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Children In Need
''BBC Children in Need'' is the BBC's UK Charitable organization, charity dedicated to supporting disadvantaged children and young people across the country. Established in 1980, the organisation has raised over £1 billion by 2023 through its fundraising efforts. The charity's flagship event is an annual telethon broadcast every November on BBC One and BBC Two. #Pudsey Bear, Pudsey Bear has served as its mascot, while the late Sir Terry Wogan hosted the event for 35 years. As a cornerstone of British television, Children in Need is one of the UK's two major telethons, alongside Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. It remains the BBC's sole in-house charity. Originally broadcast from the Television Centre, London, BBC Television Centre, the telethon relocated to the BBC Elstree Centre between 2013 and 2020 following the closure of the former. Historically lasting up to seven hours, the event was streamlined to a three-hour programme (7:00 pm to 10:00 pm) from 2020 onwards. To accommod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telethon
A telethon (a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political or other cause. Most telethons feature heavy solicitations for pledges (promises to donate funds at a later time) by masters of ceremonies or hosts, who are often local celebrities or media personalities combined with variety show style entertainment such as singers, bands and instrumentalists. In some cases, telethons feature content related to the cause being supported, such as interviews with charitable beneficiaries, tours of charity-supported projects, or pre-taped sequences. The equivalent term for a radio broadcast is a radiothon; most radiothons do not include live entertainment. In the United States, the first telethon used for political outreach occurred in 1960. The highest donating telethon per capita in the world is the Channel Seven Perth Telethon in Perth, Western Australia. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ade Adepitan
Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan (; born 27 March 1973) is a Nigerian-born British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. As a presenter, he has hosted a range of travel documentaries and sports programmes for BBC television. Adepitan is a disability advocate and one of the first physically disabled television presenters in the UK, with a career of over 20 years. Adepitan was born in Lagos. As an infant he contracted polio, which caused damage to his legs that required him to use a wheelchair. At the age of three, he moved with his family to the United Kingdom, where he grew up in East London. Becoming a wheelchair basketball player, he was part of the British team that played at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, securing a bronze medal. He is involved in a range of charities promoting access to sport for disabled people, and in 2005 was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to disability sport. During the 2000s, Adepitan began appeari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Centre, London
Television Centre (TVC), formerly known as BBC Television Centre, is a building complex in White City, West London, which was the headquarters of BBC Television from 1960 to 2013, when BBC Television moved to Broadcasting House. After a refurbishment, the complex reopened in 2017, providing a mix of residential apartments, retail outlets, office space, and three studios operated by BBC Studioworks for TV production. The first BBC staff moved into the Scenery Block in 1953, and the centre was officially opened on 29 June 1960. It is one of the most readily recognisable facilities of its type, having appeared as the backdrop for many BBC programmes. Parts of the building are Grade II listed, including the central ring and Studio 1. Most of the BBC's national television and radio news output came from Television Centre, and in later years most recorded television was output from the nearby Broadcast Centre at 201 Wood Lane, care of Red Bee Media. Live television events fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Dedicoat
Alan Dedicoat is a British announcer from Hollywood, England, for programmes on BBC One. He is known as the "Voice of the Balls" on the National Lottery programmes, providing a voiceover for the draws since 1995. He was a BBC Radio 2 newsreader until his retirement from this role in March 2015. Since their inceptions in May 2004 and June 2005 respectively, Dedicoat has been the announcer on the BBC One reality TV competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and its American version ''Dancing with the Stars''. Early life Dedicoat was born in Hollywood in Worcestershire. The son of a newsagent, Dedicoat was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys in Birmingham, and the University of Birmingham. Dedicoat originally worked in the Civil Service as an executive officer, before joining the BBC. Career Dedicoat joined BBC Radio WM at Pebble Mill in 1979 as a presenter, before moving to BBC Radio Devon four years later. After working in the West Country, he moved to London t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Kay
Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974) is an English broadcaster and former model. He presented Channel 4's ''T4'' (2000–2005) and has presented various television shows for ITV, including '' All Star Family Fortunes'' (2006–2015), ''Just the Two of Us'' (2006–2007), '' Beat the Star'' (2008–2009), '' The Whole 19 Yards'' (2010), '' Splash!'' (2013–2014), and '' 1000 Heartbeats'' (2015–2016). Kay presented his own BBC Radio 1 show between 2004 and 2012, and presented his own show on Radio X between 2015 and 2017. Since the start of the 2018–2019 season, he has been the main presenter for the live coverage of Formula E for English speaking territories/platforms around the world. In 2023, Kay was announced as the new mid-morning host on BBC Radio 2 from May 2023, taking over the slot from Ken Bruce. In 2020, Kay appeared on the twentieth series of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', finishing in third place. Early life Vernon Charles Kay was born on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny Rush
Lenny Rush (born 17 March 2009) is a British actor and presenter. He is best known for his work on the Daisy May Cooper comedy drama series '' Am I Being Unreasonable?'', for which he won a British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance. He has also appeared in the BBC One series '' Dodger'' and the CBBC drama ''The Dumping Ground.'' He won a breakthrough award at the 2023 National Comedy Awards, and won the Breakthrough Award and Best Comedy Performance (Male) at the 2023 Royal Television Society Programme Awards. Personal life Rush has a medical condition called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita which affects his growth, resulting in dwarfism. Career Rush first appeared on camera on the CBeebies documentary ''Our Family''. He began acting locally at the Pauline Quirke Academy in Essex. He played roles on CBeebies series '' Apple Tree House'' and CBBC's ''The Dumping Ground'' and had played Tiny Tim in versions of ''A Christmas Carol'' both on stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Manford
Jason John Manford (born 26 May 1981) is an English comedian, presenter, actor and singer. Manford was a team captain on the Channel 4 panel show ''8 Out of 10 Cats'' from 2007 until 2010 and has presented numerous television shows for the BBC and ITV including ''Comedy Rocks'' (2010–2011), ''The One Show'' (2010), '' Show Me the Funny'' (2011), '' A Question of Sport: Super Saturday'' (2014), '' Bigheads'' (2017) and ''Children In Need'' (2022), and was one of four judges on ITV's '' Starstruck'' (2022). Manford has starred in numerous stage musicals in the West End and across the UK such as ''Sweeney Todd'', ''The Producers'', ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', ''Guys and Dolls'', ''Curtains'' and '' The Wizard of Oz''. Early life Jason John Manford was born in Salford on 26 May 1981, the son of Sharon (née Ryan) and courtroom stenographer and trade union shop steward in the NHS Ian Manford. His maternal grandmother, Nora (née Peate), was an Irish Catholic from Dublin.Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Mangan
Stephen James Mangan (born 16 May 1968) is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He has played Guy Secretan in '' Green Wing'', Dan Moody in '' I'm Alan Partridge'', Seán Lincoln in ''Episodes'', Bigwig in ''Watership Down'', Postman Pat in '' Postman Pat: The Movie'', Richard Pitt in '' Hang Ups'', Andrew in ''Bliss'' (2018), and Nathan Stern in '' The Split'' (2018–2022). He is also known for presenting Artist of the Year (2018-present) on Sky Arts. As a stage actor, he was Tony-nominated for his portrayal of Norman in '' The Norman Conquests'' on Broadway. He starred as Bertie Wooster in '' Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense'' at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End, which won the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. He co-presented the 2020 edition of ''Children In Need'' for the BBC. Early life and education Mangan was born on 16 May 1968 in Ponders End, in Enfield, north London, to Irish parents. He has two sisters, Anita and Lisa. Manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Ramsey (comedian)
Christopher Ramsey (born 3 August 1986) is an English actor, comedian and presenter. After appearing in ''Hebburn'' as Jack (2012–2013), Ramsey began presenting series including '' I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp'' (2016), ''Virtually Famous'' (2016–2017) and '' Stand Up Central'' (2017). In 2017, he began presenting ''The Chris Ramsey Show'', and went on to compete in the seventeenth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. In 2020, he presented the BBC talent series '' Little Mix: The Search''. Also since 2020, Ramsey has hosted BBC's ''Children in Need'' telethon. Both he and his wife were featured on the game show '' Taskmaster''. Career Ramsey began his career in comedy in 2007 by hosting an open-mic night in Newcastle upon Tyne. In 2008, he was a nominee for the "Chortle Student Comedian of the Year". In 2010, Ramsey took his first solo show, ''Aggrophobic'', to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His 2011 show, ''Offermation'', was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award. ''Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Scott (footballer, Born 1984)
Alexandra Virina Scott (born 14 October 1984) is an English sports presenter, pundit and former association football, professional footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back. She has been the current presenter of ''Football Focus'' since 2021. At club level, Scott has had three separate spells with Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal, punctuated with a season at Birmingham City W.F.C., Birmingham City in the 2004–05 season and three years in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) with the Boston Breakers. She scored the winning goal for Arsenal in the 2007 UEFA Women's Cup final. At international level, she made 140 appearances for the England women's national football team, England national team and Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, represented Great Britain women's Olympic football team, Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Scott was inducted to the English Football Hall of Fame in 2019, and was inducted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Allen (comedian)
Thomas Paul Allen (born 14 June 1983) is an English comedian, actor, writer and presenter. In 2005, he won the '' So You Think You're Funny'' contest at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Early life and education Allen attended Coopers School in Chislehurst. He trained with the National Youth Theatre, performing with the company in London and Manchester, in addition to working on outreach projects, films and also forming part of their Company Management Team. Career In 2005, at the age of 22, Allen won the UK comedy newcomer award, '' So You Think You're Funny''. The same year, he won the BBC New Comedy Award. In 2016, he supported Sarah Millican on her sold-out tour of Australia, New Zealand and the UK. He has also supported Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre. After a sell-out run of his show ''Indeed'' at the Edinburgh Festival in 2016, he returned to The Pleasance in Edinburgh the following year with his show ''Absolutely''. Allen subsequently embarked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Beckett
Robert Anthony Beckett (born 2 January 1986) is an English comedian, actor, and presenter. He was a co-host on the ITV2 spin-off show '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!'' from 2012 to 2014. Since 2016, Beckett has been a team captain on the E4 panel show '' 8 Out of 10 Cats'' and the narrator of the reality series '' Celebs Go Dating''. He presented BBC One entertainment series ''Wedding Day Winners'' and '' All Together Now''. Early life Beckett was born on 2 January 1986 in Mottingham, London. His father (nicknamed "Super Dave") was throughout his career a driver of vans, lorries, oil tankers, and cabs. He calls his mother, who was a homemaker throughout his childhood and later worked in a shop, "Big Suze". He has four brothers. Beckett went to Edgebury Primary School and then Coopers School in Chislehurst. He attended Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent from 2004 to 2007, where he studied Tourism Management. Career Beckett started performing stand-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
