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List Of Insert Name Here Episodes
'' Insert Name Here'' is a BBC comedy panel game television show that began in 2016. It is presented by Sue Perkins and features Josh Widdicombe and Richard Osman as team captains. Each episode comprises the two teams of three competing to answer questions about famous people, past and present, who share the same first name or any similar derived name; for example the first episode was titled Frank but Sue said questions will also be asked on people called Francis, Frankie and Fanny. The first episode premiered on BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ... on 4 January 2016. As of 27 February 2019, 28 episodes have been produced and broadcast across four series, including three Christmas specials. The show was canceled in February 2020 due to low viewership. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insert Name Here
''Insert Name Here'' is a British comedy panel game show presented by Sue Perkins. The programme made its debut on BBC Two on 4 January 2016. In each episode two teams of three compete to answer questions about famous people, past and present, who have just one thing in common: they share the same name. The team captains are Josh Widdicombe and Richard Osman. The show was canceled in February 2020 due to low viewership. Background ''Insert Name Here'' had four pilots: one called "Britain's Favourite", recorded on the theme of Steves and due to be broadcast in February 2011, but pulled out of the broadcast schedule at short notice; one in July 2012 discussing Davids and called "And You Are..." (both of these were fronted by Miranda Hart); one in March 2013 as "Name Droppers"; and one in April 2015 with its current title (both fronted by Sue Perkins). The first series went out on Monday nights in the slot that the final series of '' Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' occupied. '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Beckett
Robert Anthony Beckett (born 2 January 1986) is an English comedian, narrator, 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 presents BBC One entertainment series ''Wedding Day Winners'' and '' All Together Now''. Early life Beckett was born on 2 January 1986 in Mottingham, London. He has four brothers. He 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 in 2009. His performances lead to a third place in ''So You Think You're Funny,'' and winning the Amused Moose Laugh-Off which earned him an invitation to perform at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia. In Adelaide, Beck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Baker
Danny Baker (born 22 June 1957) is an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter. Throughout his career he has largely presented for London's regional radio and television. Baker was born in Deptford to a working-class family and raised in Bermondsey. From 1977, he wrote for the punk zine ''Sniffin' Glue'', and from there was hired by the ''New Musical Express'', where he worked as a writer, reviewer, and interviewer. Moving into television in 1980, he began presenting London Weekend Television's ''Twentieth Century Box'' and reporting for ''The Six O'Clock Show''. In 1989 he began radio presenting for BBC Radio London and in 1990 joined the newly established BBC Radio 5. In 1997 he was dismissed from the latter, accused of inciting threatening behaviour toward a football referee. That decade, he also began writing for television. From 2002 to 2012 Baker presented the daily morning radio show on BBC Radio London and in 2007 also presented the channel's all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo (given Name)
Jo is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Joanna, Joanne, Joseph, Josephine, George, etc. Notable people with the name include: Men *Jô (born 1987), Brazilian footballer, João Alves de Assis Silva * Jô (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer, Josiel Alves de Oliveira * Jô (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian footballer, Jonatas Figueira Fernandes *Jo Jo Benson (1938–2014), stage name of Joseph M. Hewell, American R&B and soul singer *Jo Inge Berget (born 1990), Norwegian footballer * Jô Bilac (born 1985), Brazilian playwright *Jo Bogaert (born 1956), Flemish musician and producer *Johannes Jo Bonfrère (born 1946), Dutch football player and coach *Joakim Jo Bonnier (1930–1972), Swedish racing driver *Johannes Jo van den Broek (1898–1978), Dutch architect *John Jo Callis (born 1951), British guitarist, notably with The Human League *Jozef Jo Cals (1914–1971), Dutch Prime Minister *Jozef Jo Coenen (born 1949), Dutch architect *Joseph Jo Colruyt (1928 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romesh Ranganathan
Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan (born 27 March 1978), is an English actor and comedian. He is known for his deadpan and often self-deprecating comedy. Ranganathan has made numerous appearances on television comedy panel shows, and in 2016 he co-presented '' It's Not Rocket Science'' on ITV, alongside Rachel Riley and Ben Miller. He has also been a regular panellist on '' The Apprentice: You're Fired!'', '' Play to the Whistle'', and ''The Museum of Curiosity''. He completed his first major tour, Irrational Live, in 2016 in which he performed in large venues such as the Hammersmith Apollo. In 2018, Ranganathan joined ''A League of Their Own'' as a regular panellist, replacing Jack Whitehall. He has presented comedy programmes ''Judge Romesh'' and '' The Ranganation'', as well as starring in the travel programme '' The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan''. His autobiography is entitled ''Straight Outta Crawley''. In December 2021, Ranganathan began hosting the revival of ''The Weak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Hynes
Tallulah Jessica Elina Hynes (''née'' Stevenson; born 30 October 1972) is an English actress, director and writer. Known professionally as Jessica Stevenson until 2007, she was one of the creators, writers and stars of the British sitcom ''Spaced'' and has worked as a writer and actress for over two decades. Hynes has been nominated for a Tony, a Laurence Olivier Award, five BAFTAs (winning two) and three British Comedy Awards (winning two). Early life Hynes was born in Lewisham, south London, and grew up in Brighton, where she attended St Luke's Infant and Junior Schools and Dorothy Stringer High School. Career As a teenager Hynes was a member of the National Youth Theatre company, and made her stage début with the company in Lionel Bart's ''Blitz'' in 1990. In 1992–1993 she played a season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds. In the same year, she appeared in Peter Greenaway's 1993 film ''The Baby of Mâcon'', playing the first midwife. In 1994, Hynes appeared as an u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French. With French, she co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, ''French and Saunders'', for which they jointly received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2009. Saunders later received acclaim in the 1990s for writing and playing her character Edina Monsoon in her sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous''. Early life Jennifer Jane Saunders was born on 6 July 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England.Hannah Hamad. Jennifer Saunders' — screenonline.org. Retrieved 4 October 2007. Her mother, Barbara Jane Saunders née Duminy, was a biology teacher, born in France, and her father, Robert Thomas Saunders, served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF). He reached the rank of group capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzannah Lipscomb
Suzannah Rebecca Gabriella Lipscomb (born 7 December 1978) , Library of Congress Name Authority File is a British historian and professor emerita at the , a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Higher Education Academy and the Society of Antiquaries, and has for many years contributed a regular column to ''''. She has written and edited a number of books, presented numerous historical documentaries on TV and is host of the Not Just the Tudors podcast from History Hit. She is also a royal historian for NBC. Her research focuses on the sixteenth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate (given Name)
Kate is a feminine given name. It is a short form of multiple feminine names, most notably Katherine but also Caitlin and others. Translations and variations * Arabic: كيت * Belarusian: Каця (Katsia), Кацярына (Katsiaryna) * Bengali: কেট (Kēṭa) * Bulgarian: Кейт (Keĭt), Катя (Katya) * Chinese Simplified: 凯特 (Kǎitè) * Chinese Traditional: 凱特 (Kǎitè) * Croatian: Ina, Kata, Katica, Tina * Czech: Katka, Kateřina, Kačka, Káťa, Kačenka, Káča, Kačí, Kačena * Danish: Katja, Trine, Caja, Ina, Kaja, Karen, Karin, Karina * Dutch: Kato, Cato, Ina, Katinka, Katja, Kaat, Rina, Tina, Trijntje, Karin, Tineke * English: Kat, Kathi, Kathie, Kathy, Kay, Kit, Kitty, Kae, Kaye, Katey, Katie, Katy, Kayla, Kaety, Katee, Kaylee, Kayleen, Kaylyn, Kaytie * Estonian: Kaisa, Kati, Keit, Riina, Triinu * Finnish: Kaija, Kaisa, Kata, Kati, Katri, Riina, Kaarina, Karin * Georgian: Eka * German: Cathrin, Catrin, Ina, Käthe, Kathrin, Katinka, Katja, Karen, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Porter
Lucy Donna Porter (born 27 January 1973) is an English actress, writer and comedian. She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Brighton Festival and many clubs around Britain. She is also a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 in various panel shows, including '' Quote... Unquote'' and ''The Personality Test''. Personal life Porter was born in Croydon, south London, and attended Wallington High School for Girls. She is married to Justin Edwards. The couple have two children. She is small, revealing during an appearance on '' QI'' that she is , while her husband is . Career After obtaining a degree in English literature from The University of Manchester, Porter worked as a journalist on ''the Big Issue in The North''. She began to perform stand-up comedy whilst working as a researcher for Granada Television, on programmes such as ''The Mrs Merton Show''. Her first performance was at a club in Chester, a location she chose because it was far enough from home that if it went badly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omid Djalili
Omid Djalili ( fa, امید جلیلی; born 30 September 1965) is a British actor, comedian and writer. Early life and education Djalili was born on 30 September 1965 in Chelsea, London, to Iranian Baháʼí parents. He attended Holland Park School and then Ulster University in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, studying English and theatre studies. Comedy career The first significant success of his stand-up comedy career was at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1995 with "Short, Fat Kebab Shop Owner's Son", followed by "The Arab and the Jew" with Jewish comedian Ivor Dembina in 1996. Djalili has performed in numerous countries, including Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Belgium, Canada and the United States, where he had his own HBO Special. Djalili took part in a show for Comic Relief after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and also in 2005 he appeared on the British TV show ''Top Gear'' as a celebrity driver. The same year he broke Edinburgh Festival box office records wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Roberts
Alice May Roberts (born 19 May 1973) is an English biological anthropologist, biologist, television presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been Professor of the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She was President of the charity Humanists UK between January 2019 and May 2022. She is now a Vice President of the organisation. Early life and education Roberts was born in Bristol in 1973, the daughter of an aeronautical engineer and an English and arts teacher. She grew up in the Bristol suburb of Westbury-on-Trym where she attended The Red Maids' School. In December 1988, she won the BBC1 ''Blue Peter'' Young Artists competition, appearing with her picture and the presenters on the front cover of the 10 December 1988 edition of the ''Radio Times''. Roberts studied medicine at the University of Wales College of Medicine (now part of Cardiff University) and graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BCh) degree, having ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
