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Splash! (UK Series 2)
''Splash! (British TV series), Splash!'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British television show which teaches celebrities the art of diving with the aid of Olympic diver Tom Daley. The second series began broadcasting on 4 January 2014 and ended on 15 February 2014. Gabby Logan and Vernon Kay returned to present, alongside resident judges Andy Banks, Jo Brand and Leon Taylor. Contestants Rav Wilding was due to compete in the series but had to pull out before the series began due to injury, and was replaced by Martin Offiah. The line-up for the first heat was revealed on 23 December 2013, the line-up for the second heat was revealed at the end of the 4 January 2014 show. The line-up for the third heat was revealed on 8 January 2014. Scoring chart : indicate the lowest score for each week :Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week : indicates the celebrities eliminated each week : indicates the celebrities in the Splash!-off each week :"—" indicates that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Channel)
ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc. It provides the ITV (TV network), Channel 3 public broadcast service across all of the United Kingdom except for the central and northern areas of Scotland where STV (TV channel), STV provides the service. ITV1 as a consistent national channel (with dedicated slots for regional news and other regional programmes) evolved out of the old ITV (TV network), ITV network – a federation of separately owned regional companies which had significantly different local schedules and branding. During the 1990s, the differences between the schedules in each region gradually reduced – partly through the consolidation of ownership and partly through the standardisation in the volume and scheduling of regional programmes. In 2002, a major change of appearance occurred when all ITV regions in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ross
John Paul Ross (born 31 December 1956) 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. Early life Growing up in outer east London, Ross was educated at Norlington School for Boys, and later read English at the University of Kent. Realising he would not be able to follow the academic career he favoured, "an English lecturer at a polytechnic", he commenced training as a journalist at the University of Exeter and subsequently started his career with the ''Western Times'' in Exeter in 1982. Career Television Ross became a researcher at London Weekend Television before becoming an editor for ''The Six O'Clock Show'' and ''The London Programme''. He worked as the series editor on series 3 and 4 of Channel 4's magazine style programme '' The Word'', and became executive producer for series 5. His first job as a TV presenter was on the current affairs show ''Eyewitness'', which ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaela Strachan
Michaela Evelyn Ann Strachan (, born 7 April 1966) is an English television presenter and singer. After beginning her career in theatre, she ventured into presenting and fronted the children's television shows '' Wide Awake Club'' (1986–1989) and '' Wacaday'' (1987–1989). She subsequently went on to co-present '' The Hitman and Her'' (1988–1992) and embarked on a brief music career under the stage name Michaela, releasing two singles " H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" (1989) and "Take Good Care of My Heart" (1990), which reached number 62 and 66 in the UK Singles Chart, respectively. Strachan has since become known for her work as a wildlife presenter. After fronting '' The Really Wild Show'' (1993–2006), she went on to become a regular reporter on BBC's '' Countryfile'' (1999–2009), during which time she emigrated to South Africa. Since 2011, Strachan has been a regular presenter on BBC's '' Springwatch'' and its seasonal adaptions. In 2025 she was a runner-up on the seventeenth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Lloyd
Danielle Lloyd (formerly O'Hara; born 16 December 1983) is an English TV host, model, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss England 2004 and Miss Great Britain 2006. Lloyd first rose to prominence when she was stripped of her Miss Great Britain title after posing nude in the December 2006 edition of ''Playboy'' magazine. Her Miss Great Britain title was reinstated in 2010. In 2007, Lloyd appeared on the fifth series of the Channel 4 reality show '' Celebrity Big Brother,'' where she was involved in the ''Big Brother'' racism controversy''.'' She won the celebrity edition of ''The Weakest Link'' in 2008 and '' Total Wipeout'' in 2010. Early life Danielle Lloyd was born on 16 December 1983 in Liverpool, England. Upon finishing school, Lloyd decided to pursue a dual career in modelling and as a beautician specialising in massage. She is a former nail technician. Career Lloyd was crowned Miss England on 17 July 2004, and competed at Miss World 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saturdays
The Saturdays are an English-Irish girl group based in London, England. The group formed during the summer of 2007 and has been on hiatus since 2014. The lineup consists of Frankie Bridge, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes, Mollie King, and Vanessa White. They were formed through Fascination Records, a sub-division of Polydor Records, which gave them an instant record deal with the label. As soon as the contract was finalized, the Saturdays went on tour with Girls Aloud during their Tangled Up Tour. The group's music style is pop, but throughout their career, their management has experimented with dance-pop and electropop. Songwriters and producers Ina Wroldsen, Steve Mac, Camille Purcell, and Quiz & Larossi have helped create their music. In July 2008, The Saturdays released their debut single and first Top Ten hit, "If This Is Love". Their debut album, ''Chasing Lights'', released the same year, charted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart; it was certified platinum by the British Pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Foden
Una Theresa Imogene Healy (born 10 October 1981) is an Irish singer. She rose to fame in 2008 as a member of five-piece girl group The Saturdays, who are signed to Fascination and Polydor Records. The group later gained another record deal with Geffen Records after having huge success in the United Kingdom. Healy and the rest of the group then signed a deal with Island Def Jam Records and Mercury Records to distribute their music in the United States, which led to her first UK number one single, " What About Us". Healy previously attempted a solo career in 2006, when she released her first extended play, ''Sorry''. Although the EP was not successful, one of the tracks from the EP was re-recorded and used for the B-side of the band's track " Higher". The Saturdays decided to take a hiatus in 2014, upon completion of their Greatest Hits Live! tour. This led to Healy taking on a number of television opportunities, including presenting ''Una's Dream Ticket'', taking part in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gadget Show
''The Gadget Show'' is a British television series which focuses on consumer technology. The show, which was broadcast on Channel 5, is presented by Ortis Deley, with reports from Georgie Barrat and Jon Bentley. Originally a thirty-minute show, it was extended to forty-five minutes, then later to sixty minutes. Repeats have also aired on the digital channel 5Star, syndicated broadcasts on Discovery Science and Dave (in edited down half-hour versions), and Channel 5's on-demand service My5. In Australia, it is aired on The Lifestyle Channel. ''The Gadget Show'' has received many Guinness World Records. Format 2004–2006: Beginnings The show previews and reviews the latest gadgets, and broadcasts the latest technology news. The show is aimed at giving the mass consumer an insight into the gadget world and in addition, it aims to give enough information for the more " geeky" or knowledgeable audience, but still making it accessible to the more casual viewer. The show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pollyanna Woodward
Pollyanna Woodward (born 11 June 1982) is a British television presenter, best known for being a co-presenter on Channel 5's ''The Gadget Show''. Career The youngest of six children, aged 16 she was offered a place at the Carlton Television Junior Workshop in Nottingham. She then studied performing arts to gain an HND, training as a singer, actress and presenter. She was named ''Miss Mansfield and Sherwood Forest'' in 2001. After graduation, she featured in television shows including '' Ghost Squad'' and ''Doctors'', and performed as a stunt-double in '' Eleventh Hour''. She also competed in '' Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002, sharing a room with Sarah Harding, getting down to the last 13 female competitors. Transferring to television presenting, after a period on QVC, from 2008–2011 she was the "Booth Girl" on ''The Wright Stuff'', and motorsport presentation for the British Touring Car Championship and British Superbike Championship. Specialising in technology, she is a col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Eclair
Jenny Eclair (born Jenny Clare Hargreaves; 16 March 1960) is an English comedian, novelist, and actress, best known for her roles in '' Grumpy Old Women'' between 2004 and 2007 and in '' Loose Women'' in 2011 and 2012. Early life Eclair was born to English parents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, where her father, Derek Hargreaves, a major in the British Army, had been posted in 1952. The family lived in Malaysia, Singapore, and Germany before settling in Lancashire. Eclair returned to England when she was two years old, and she started her education at Queen Mary school (now AKS Lytham) in Lytham St Annes. She is said to have adopted the alternative surname Eclair (later her stage name) in her teens, when she was at a disco in Blackpool and pretended to be French. She studied at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama (now Manchester Metropolitan University) and joined a cabaret group variously referred to as Kathy Lacreme and the Rum Babas, and Cathy La Crème and the Rum Babas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The party sits on the Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing of the Left–right political spectrum, left-right political spectrum. Following its defeat by Labour at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election it is currently the second-largest party by the number of votes cast and number of seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons; as such it has the formal parliamentary role of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. It encompasses various ideological factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites and Traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. There have been 20 Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Mordaunt
Dame Penelope Mary "Penny" Mordaunt (; born 4 March 1973) is a British former Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who served as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons from 2022 until 2024. She was the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth North from 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 to 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024. She ran twice for the Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative party leadership in July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, July–September and October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, October 2022, losing to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, respectively. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, Mordaunt lost her Portsmouth North seat to Labour's Amanda Martin. Mordaunt read philosophy at the University of Reading, before working in the public relations industry. She held roles under Leader of the Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Young
Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. His hit singles include " Love of the Common People", " Wherever I Lay My Hat", " Come Back and Stay", " Every Time You Go Away" and " Everything Must Change", all reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Released in 1983, his debut album, '' No Parlez'', was the first of three UK number-one albums.Paul Young: Official Charts ''Five number one albums and number one single'' (retrieved 19 August 2007) Young's smooth yet soulful voice belongs to a genre known as " blue-eyed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
