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Big Day Out (other)
Big Day Out is an annual music festival. Big Day Out may also refer to: * ''Big Day Out'', a children's book by Jacqueline Wilson * ''Boolar's Big Day Out'', a children's book by Sally Gardner *Blue Peter ''Blue Peter'' is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair. It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. It was broadcast primarily from BBC Tel ... "Big Day Out Competition" See also * Big Day (other) * Big Gay Out, a non-profit LGBT fair day in Auckland, New Zealand {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out (BDO) was an annual music festival that was held in five Australian cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Adelaide, and Perth, as well as Auckland, New Zealand. The festival was held during summer, typically in January of each year but was sometimes held as late as early February in some cities including Perth. The event was conceptualised after the Violent Femmes announced a tour of Australia. Promoters Ken West and Vivian Lees sought another act as middle-level support for the band's tour. They succeeded in securing Nirvana to play the Sydney leg at the Hordern Pavilion. The Big Day Out debuted on the 1992 Australia Day public holiday in Sydney and eventually expanded to Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth the following year. The Gold Coast and Auckland were added to the schedule in 1994. As of 2003, it featured seven or eight stages (depending on the venue), accommodating popular contemporary rock music, electronic music, mainstream international acts, and lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Wilson
Dame Jacqueline Wilson (née Aitken; born 17 December 1945) is an English novelist known for her popular children's literature. Her novels have been notable for featuring realistic topics such as adoption and divorce without alienating her large readership. Since her debut novel in 1969, Wilson has written over 100 books. Early life Jacqueline Aitken was born in Bath, Somerset, on 17 December 1945. Her father, Harry, was a civil servant and her mother, Biddy, was an antiques dealer. She particularly enjoyed books by Noel Streatfeild, as well as American classics like '' Little Women'' and ''What Katy Did''. At the age of nine, she wrote her first "book", "Meet the Maggots", which was 21 pages long. Wilson was given the nickname Jacky Daydream at school, which she later used as the title of her autobiography, which tells of her life as a primary school-aged child. Wilson attended Coombe Girls' School in Surrey and Carshalton Technical College. After leaving school at age 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner is a British children writer and illustrator. She won both the Costa Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal for ''Maggot Moon'' (Hot Key Books, 2012). Under her pseudonym Wray Delaney she has also written adult novels.A sexual odyssey across 18th-century London has shades of Sarah Waters and the Brothers Grimm Retrieved 10/9/21. Life Sally Gardner is the daughter of two lawyers, she was raised in Birmingham, her parents separated and later divorced when she was five. Her mother, Nina Lowry was a barrister and judge at the |
Blue Peter
''Blue Peter'' is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair. It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. It was broadcast primarily from BBC Television Centre in London until September 2011, when the programme moved to dock10 studios at MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester. It is currently shown live on the CBBC television channel on Fridays at 5pm. The show is also repeated on Saturdays at 11:30am, Sundays at 9:00am and a BSL version is shown on Tuesdays at 2:00pm. Following its original creation, the programme was developed by a BBC team led by Biddy Baxter; she became the programme editor in 1965, relinquishing the role in 1988. Throughout the show's history there have been 41 presenters; currently, it is hosted by Richie Driss, Mwaksy Mudenda and Joel Mawhinney. The show uses a nautical title and theme. Its content, which follows a magazine/entertainment format, featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Day (other)
'' Big Day'' is an American situation comedy that revolves around the preparation for a wedding. (The) Big Day may also refer to: * ''Jour de fête'' or ''The Big Day'', a 1949 French film * "The Big Day" (''Rocket Power''), the series finale of ''Rocket Power'' * ''The Big Day'' (1959 film), a 1959 Australian television drama * ''The Big Day'' (1960 film), a 1960 British drama film * ''The Big Day'' (2018 film), a 2018 Singaporean film * ''The Big Day'' (album), a 2019 album by Chance the Rapper * ''The Big Day'', a novel by Barry Unsworth * "Big Day", a 1986 song by XTC from '' Skylarking'' * ''The Big Day'', an album by Kelly Chen * "Big Day", a song from the 2022 British television series ''Don't Hug Me I'm Scared'' See also * "Big Days", an episode of ''How I Met Your Mother'' * Lieldienas or Big Days, a celebration on March 23 in ancient Latvia * Big Day Out (other) Big Day Out is an annual music festival. Big Day Out may also refer to: * ''Big Day Out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
