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Trust Me – I'm A Holiday Rep
''Trust Me – I'm A Holiday Rep'' is a reality television show that was broadcast by Five in the United Kingdom. The programme chronicles attempts by celebrities to work as holiday reps for tour group Olympic Holidays. The first series was presented by Toby Anstis and Nancy Sorrell, with second series being presented by Lucy Rusedski and Andy Goldstein. Episodes ran nightly, with ten programmes over two weeks. Series 1: Ayia Napa (2005) Filmed in a resort on Cyprus. The celebrities who took part were: *Jordan Knight (former New Kids on the Block member) * Jasmine Lennard (notable entrant in Five's '' Make Me A Supermodel'') *Syd Little (comedian) *Jodie Marsh (glamour model) * Nina Myskow (newspaper columnist) * Scott Wright (former ''Coronation Street'' actor) * Nadia Almada ( Big Brother UK series 5 winner) - Lennard's replacement Nadia was drafted in to replace Lennard after she was "sacked" halfway through the show for continuous breaking of the rules and general bad a ... [...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 ordinary 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'', ''Idol (franchise), Idol'', 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 the gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Wright (actor)
Scott Wright is an English actor, singer and musician. He was nominated for a National Television Award in 2001 for Most Popular Newcomer for his role as Sam Kingston in ''Coronation Street''. Career Wright had a three-year stay in ITV (TV network), ITV's ''Coronation Street'', where he was nominated for a National Television award for his role as Sam Kingston. Wright's other acting credits on television include ITV's ''Crossroads (UK TV series), Crossroads'' and BBC One's ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Casualty''. Added to this he played the title role in ''Tristan'' in the Merlin International films production. Wright has also appeared in ITV's ''Emmerdale'' and Channel 4's ''Shameless (UK TV series), Shameless'' and ITV1’s Midwinter of the Spirit, playing Anna Maxwell Martins’ husband Sean Watkins. It also starred David Threlfall. In 2016 Wright played Jordan Dawkins in a national tour of The Shawshank Redemption for Bill Kenwright. It was reported in 2018 Wright was filmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackbird (software)
Blackbird (formerly named FORscene) is an integrated internet video platform, video editing software, covering non-linear editing and publishing for broadcast, web and mobile. Designed by Blackbird plc to allow collaborative editing of video at resolutions of up to 540p and up to 60 frames per second on bandwidths as low as 2MBit/s, it is capable of video logging, reviewing, publishing and hosting through HD and 4K to UHD quality from original sources. The system is implemented as a mobile app for Android and iOS devices, a Java applet and a pure JavaScript web application as part of its user interface. The latter runs on platforms without application installation, codec installation, or machine configuration and has Web 2.0 features. Blackbird won the Royal Television Society's award for Technology in the post-production process in December 2005. Usage The Blackbird platform's functionality makes it suitable for multiple uses in the video editing workflow. For edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Burrell
Paul Burrell (born 6 June 1958) is a former servant of the British Royal Household and latterly butler to Diana, Princess of Wales. Background and Royal Household career Burrell was born and raised in Grassmoor, Derbyshire, a coal-mining village. His parents were Graham Burrell and Beryl Burrell, née Kirk. His father was a lorry driver and it was initially assumed he would go to work in the local colliery Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extra ..., but he had decided at the age of eight that he wanted to work at Buckingham Palace. This was after a trip to London, in which he witnessed the Queen's Guard#Queen's Guard, Changing of the Guard. He attended William Rhodes Secondary School in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield before entering High Peak College in Buxto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hear'Say
Hear'Say were a British pop group. They were created through the ITV (TV network), ITV reality TV show ''Popstars (British TV series), Popstars'' in February 2001, the first UK series of the international ''Popstars'' Media franchise, franchise. The group, who were signed to Polydor Records, originally consisted of Danny Foster (musician), Danny Foster, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, and Noel Sullivan. Hear'Say achieved instant fame, breaking chart records with their debut single "Pure and Simple (song), Pure and Simple" and the album ''Popstars (Hear'Say album), Popstars''. However, their second album failed to match this success. In January 2002, Marsh left Hear'Say due to conflicts with Klass and Sullivan. She was replaced by former Boom! (group), Boom! member Johnny Shentall a month later. During a summer promotional tour, Hear'Say were constantly harassed by members of the public. "Lovin' Is Easy", the group's only single to be released with Shentall, failed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Sullivan
Noel Sullivan (born 28 July 1980, as Noel John Hayes) is a British singer and actor from Cardiff, Wales. He was a member of the British pop group Hear'Say. Like the other members of the group, he won his part through the ITV talent show ''Popstars''. Career 2001-2002: Hear'Say At this time Sullivan was living with his mother, Claire in Caerau, Cardiff. He auditioned in 2001 for the first series of the reality television documentary ''Popstars'' broadcast on ITV. He impressed the show's expert judges (who included Nigel Lythgoe and Nicki Chapman) enough to win selection as a founder member of the pop group Hear'Say, alongside Danny Foster, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh and Suzanne Shaw. After the formation of the group Sullivan gave up a part-time job as a waiter to move to London. Hear'Say went on to sell about three million records worldwide. The group's debut single " Pure and Simple" became the fastest selling number one single of the UK Singles Chart at the time. The gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Rowley
Samantha Rowley (born 30 January 1988) is a British actress and model. She appeared on the first series of the reality TV show and model search '' Make Me A Supermodel'' on Five in March 2005, in which she came fourth. She also played the original Clare Devine in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' and the late night spin-off '' Hollyoaks: Back from the Dead''. In 2006 she starred in series 2 of Five reality show, '' Trust Me – I'm a Holiday Rep''."TURNING HIS BACK ON" ''Western Mail'' (Cardiff); Sep 16, 2006; Rob Driscoll Western Mail; p. 12 Samantha was the face of global channel MTVN HD (MTV Networks High Definition) and presented ''MTV Uncompressed''. She has also continued to have a successful modelling career. Samantha is one of the characters on Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receiv ... [...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 he, 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] |
Nancy Lam
Nancy Lam (born in Singapore in 1948) is a Singaporean celebrity chef famous for her Southeast Asian cuisine and television appearances. Beginnings Nancy Lam moved to London, United Kingdom from Singapore at the age of 22. After originally training as a nurse, she gained popularity after catering for hotel guests and hosting regular barbecues for charitable events. Lam opened her own restaurant " Enak Enak" in Lavender Hill (A3036), Battersea, London SW11, in 1988. A major refurbishment of the restaurant took place between May and October 2004. Media appearances Following writeups in the London culinary press, Lam's cooking show was one of the launch programmes on Channel 5 in 1997. Since then, she has been a regular guest on various cookery shows, including '' Daily Cooks'', '' Market Kitchen'' and '' This Morning''. She has also taken part in ''Trust Me – I'm a Holiday Rep'', ''Big Brother's Big Mouth'', '' Hole in the Wall'', '' Saturday Night Takeaway'' and ''Let's D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hewitt
James Lifford Hewitt (born 30 April 1958) is a retired cavalry officer in the British Army. He came to public attention in the mid-1990s after he disclosed an affair with Diana, Princess of Wales, while she was still married to then- Prince Charles. Early life Hewitt was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, where his father, 1952 Olympic pentathlete John Hewitt, was stationed with the Royal Marines. He grew up in Kent and Devon. His mother, Shirley Stamp, was daughter of a London dental surgeon who lived in Devon. Hewitt was educated at Norwood Preparatory School in Exeter before going to Millfield, a public school, in Street, Somerset. Career Military After graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Hewitt was commissioned into the Life Guards, British Army, on 8 April 1978 as a second lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant on 8 April 1980. He transferred from a short service commission to a special regular commission on 1 October 1981. He was promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwight Yorke
Dwight Eversley Yorke Chaconia Medal, CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian professional Association football, football coach and former player who is the head coach of Trinidad and Tobago national football team, Trinidad and Tobago. Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, Manchester United F.C., Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland, mainly as a Forward (association football), forward, between 1998 and 2009. Yorke formed a prolific strike partnership with Andy Cole at Manchester United, where he won numerous honours including several Premier League titles and the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season, 1999. Yorke scored 123 goals in the Premier League, a record for a non-Europe, European which was not broken until Sergio Agüero in 2017. At international l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Block
Brandon Block (born 26 November 1967) is a British club DJ, producer and remixer. He has appeared on reality shows like '' Celebrity Come Dine with Me'' and ''Celebrity Big Brother''. He is well known for appearing on stage heavily intoxicated at the 2000 BRIT Awards. Friends suggested that he had entered a musical contest and had won ''Best Musician of the Year'', when in fact he had not even been nominated for the award. This resulted in a confrontation with award presenters Ronnie Wood and Thora Birch. Early life Block was born in London. At the age of four, he moved to Wembley along with his mother, who still lives there today. Block's career started out in 1985 at the John Lyon pub in Harrow, Middlesex. According to Block himself, "My friends and I used to buy a lot of funk and soul (the sound at the time) and one night the DJ there didn't show, so me and my then DJ Lewis asked the governor if we could bring the records down and do it. We were so good that he fired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
