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Beverley French
Beverley "Bev" French (born 1970) is a British model and television presenter. She was the former presenter of '' The Mint'' on ITV Play. She has also presented ''The Great Big British Quiz'' and '' Rovers Return Quiz''. She has alluded to being a Manchester City Football Club supporter. In the "5 Rings" game, she said that the team on the screen were "Quite possibly, the greatest team in the world", when an anagram of "Manchester City" was on. Career *''The Great Big British Quiz The Great Big British Quiz (TGBBQ), which ceased operating on 4 May 2007 was an interactive quiz based channel on which viewers where invited to phone in to solve puzzles in return for cash and prizes. It broadcast from studios in Battersea, Lon ...'' *'' The Mint'' - 2 April 2006 - 15 February 2007 External linksOfficial Beverley French website* British television presenters Living people 1970 births Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mint (UK Game Show)
''The Mint'' was a live, late night, interactive quiz show with celebrity guests and live studio contestants filmed on a large extravagant set designed to look like the inside of a mansion. The programme, which was dogged by criticism that its questions were ambiguous and arbitrary, aired on ITV1 and ITV2, Sunday to Wednesday. On 26 February 2007, ITV announced that ''The Mint'' would return to screens later in 2007, however an announcement on 12 September 2007 confirmed that the show, along with similar late night phone ins, would not be returning. Overview ''The Mint'' was produced by Ludus:ETV, and was one of the main programmes showing nightly on ITV and ITV2. One of the criticisms levelled against the programmes makers ITV, is that the presenters created an illusion that the lines were "open" for calls when in fact the programme continued to take vast numbers of calls from so-called contestants. Cash prizes on offer were usually larger than other British phone-in quizzes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Play
ITV Play was a short-lived 24/7 participation television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. The ITV Play name continued as a strand on the main ITV Network until December 2007. It was launched as a standalone channel on Freeview (taking on the slot which was previously occupied by the Men & Motors channel) on 19 April 2006 and started broadcasting on the Sky platform on 24 July 2006. The ITV Play channel was created in response to and hoping to cash in on the popularity of late night quiz shows on the ITV Network and ITV2 such as ''Quizmania'' and ''The Mint''. ITV Play also offered additional gambling services on their website. It cost at least 75p per call to participate. This charge was made even if the caller was not put through to the studio. A free entry route was available through the website. Users were restricted to 150 calls/web entries in a 24-hour period. At peak times callers had a 1 in 8500 chance of getting through to the studio to play. Criticism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Big British Quiz
The Great Big British Quiz (TGBBQ), which ceased operating on 4 May 2007 was an interactive quiz based channel on which viewers where invited to phone in to solve puzzles in return for cash and prizes. It broadcast from studios in Battersea, London, England, and it was usually seen on Sky Digital. Its mascot was a dog called Jack who barked each time a caller was selected and put through to the studio. TGBBQ was live every day and broadcast hours varied, from 09:00 to 01:00 in its heyday to 20:00 until 04:00 as the quiz TV boom came to an end. The channel at one time produced and presented shows for Five and Sci Fi Channel.The show was seen on channel 840 on Sky Digital and channel 770 on NTL. In May 2007. TGBBQ ended due to Play To Win TV entering liquidation. In 2016 its rights were owned by ZeptoLab. Presenters *Russ Spencer *Dan Warren *Derek Gibbons * Lisa-Marie Long *Carole Machin *Anna Fowler *Alex Kramer *Sara Damergi *Pollyanna Woodward * Sharon Clancy *Yiolanda Kop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television Presenters
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Living People
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1970 Births
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Date Of Birth Missing (living People)
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