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AJ Odudu
Onatejiro "AJ" Odudu (born 12 February 1988) is a British television presenter from Blackburn, UK. She is best known for co-presenting the 2013 Channel 5 reality show spin-off ''Big Brother's Bit on the Side'', alongside Emma Willis and Rylan Clark and the 2021 Channel 4 reality show spin off '' Married at First Sight: Afters''. Early life and education Odudu was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. Her mother, Florence, and father, James, are Nigerian and she is one of eight children (five boys and three girls). Her parents had an arranged marriage, for which her mother immigrated to England from Nigeria in the 1970s. Her father worked as a bus conductor, and her mother worked as a seamstress, cleaner, and dinner lady at a private school. Odudu attended St Bede's RC High School and St Mary's College in Blackburn. She later graduated with a degree in English and Politics from Keele University. Career Odudu began her career as a reporter for BBC Blast based at Radio Lancashire. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-northwest of Manchester. Blackburn is the core centre of the wider unitary authority area along with the town of Darwen. It is one of the largest districts in Lancashire, with commuter links to neighbouring cities of Manchester, Salford, Preston, Lancaster, Liverpool, Bradford and Leeds. At the 2011 census, Blackburn had a population of 117,963, whilst the wider borough of Blackburn with Darwen had a population of 150,030. Blackburn had a population of 117,963 in 2011, with 30.8% being people of ethnic backgrounds other than white British. A former mill town, textiles have been produced in Blackburn since the middle of the 13th century, when wool was woven in people's houses in the domestic system. Flemish weavers who settled in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Lab
''Comedy Lab'' is a British television series which showcases pilots of experimental comedy shows. Series have been aired irregularly on Channel 4 and E4 since 1998. Several pilots first shown on ''Comedy Lab'' have gone on to spawn full series, most notably ''Trigger Happy TV'', ''Fonejacker'', ''That Peter Kay Thing'', ''Meet the Magoons'' and '' FM''. It also gave Jimmy Carr his first television appearance in ''Jimmy Carr's World of…Corporate Videos''. The 2001 series featured the episodes ''Knife and Wife'' (featuring Kevin Eldon), ''Orcadia'' (featuring Alice Lowe), ''Daydream Believers: Brand New Beamer'' (featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb) and ''Jimmy Carr's World of…Corporate Videos'' featuring Jimmy Carr. The 2008 series featured the episodes ''Headwreckers'' (featuring David McSavage), ''Mr and Mrs Fandango'', ''Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits'', '' Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool'', '' Pappy's Fun Club'', '' School of Comedy'' and ''Slaterwood''. 2010's show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Breakfast
''The Big Breakfast'' is a British breakfast light entertainment television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4. Originally presented by Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin, the show was latterly presented by Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu. The programme was distinctive for broadcasting live from a real house (which had been lock-keepers' cottages), commonly referred to as "The Big Breakfast House", or more simply, "The House", located on Fish Island, in Bow in east London. The original house on Fish Island in Bow has since been sold. The show was a mix of news, weather, interviews, audience phone-ins and general features, with a light tone which was in competition with the maturer GMTV and BBC Breakfast programmes. History ''The Big Breakfast'' was launched on 28 September 1992 to replace ''The Channel Four Daily'', which was Channel 4's unsuccessful first foray into the breakfast television market. The ''Daily'', launched at huge expense, had focussed on current affairs and ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV2
ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a claim now held by its sister service ITV3 both of which are freely available to a majority of households. The channel is primarily aimed at the 16/18–34 age group, just like BBC Three, E4 and Sky Max and is known for American programming such as adult animations '' Family Guy,'' '' American Dad!'' and ''Bob's Burgers'', repeats of recently aired episodes of soap operas and other entertainment programming from ITV such as '' Coronation Street'' and ''Emmerdale''; 60-second entertainment news bulletin ''FYI Daily'', which airs in-between films; and original programming such as '' Celebrity Juice'' and '' Love Island''. In November 2021, the channel moved into the true-crime genre with ''Social Media Murders'' a three-part documentary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vick Hope
Victoria Nwayawu Nwosu-Hope (born 25 September 1989) is a British TV and radio presenter, journalist and published author. Vick hosts three shows a week across BBC Radio 1 "Going Home with Vick and Jordan", "Life Hacks" and "Official Chart: First Look". Sunday Times dubbed Vick a 'voice of a generation' when she started at BBC Radio 1 in 2020. Vick is passionate about literature and currently hosts the 2022 Women's Prize For Fiction podcast series after she was on the 2021 judging panel. In the summer of 2022, Vick hosted her own television show 'Vick Hope's Breakfast Show' which aired across ITV every Sunday morning. Vick previously hosted ''Capital Breakfast'' show on Capital FM radio station, ''Crufts'' on Channel 4, ''Carnage'' on Sky One, ''Trending Live'' on 4Music, and ''FYI Daily'' on ITV2. She was also a backstage presenter for ITV's ''The X Factor'' in 2019 after becoming the digital reporter for ''The Voice UK'' in 2018. In 2020, she became the red carpet host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Hill (broadcaster)
James Hill (born 9 August 1989) is an English radio, television, and YouTube personality best known for his work with 4Music and Capital FM. He currently hosts ''The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill'', which broadcasts across the Capital network from Sunday to Thursday between 7pm and 10pm. Early life Hill is from Burntwood, Staffordshire and attended Chasetown High School. He has two half-sisters and two step-brothers. He graduated with a first-class Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History from the University of York in 2009. Career YouTube Hill's first YouTube video, now private, was uploaded in 2006 to his main channel, jimmy0010. In 2014, Hill made a joint channel, Chels and Jim, with Chelsea Fisher. From 2013 to 2015, Hill co-hosted ''The 4:01 Show'' with Carina Maggar, an advice-giving and pop culture web series. In 2015, Hill and fellow YouTuber Charlie McDonnell began hosting ''Cereal Time'', a YouTube-based breakfast talk show pitched and produced by Hank Green. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4Music
4Music is a British music television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. The original incarnation was launched on 15 August 2008, and until 29 June 2022, showed a mix of music and entertainment programming. It was a replacement of The Hits television channel. The original version of 4Music was replaced by E4 Extra, a new sister channel and extension of E4, on 29 June 2022. At the same time, 4Music was relaunched into a full-time music TV channel and replaced Box Hits, which ceased broadcasting since. History 4Music began its broadcast in 2008 with an on-screen countdown which lasted for ten minutes. During the countdown, clips from popular music videos were faded through the screen, including clips from promotions for the channel. The channel then launched at 7 pm with a promotional advert before fading into " Davina (McCall) and Steve (Jones)'s 20 Big Ones"; the first song at number 20 being " The Pretender" by Foo Fighters, and Kylie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello (magazine)
''Hello!'' is a royalist weekly magazine specializing in celebrity news and human-interest stories, first published in the United Kingdom on May 21, 1988. It is the United Kingdom local edition of ''¡Hola!'', the Spanish weekly magazine. Editions ''Hello!'' was launched in 1988 by publisher Eduardo Sánchez Junco, owner and chairman of Spain's ''¡Hola!'' magazine. ''¡Hola!'' was created in 1944 by husband and wife Antonio Sánchez Gómez and Mercedes Junco Calderón. In 2006, Rogers Media launched ''Hello! Canada''. In 2007, the Madrid office reorganized and changed out the management for the Canadian version. ''Hello! Thailand'' is a bi-weekly Thai lifestyle magazine targeted at women aged 21 and over, launched in March 2006. The magazine focuses on royal news, celebrity and entertainment features. Circulation peaked at 300,000 in 2006 and was at 100,000 copies nationwide in 2017. Awards * 2005 ACE, UK Magazine distributed Internationally, Winner * 2004 PPA – Sales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol McGiffin
Carol Deirdre McGiffin (born 18 February 1960) is an English radio and television broadcaster, who has appeared on the daytime talk show ''Loose Women'' since the early 2000s. She appeared on the twelfth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. Early life McGiffin was born in London and brought up in Maidstone, Kent, to John McGiffin and Heather Barham (10 July 1934 - 2003). She grew up with her two sisters Kim and Tracy (1963-2017) and her brother Mark. Career She started her broadcasting career in 1984 as a producer on cable channel Music Box and moved on to presenting in 1988 as co-host of the Chris Evans shows on GLR. Her style then and characterised today is based on comedic observation of men. In 1995 McGiffin was a founding member of the Talk Radio UK team, co-presenting the popular weekday evening show ''The Rude Awakening'' with Moz Dee. When the show ended in September 1995 she became the station's music expert for around six months, hosting her own Friday evening rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loose Women
''Loose Women'' (previously known as ''Live Talk'' from 2000 to 2001) is a British talk show that broadcasts on ITV1 weekdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. The show focuses on a panel of four female presenters who interview celebrities, talk about aspects of their lives, and discuss topical issues ranging from politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip and entertainment news. The 3,000th episode of ''Loose Women'' was broadcast on 15 May 2018. It was originally broadcast from Norwich, then Manchester, before moving to London. History The panel comprises four women from various professions in the entertainment and journalism industries, who interview celebrities, discuss their lives and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip. ITV decided to scrap the original format of "Loose Women" and instead opted for a more condensed version of the show under the new name "Live Talk". This new version was filmed in Manchester instead o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity Big Brother 12
''Celebrity Big Brother 12'' was the twelfth series of the British reality television series ''Celebrity Big Brother''. It launched on 22 August 2013, three days after the fourteenth regular series final, in two parts. The series ended after 23 days on 13 September 2013, with Charlotte Crosby being voted the winner of the series by the public. It continued to air on Channel 5 as part of a two-year contract with Endemol, which secured the show until 2014. It was the fifth celebrity series to air on Channel 5 and the eighth series of ''Big Brother'' to air on the broadcaster overall since they acquired the show. This was the first celebrity edition to be hosted by Emma Willis. Willis continued to host ...''Bit on the Side'', alongside Rylan Clark and AJ Odudu. Pre-series Logo The official new eye logo for the series was released on 1 August 2013. The new logo design followed the same pattern as for '' Big Brother 14'', but with a new golden theme. The new icon featured the doors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rylan Clark-Neal
Ross Richard Clark (born 25 October 1988), known professionally as Rylan, is an English broadcaster and model. He finished in fifth place on the ninth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2012, and the following year, he won the eleventh series of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. He went on to present various television shows, including ''Big Brother's Bit on the Side'' (2013–2018)'','' '' This Morning'' (2013–2019, 2022), '' The Xtra Factor'' (2016), ''Up Late with Rylan'' (2016), ''Supermarket Sweep'' (2019–2020), ''Ready Steady Cook'' (2020–2021), and ''You Are What You Wear'' (2020). Early and personal life Clark was born Ross Richard Clark on 25 October 1988 in Stepney, East London, to mother Linda Clark. He has a brother, Jamie. Clark is a supporter of West Ham United, having been a Junior Hammer as a child. He was educated at Coopers' Company and Coborn School in Upminster, East London. Clark has been a part-time model since he was 16. It was during his early modelling ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
