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Morning Live
''Morning Live'' is a "topical live series" that airs at 9:15 am on weekdays on BBC One. Series overview History ''Morning Live'' first broadcast in October 2020 as a 40-part series to connect with viewers' real-life concerns and to offer trustworthy and expert advice. The programme returned for a second series in January 2021, following the launch series, which averaged 1,400,000 viewers. One episode in February 2021, achieved 1,800,000 viewers. In February 2022, ''Morning Live'' moved to a new studio "in the heart of Manchester city centre," more specifically inside the ABC Buildings. Upon its move to Manchester, ''Morning Live'' was averaging 1,200,000 viewers, and was consistently achieving slot-winning figures. Cast Presenters * Kym Marsh * Gethin Jones * Sara Cox * Sam Quek * Kimberley Walsh * Rav Wilding Featured experts * Matt Allwright: consumer protection expert * Iona Bain: financial expert * Oscar Duke: medical expert * James Greenwood: veterinary expert * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Morning Live (British TV Programme)
''Sunday Morning Live'' is a religious and current affairs discussion programme. The first series aired on BBC One from July 2010 to November 2010 after the end of the third series of ''The Big Questions''. Thereafter it has continued to air each year between June and November. Format The programme is produced at MediaCityUK, in Salford, United Kingdom by BBC Studios and features studio guests, filmed inserts and interactive viewer input from text messages, videophone, Skype, telephone and e-mail. Its debut edition included a guest appearance by ex-''EastEnders'' actress Brooke Kinsella. For the 2014 series, the programme relocated to Broadcasting House in London (into studio V, the studio ''The One Show'' is broadcast from) with new presenter Sian Williams. The new format includes the old style discussions of religious and ethical questions and also new one-to-one interviews with special guests. Despite being broadcast from London, the programme's production base remains in Belf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Allwright
Matthew Allwright (born 14 April 1970) is an English television presenter, journalist, and musician. He has presented shows such as ''Watchdog'', ''Rogue Traders'', ''Food Inspectors, The Code'', ''Fake Britain'' and ''The One Show'' for BBC One. Early life Allwright was educated at two independent schools in Berkshire: Dolphin School in Hurst (near Reading), and Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning, where he was Head Boy; followed by the University of Manchester, where he gained a degree in English. Career In 1997, while working as a producer on BBC Radio Solent, Allwright was commissioned to report on his mother’s issue with Bounce tumble dryer sheets. He negotiated with ''Watchdog'', and fronted the piece himself after contacting the programme. The BBC saw potential and requested Allwright present the report himself. This led to a regular reporting slot on the show. Many of his early Watchdog stints also guest-starred his mother, as a consumer commentator. In 2001, Allwr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Manrara
Janette Manrara Škorjanec (born November 16, 1983) is a singer, Cuban-American television presenter, choreographer and professional dancer from Miami, Florida, US. Originally a singer, learning from her Cuban family, she formally studied dance from the age of 19. Manrara is best known for her appearances on the US series ''So You Think You Can Dance'' and British dance reality television competition, ''Strictly Come Dancing''. She is married to Slovenian dancer and co-star Aljaž Škorjanec. In June 2021, it was announced that Manrara would co host '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' with Rylan Clark. Personal life Manrara began performing in musical theatre at age 12, and started her formal dance training at 19, studying ballroom, ballet, pointe, jazz and hip-hop. Manrara studied finance at Florida International University whilst completing her dance training. In 2015, Manrara became engaged to long time partner, ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and ''Burn the Floor co-star,' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oti Mabuse
Otlile "Oti" Mabuse (born 8 August 1990) is a South African talent show judge, presenter, dancer and Latin dance champion currently based in the United Kingdom. She is best known for being a professional dancer on the British television series ''Strictly Come Dancing'', which she won in 2019 and 2020, and its German equivalent, '' Let's Dance''. She was a Dance Captain on '' The Greatest Dancer''. Since 2021, she has been a panellist on '' The Masked Dancer'' and became a judge on ''Dancing on Ice'' in 2022. Early life and education Mabuse was born in Pretoria, and studied civil engineering at university before embarking on a career in professional ballroom dancing. Her elder sister, Motsi Mabuse, is also a professional ballroom dancer. Oti has participated in the German series ''Let's Dance'' both as a professional dancer and as a judge, and as a professional dancer in Britain's ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Dancing career Mabuse won the South African Latin American Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette Kwakye
Jeanette Boahemaa Kwakye (pronounced ''kwah-chee''; born 20 March 1983) is a sports broadcaster and retired British sprinter. Athletics career Kwakye won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay at the 2002 World Junior Championships, with teammates Jade Lucas-Read, Amy Spencer and Vernicha James. At the 2007 European Indoor Championships she finished fourth in the 60 metres. In the semi-final she recorded a time of 7.17 seconds, this being the fastest time by a British woman in the 60m since 1986. Kwakye, became the 2007 British Champion over 100m in a time of 11.59, beating Laura Turner (who recorded the same time) and defending champion Joice Maduaka. The next day, she also won the 200m title, after beating Emily Freeman and Donna Fraser, who took silver and bronze, respectively. In the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Kwakye equalled the British 60m record of 7.13 by Beverly Kinch in her semi-final before breaking it with a 7.08 run to claim silv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley John-Baptiste
Ashley John-Baptiste (born 1990) is a BBC broadcast journalist and presenter. Childhood and education Baptiste was born in 1990 into a mixed-race family in Southwark, South London, the son of a white mother and a black father. From the age of two until he was 18, he grew up in four foster families and spent two years in a residential care home. After attending three different primary schools, his secondary education was at Bacon's College, a comprehensive school in Rotherhithe with a higher than average proportion of pupils from troubled backgrounds. He was suspended several times, and had already been issued a final warning when the opportunity arose to visit a summer school organised by the Sutton Trust at Cambridge University. This was when he realised that he would have to take responsibility for himself and that he had the potential to succeed. With the encouragement of his then foster parents and his MP, in 2008 he won a place at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Davies
Sara Davies (born 23 April 1984) is a British businesswoman, entrepreneur, and television personality. She is the founder and owner of Crafter's Companion, a company she started while a student at the University of York. In April 2019 it was announced that she would join the panel of the BBC television programme ''Dragons' Den'' for its seventeenth series, replacing Jenny Campbell who decided to leave the programme in early 2019. In 2021 Davies was appointed the North East Ambassador for Smart Works Newcastle, a charity supporting unemployed women into work through clothing and coaching. Early life Davies was born in Coundon, County Durham, England in 1984. She has a sister. She graduated from the University of York with a first class Business degree in 2006. Career Davies founded Crafter's Companion, a crafter's supply company, whilst at university in 2005. During a placement at a small craft company she spotted a gap in the market for a tool that could create bespoke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Ballas
Shirley Annette Ballas (née Rich, formerly Stopford; born 6 September 1960) is an English ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance adjudicator. She specialises in the International Latin division, where she won several championship titles which earned her the nickname The Queen of Latin. In 2017, Ballas was appointed head judge on the BBC TV show, ''Strictly Come Dancing'' following the departure of Len Goodman. Life and dancing career Ballas was born and raised in Wallasey, Cheshire (now Merseyside), England, with brother David and mother Audrey. The children's father left the family when Shirley was 2 years old. She began dancing at age 7, and began performing competitively the following years. At 15, Ballas moved to North Yorkshire to partner British Ballroom Champion Nigel Tiffany, which she described as "a difficult time". Two years later, she moved with Tiffany to London, where their partnership ended after dance teacher Nina Hunt convinced her to audition to partner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Ackerley
Michelle Ayele Ackerley (born 21 July 1984) is an English television presenter and journalist, best known for her work on BBC programmes such as ''Watchdog'' and ''The One Show''. Early life Ackerley grew up in Manchester. Her maternal grandfather was a chief of the Ga people in Ghana. Ackerley was educated at Alderley Edge School for Girls where she was Deputy Head Girl during her final year. She graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in psychology. Career Ackerly gained radio experience at All FM 96.9 radio in Manchester and joined the BBC in 2005 as a programme maker. She has co-presented the CBBC series '' All Over the Place'' since 2013. In 2013, she occasionally presented "The Hub" section on '' This Morning''. In 2015 and 2016, she co-presented the BBC One consumer affairs programme ''Watchdog''. She co-presented the second series of ''Watchdog Test House''. She has been a reporter for the BBC's ''Crimewatch Roadshow'' since 2015. Ackerley presented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xand Van Tulleken
Jonkheer Alexander "Dr Xand" van Tulleken (born 18 August 1978) is a British doctor and TV presenter. He is best known for presenting the CBBC children's series ''Operation Ouch!'' with his identical twin brother Chris, and the Channel 4 show ''How to Lose Weight Well''. Van Tulleken has presented many documentaries, including an episode of ''Horizon'' discussing male suicide and a BBC programme on the European migrant crisis. He can often be seen offering up his own body for science experimentation in diet show ''How to Lose Weight Well'', as well as in ''BBC Horizon'' episodes "Sugar vs Fat" and "Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?" As of July 2023, he was appearing regularly on the BBC1 weekday programme ''Morning Live'', providing a variety of medical advice. Van Tulleken is also a member of the "Made of stronger stuff" podcast on BBC Sounds. Ancestry He is descended from Jan van Hoogenhouck Tulleken :nl:Jan_van_Hoogenhouck_Tulleken">nl.html" ;"title=":nl:Jan_van_Hooge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranj Singh
Ranjit "Ranj" Singh Sangha (born 26 June 1979) is a British doctor, television presenter, author and columnist. He is best known as a celebrity dancer on the BBC One dance series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', and co-creating and presenting the CBeebies show ''Get Well Soon'' from 2012 to 2015. He also appears on ITV '' This Morning,'' as a resident doctor, as well as co-hosting ITV ''Save Money: Good Health'' alongside Sian Williams. He won the ITV series '' Cooking with the Stars'' in 2022. Career Singh is an NHS clinician, having trained in London and worked in several hospitals as a specialist in paediatric emergency medicine. Singh became a member of The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2007. His television career began in 2012, having become the presenter for ''Get Well Soon'', a children's television show airing on CBeebies, which he co-created with Kindle Entertainment. In 2016, the show received a children's BAFTA award in the Interactive - Adapt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Littlewood
Dominic Littlewood (born 29 March 1965), known as Dom Littlewood, is a British journalist and television presenter who specialises in consumer protection. He is best known for his roles with BBC and Channel 5, presenting programmes such as ''Fake Britain'', ''Cowboy Builders'', '' Saints and Scroungers'' and ''Don't Get Done, Get Dom''. Early life and work Littlewood was born on 29 March 1965 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is one of four children of an air traffic controller father and teacher mother; despite his parents' second jobs, the family were not wealthy, but with his parents' encouragement Littlewood's early entrepreneurial endeavours were successful, buying his first flat in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex aged 20. His first job was as part of an on-board team repairing Thames sailing barges; when the company relocated from Maldon, Essex to France, he started a City and Guilds apprenticeship in motor engineering. Dom is diabetic, having been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |