared of the Dark'' and '' Celebs Go Dating'' and has begun hosting her own podcast series, ''Chloe Vs The World''. Early and personal life Chloe Louisa Burrows was born on 26 September 1995 in Bicester, Oxfordshire. Prior to appearing on television, she worked as a marketing executive for a financial services company. Burrows was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder following her appearance on ''Love Island''. Career In 2021, Burrows became a contestant on the seventh series of ''Love Island''. She entered the villa on day one as the first "bombshell" of the series. Burrows reached the final alongside Toby Aromolaran and the pair finished in second place. Burrows and Aromolaran went on to appear on an episode of ''Celebrity Catchpoint''. In 2022, Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 British Television Series Endings
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The newspaper was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to the Russian oligarch and former KGB Officer Alexander Lebedev in 2010. In 2017, Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel bought a 30% stake in it. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. The website and mobile app had a combined monthly reach of 19,826,000 in 2021. History 1986 to 1990 Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330 It was prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Parker (singer)
Thomas Anthony Parker (4 August 1988 – 30 March 2022) was an English singer, widely known as a member of the boy band the Wanted. In 2013, Parker appeared with his bandmates in the E! channel reality television series '' The Wanted Life''. Alongside the Wanted, Parker released three studio albums and achieved two number one singles on the UK Singles Chart. After the band's hiatus in 2014, he embarked on a solo career. In October 2020, at the age of 32, Parker was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. The Wanted reunited in September 2021, but after a sudden deterioration in his condition, Parker died on 30 March 2022, at the age of 33. Early life Parker was born and grew up in Bolton, Greater Manchester. He learned to play the guitar at the age of sixteen after trying out his older brother's guitar. He then went on to audition for ''The X Factor'', but did not get past the first round. He went to Manchester Metropolitan University and studied Geography, but dropped out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Preston
Donna Preston (born 6 June 1986) is an English actress, comedian and writer, notable for appearances in ''Apocalypse Wow'', ''Hey Tracey!'' and ''Michael McIntyre's Big Show''. She appears as Despair in Neil Gaiman's '' The Sandman'' released on Netflix in 2022. Early life and education Preston was born on 6 June 1986 in York, North Yorkshire and went to Fulford School in York. She attended York college and went on to train at Rose Bruford in London. Career Preston has appeared in a number of films and television series. Film work includes ''Set the Thames on Fire'' (starring Noel Fielding), ''Grimsby'' (starring Sacha Baron Cohen), ''The Hitman's Bodyguard'' (starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson) and '' Holmes & Watson'' (starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly). She has also regularly lent her voice to the Discovery Channel, BBC, ITV, E4, Amazon and Channel 4. In 2018, she appeared in ''Coronation Street'', '' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gogglebox
''Gogglebox'' is a British reality television series created by Stephen Lambert, Tania Alexander and Tim Harcourt, and broadcast on Channel 4. The series documents families and groups of friends around the United Kingdom who are filmed for their observations and reactions to the previous week's television from their own homes. The first series launched on 7 March 2013, and the show began airing its nineteenth series on 18 February 2022. The show was narrated by Caroline Aherne from its launch until her death in July 2016, after which Craig Cash took over. The show has won numerous awards. In 2014 and 2022, it won a BAFTA in the Reality & Constructed Factual category. From 2015 to 2018, in 2021 and in 2022, it won a National Television Award. The success of ''Gogglebox'' spawned three spin-off series, including a version featuring children (''Gogglesprogs''), a version featuring 16 to 24-year-olds as they watch online content (''Vlogglebox''), and a version featuring celebr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlett Moffatt
Scarlett Sigourney Leigh Moffatt (born 17 October 1990) is a British television personality, presenter, and former ballroom dancer from County Durham, best known for appearing in the Channel 4 programme '' Gogglebox''. She won the sixteenth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2016, and has since appeared in a number of programmes, including the '' I'm a Celebrity'' companion show ''Extra Camp'' as a co-presenter, and '' Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway''. Most recently she has appeared in a Channel 4 documentary ''The British Tribe Next Door'', alongside her family in a four part series living within a remote Namibian village. Career On 23 September 2013, it was confirmed that Moffatt would be appearing in MTV's new series ''Beauty School Cop Outs'', which follows British and Irish youngsters as they move to a beauty school in Manchester to learn the tricks of the trade. In 2014, Moffatt became a regular cast member on the Channel 4 reality TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris McCausland
Chris McCausland (born ) is a British actor and comedian. He is known to television audiences for his role as Rudi in the CBeebies show '' Me Too!'' He regularly appears at comedy venues around the UK, including The Comedy Store. McCausland is blind due to retinitis pigmentosa. Early life McCausland was born in West Derby Village in Liverpool but has lived in Surbiton, near Kingston upon Thames, since 1996, after moving there to study at Kingston University. He graduated in 2000, with a BSc Honours in software engineering. After a spell as a web developer, deteriorating eyesight prompted a change of direction, and he worked in sales for a number of years, during which time he first performed stand-up comedy in 2003. Stand-up comedy McCausland first gave stand-up a go at a new act comedy night in Balham in July 2003. Within his first year of performing, he won the ''Jongleurs J2O Last Laugh'' competition, came runner up in the Laughing Horse New Act of The Year and placed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wanted
The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band consisting of group members Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and Nathan Sykes and, until his death in 2022, Tom Parker. The group was formed in 2009 and signed a worldwide contract to Universal Music, Island Records and Mercury Records, and was managed by Scooter Braun. The Wanted's released their debut album, '' The Wanted'' in 2010. It peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. and spawned three UK top 20 singles: their debut single, "All Time Low", which topped UK Singles Chart, " Heart Vacancy", which reached number two, and " Lose My Mind", which reached number nineteen. Their follow-up album ''Battleground,'' was released in 2011 and reached number five in the UK and number four in Ireland. The album lead single, " Gold Forever", was released in aid of Comic Relief and peaked at number three in the UK. The third single, "Lightning", hit number two in the UK. In early 2012, the Wanted achieved success in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max George
Maximillian Albert George (born 6 September 1988) is an English singer, best known as the lead singer of the boy band The Wanted. George started his career as a footballer, playing for Preston North End. After an injury ended his football career, he decided to pursue a music career. George made his singing debut with the band Avenue. After the group disbanded in 2009, George joined the newly formed band, The Wanted. In 2014, following The Wanted's success in the United States, he landed his first acting role in the sixth season of the American television series ''Glee'' in the role of Clint, the leader of "Vocal Adrenaline". In 2013, George starred in the E! channel reality series '' The Wanted Life''. Early life George was born on 6 September 1988 in Swinton, Greater Manchester and studied at Bolton School. Music career Avenue and ''The X Factor'' George joined the four-piece boy band Avenue in 2005. After applying to ''The X Factor'' in 2006, the band auditioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
