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Totally Top Trumps
''Totally Top Trumps'' was a British gameshow that aired on Challenge for 20 episodes in 2004. It was presented by Andy Goldstein and supported by captains Rob Deering, Dan Clark and scorer/quiz geek Jack Waley-Cohen. It was loosely based on the card game Top Trumps. Format There were four rounds to the show, involving two teams of celebrities who battled it out for the trump card. Questions ranged from classic cars and football, to 80s film and television. Celebrity guests Celebrities who appeared on the show included: *Ewen MacIntosh *Kate Lawler *Rowland Rivron *Marcus Brigstocke *Robert Llewellyn *Vicki Butler-Henderson Victoria Jemma Butler-Henderson (born 16 February 1972) is a British racing driver, former presenter of ''Top Gear'' and current presenter of ''Fifth Gear''. Biography Butler-Henderson was born into a racing family. Her grandfather used to race ... References {{reflist External links ''Totally Top Trumps''at UKGameshows.com 2004 British television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Challenge (TV Channel)
Challenge is a British free-to-air television channel owned by Sky, a division of Comcast. The channel mostly transmits game shows from the UK and around the world, with some original productions. History The Family Channel The channel was originally launched Wednesday 1 September 1993 as The Family Channel, a British version of the American cable network of the same name, owned by U.S. firm International Family Entertainment, a spin-off of the Christian Broadcasting Network's cable network The Family Channel, and this channel was shared with Children's Channel. Earlier in the year, IFE had acquired the assets of the defunct ITV franchise TVS for US$68.5 million (which included the MTM Enterprises library, and The Maidstone Studios), it was launched the same day as the UK and Ireland version of Nickelodeon, another American-based channel. In June 1993, prior to its launch, IFE sold a 39% stake in the channel to Flextech. The Family Channel did produce some UK orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Goldstein
Andy Goldstein is a British television presenter and radio broadcaster currently working for Talksport. He has presented ''Soccer AM'' on Saturday mornings, replacing Tim Lovejoy (having also previously taken over from him as co-host on '' Soccer AM's All Sports Show'') in 2004. The All-Sports show ended in 2007. Goldstein is also a former presenter of Eurosports Home Nations Snooker tournaments. He previously presented Sky Sports coverage of Premier League Snooker, 9-Ball Pool (including the Mosconi Cup) and 10 pin bowling Weber Cup. As well as presenting, Goldstein has tried his hand at acting too. He appeared as the main character in a series of adverts for TalkTalk shown before '' Big Brother 5'' in 2004. Goldstein currently hosts ''Drive'', a radio show which runs on talkSPORT from Monday to Friday 4-7, along with ''The Sports Bar'' 10pm to 1am every Monday night. The show initially broadcast on Sunday nights before being broadcast Monday to Thursday. Following George Gall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Deering
Rob Deering (born 1972) is an English comedian, musician and writer. Personal life Deering grew up in London and Oxfordshire, and lives in London with his wife Julia and their children. Deering is an avid runner and has run eight marathons including five London Marathons; so far he has raised nearly £100,000 for Parkinson's UK. Career Deering was the host and writer of three series of ''Out to Lunch'' on BBC Radio 2. He also hosted ''99 Things to Do Before You Die'' on Channel 5. In 2007, he appeared on a special edition of ''The Weakest Link'', winning the show and answering all his questions correctly. Deering also appeared on the Channel 4 quiz show ''Fifteen to One'' in 1997. He won an edition of ''Celebrity Mastermind'' broadcast on 28 December 2014 with a score of 27 points. He has appeared as a guest on shows including ''Banter'', ''4 at the Fringe'' on BBC Radio 4 and ''Jammin'' on BBC Radio 2. He has also guest-starred in ''Jason Manford's Comedy Rocks''. He took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Clark
Daniel Gregory Clark (born 3 July 1976) is an English actor, comedian, writer, director, and singer. He is best known for playing Don Danbury on the BBC Three sitcom ''How Not to Live Your Life'', which he also wrote, co-produced, and sometimes directed. He has been a regular on the British comedy scene as both a sketch and stand-up comedian. Career Early career Clark started his career in comedy at the age of 19 by taking a play he co-wrote and starred in with old school friend Oliver Maltman to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In the years that followed, Clark formed a comedy trio called Electric Eel and they performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998 and 1999. Also in 1999, they made a pilot for C4's Comedy Lab series, called ''Roy Dance is Dead'', and the following year a full series was commissioned. In February 2002, retitled ''The Estate Agents'', the series was broadcast. Electric Eel followed the series with a UK tour and another Edinburgh Festival run. In 2003, Clark t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Productions
Princess Productions was a London-based television production company, formed by Henrietta Conrad and Sebastian Scott, which produced broadcast shows and pilots for all the major British broadcasters across a variety of genres, mainly specialising in entertainment and factual entertainment programmes. Highlights included '' Got To Dance'', '' Must Be the Music'', '' T4'' and ''The Sunday Night Project''. Based in Whiteleys in West London, Princess had its own television studio and in-house post-production facility. History Princess Productions was founded in 1996. In 2006, Princess became part of the Shine Group, one of the United Kingdom’s largest television production company groups. In 2017, Shine announced that Princess Productions would be closed by the end of the year, as it was “financially fragile” and was losing its space in Whiteleys, which was to be redeveloped for mixed residential and commercial use. The company went on for another year as Princess Studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Trumps
''Top Trumps'' is a card game first published in 1978. Each card contains a list of numerical data, and the aim of the game is to compare these values to try to trump and win an opponent's card. A wide variety of different packs of ''Top Trumps'' has been published. Gameplay A pack of cards is based on a theme, such as cars, aircraft, books, boats, dinosaurs, or characters from a popular film or television series. Each card in the pack shows a list of numerical data about the item. For example, in a pack based on cars, each card shows a different model of car, and the stats and data may include its engine size, its weight, its length, and its top speed. If the theme is about a TV series or film, the cards include characters and the data varying from things like strength and bravery to fashion and looks, depending on the criteria. All the cards are dealt among the players. There must be at least two players, and at least one card for each player. The starting player (norma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewen MacIntosh
Ewen Douglas MacIntosh (born 25 December 1973) is a British actor and comedian known for his role as Keith Bishop in '' The Office'' (2001–2003). Early life MacIntosh was born in Merionethshire. He was educated at Repton School in Derbyshire, and studied linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. While at university, he was actively involved in the Edinburgh University Theatre Company and The Improverts. Career MacIntosh's big break in television came when he was cast as the deadpan accountant Keith Bishop in '' The Office''. MacIntosh has also appeared on various shows such as '' Miranda'' and '' Little Britain''. He formed a double act with Tim FitzHigham and they performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007. In 2009, MacIntosh appeared alongside several other celebrities in a charity music video for the Chris Rea song " Driving Home for Christmas". In early 2013, he prepared to play at a new West End show ''Geek! A New Musical'' at the Tristan Bates Theatre, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Lawler
Kate Lawler (born 7 May 1980) is an English television personality, presenter, model and DJ. She became the first female winner of '' Big Brother UK'' after winning the third series of the reality series in 2002. Since ''Big Brother'', she has presented various radio shows including Capital FM and Virgin Radio. She has also appeared in television series including ''Celebrity Wrestling'' and ''Love Island''. ''Big Brother'' Lawler won the third series of ''Big Brother'' in 2002, the first female contestant to do so. Later career In September 2002, Lawler became a DJ on Capital FM, a position she held until December 2003. She co-presented the Channel 4 breakfast TV show '' RI:SE'' from February 2003 until it was axed in December of that year. In 2005, she was one of the competitors in the ITV show ''Celebrity Wrestling'', competing under the name The Brawler. She helped her team, The Warriors, win the team championship, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the individual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland Rivron
Rowland John Rivron (born 28 September 1958) is a British writer, comedic actor and television personality. Early career Rivron played the comic character "Dr Martin Scrote" on the Jonathan Ross chat show ''The Last Resort'', and also played Scrote on Night Network's ''Bunker Show''. This became a series for Channel 4 called ''Set of Six'' about Scrote and his brothers. In 1989 he and Jools Holland starred in ''The Groovy Fellers''. In the early 1990s he presented his own chat show, ''Rivron'', in which Rivron, his guests and the entire set floated in the River Thames. He also made an appearance in the children's schools series ''Cats' Eyes''. Music Rivron played drums on Fat Les's 1998 single "Vindaloo". As one half of the band "Raw Sex" (with Simon Brint) he also featured regularly on BBC TV's ''French and Saunders'' show. Rivron featured on drums in the "Sophisticated Fool" song and "All We've Got To Do Is..." song from ''A Bit of Fry and Laurie'', also on BBC TV. He was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Alexander Brigstocke (born 8 May 1973) is a British comedian, actor and satirist. He has worked in stand-up comedy, television, radio and musical theatre. He has appeared on many BBC television and radio shows. Early life Brigstocke is the son of Nick Brigstocke, a stockbroker from a Welsh landed gentry family, and Carol, daughter of senior Royal Air Force officer Air Marshal Sir Walter Pretty. He was raised in Surrey, and educated at St Edmunds School in the village of Hindhead in Surrey,Oglethorpe, Tim (21 April 2001). "Interview: Marcus Brigstocke - Savage past of Marcus; Marcus Brigstocke of The Savages on his misspent youth and how he got back on the straight and narrow". ''The Express'' (London, England). MGN Ltd.archive at Westbourne House School in Chichester, West Sussex, King's School, Bruton in Somerset, and Hammersmith & Fulham College in west London. He then attended the University of Bristol, where he studied Drama, but did not complete his degree. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Llewellyn
Robert Llewellyn (born 10 March 1956) is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He plays the mechanoid Kryten in the sci-fi television sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' and formerly presented the engineering gameshow '' Scrapheap Challenge''. He has also founded and hosts a YouTube series, '' Fully Charged''. Early life Llewellyn was born in Northampton, England. Early career Llewellyn's first foray into the world of show business started out as a hobby, organising a few amateur cabaret evenings in a riverside warehouse overlooking Tower Bridge in London. The shows were a great success and he eventually helped form an alternative comedy theatre group called The Joeys. Within six months, he had stopped working as a shoemaker and started performing professionally with the group alongside Bernie Evans, Nigel Ordish and Graham Allum. The group toured Britain and France in the early 1980s, with an initial idea of exploring sexual politics between men. Llewellyn wrote much of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicki Butler-Henderson
Victoria Jemma Butler-Henderson (born 16 February 1972) is a British racing driver, former presenter of ''Top Gear'' and current presenter of ''Fifth Gear''. Biography Butler-Henderson was born into a racing family. Her grandfather used to race a Frazer Nash at Brooklands, her father was in the British karting team and her brother Charlie is a racing driver. She has an older sister, Lottie, who does not race. Butler-Henderson grew up on the family farm, and was educated at the independent schools St Francis' College in Letchworth and Perse School for Girls in Cambridge. She is the great-granddaughter of Eric Butler-Henderson, a director of the Great Central Railway, after whom the preserved GCR Class 11F locomotive ''Butler-Henderson'' is named. Butler-Henderson started racing karts at the age of 12, being overtaken by David Coulthard in her first race. She holds a car race licence as well as a power boat racing licence. After supplementing her income as a racing instructor at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
