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Soap Fever
''Soap Fever'' is a British television Entertainment programme on ITV2 presented by Liza Tarbuck, Denise Welch, Emma Kennedy, Jordan Davies, Jenny Powell and towards the end of its run Fiona Phillips and Penny Smith. Each week the show would feature soap recaps and previews, news, competitions plus each week an exclusive interview with a top soap star or stars. The show was broadcast on Sunday nights usually at 6:30pm (6:00pm towards the end of its run). It was written by Karl Lucas Karl John Lucas (born 27 March 1972) is an English comedian, actor and writer, who has written for and appeared in a number of television, music videos and radio comedy programmes, as well as various theatre productions. Lucas worked on Capi ... who also co-starred on the show and presented features. External links * {{IMDb title, 0369164, Soap Fever ITV (TV network) original programming 1999 British television series debuts 2002 British television series endings ...
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Fiona Phillips
Fiona Phillips (born 1 January 1961) is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter. She is best known for her presenting roles with the ITV Breakfast programme ''GMTV Today''. Early life Phillips was born in Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury, Kent, the daughter of Phillip (died February 2012) and Amy (died May 2006). Her grandparents ran the Duke's Head pub on Church Street in St Paul's. Phillips attended Kingsmead Primary School. The family later moved to Southampton where Phillips completed her schooling at Millbrook Community School. After leaving school, Phillips worked for a short time at Mr Kipling's Bakery in Eastleigh, near Southampton. Phillips graduated from Birmingham Polytechnic with a BA (Hons) in English; she also undertook a PGCert in journalism. Career Early career Phillips started her career in independent radio working as a reporter for local stations County Sound in Surrey, Hereward Radio and Radio Mercury in Sussex. Moving from radio ...
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ITV2
ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a claim now held by its sister service ITV3 both of which are freely available to a majority of households. The channel is primarily aimed at the 16/18–34 age group, just like BBC Three, E4 and Sky Max and is known for American programming such as adult animations '' Family Guy,'' '' American Dad!'' and ''Bob's Burgers'', repeats of recently aired episodes of soap operas and other entertainment programming from ITV such as '' Coronation Street'' and ''Emmerdale''; 60-second entertainment news bulletin ''FYI Daily'', which airs in-between films; and original programming such as '' Celebrity Juice'' and '' Love Island''. In November 2021, the channel moved into the true-crime genre with ''Social Media Murders'' a three-part documentary s ...
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Entertainment
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention. Although people's attention is held by different things because individuals have different preferences, most forms of entertainment are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures and were supported in royal courts and developed into sophisticated forms, over time becoming available to all citizens. The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products. Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale, ranging from an individual who chooses a private entertainment from a now enormous array of pre-recorded p ...
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Liza Tarbuck
Liza Tarbuck ( ; born 21 November 1964) is an English actress, comedian, and television and radio presenter. Early life Liza Tarbuck was born in Liverpool. She is the daughter of comedian Jimmy Tarbuck and his wife Pauline, with an older sister, Cheryl, and a younger brother, James. She trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA graduating in 1986 alongside Clive Owen, Rebecca Pidgeon, and Mark Womack. Acting Tarbuck's first big break came in 1987 when she landed a starring role in the Granada Television comedy series '' Watching'', opposite Emma Wray. She stayed with ''Watching'' for its entire seven-year run. She also appeared as Angie in the 1988 Falklands War drama ''Tumbledown'', which starred Colin Firth, Paul Rhys and David Calder. In 2001, she took the title role in ''Linda Green'', which ran for two series, ending in 2002. She guest starred on the Ricky Gervais comedy '' Extras'', and appeared in ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'' as DI Fiona Knight. In 2004 ...
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Denise Welch
Jacqueline Denise Welch (born 22 May 1958) is an English actress, television personality, writer and broadcaster. Her roles include Natalie Barnes in ''Coronation Street'' (1997–2000), Steph Haydock in '' Waterloo Road'' (2006–2010), and Trish Minniver in ''Hollyoaks'' (2021–2022). Welch also appears as a regular panellist on the ITV chat show ''Loose Women'' (2005–2013, 2018–present). Welch's other acting roles include the television dramas ''Spender'' (1991–1993), ''Soldier Soldier'' (1993–1995), and '' Down to Earth'' (2004–2005). In 2011, she was a contestant on the sixth series of ''Dancing on Ice'', where she was partnered with professional skater Matt Evers. In 2012, Welch won the ninth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. Early life Jacqueline Denise Welch was born in Tynemouth, North Tyneside on 22 May 1958. She has a younger sister, Debbie. Welch attended Bygate School in Whitley Bay, and La Sagesse School in Newcastle upon Tyne, before moving to ...
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Emma Kennedy
Emma Kennedy (born Elizabeth Emma Williams on 28 May 1967) is an English actress, lawyer, comedian, and travel writer, comedian, television presenter and author. Early life and education The daughter of teachers,"Focus: Comedy Chameleon"
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Jordan Davies (presenter)
Jordan Davies (born 24 June 1992) is a Welsh television personality and DJ, best known for his role on ''The Magaluf Weekender'', and its successors ''Ibiza Weekender'' '' Kavos Weekender''. Early life Davies was born in Cardiff, Wales. he and his younger brother were raised by their mother. He attended St. David's School in Pembrokeshire. Career Davies is known for his involvement in ''The Magaluf Weekender'' and its successors ''Ibiza Weekender'' and '' Kavos Weekender'', as well as ''Ex on the Beach'' during the third, fourth and fifth series. In 2017, Davies appeared as a housemate on the twentieth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'', but became the third housemate to be evicted on Day 15. Davies lives in Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ... w ...
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Jenny Powell
Jenny Powell (born 8 April 1968) is an English television and radio presenter. After appearing on '' No Limits'', she went on to present series such as ''Wheel of Fortune'', '' UP2U'', ''Gimme 5'', '' Live Talk'', ''Wordplay'' and '' Daybreak''. Early life Jenny Powell was born on 8 April 1968 in Ilford, England. Powell's parents are of Cape Coloured descent from South Africa. She attended Woodford County High School for Girls in Woodford Green and the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London. Career Powell began her career in 1985 as the ad voiceover for the 6th and 7th volumes of the ''Now That's What I Call Music!'' series. In 1986, she went on to present the BBC2 music series '' No Limits'' and then moved to Saturday morning television for children, first co-presenting '' UP2U'' for BBC1 during the summers of 1988 and 1989, then ''Gimme 5'', on ITV. She was also a presenter of ''Top of the Pops'' in 1989. In 1995, she became the hostess on ITV's version of ''Whee ...
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Penny Smith
Penelope Jane Smith (born 21 September 1958) is an English author, television presenter, newsreader and radio presenter. She has presented for Sky News, GMTV, Classic FM, BBC Radio London, TalkRadio and is a regular contributor to TalkTV launched in April 2022. Smith is a current presenter of the weekday drivetime show on Scala Radio who credits her favourite classical composer as Giacomo Puccini. Early life and education Smith was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, and grew up in Rutland. She attended Uppingham Primary School in Uppingham and the Rutland High School for Girls (later Rutland College) in Oakham. Television and radio Smith began her career as a reporter and feature writer on the ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'' in 1977. After four years, she left to backpack through Central and South America and South East Asia where she reported and presented on a current affairs programme for Radio Television Hong Kong. In 1984 she joined Radio Trent as a reporter/present ...
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Karl Lucas
Karl John Lucas (born 27 March 1972) is an English comedian, actor and writer, who has written for and appeared in a number of television, music videos and radio comedy programmes, as well as various theatre productions. Lucas worked on Capital Manchester, Galaxy 102's Breakfast show which collectively won three Radio Academy Awards, Sony Awards (1999/2000) — Gold in 1999 and Silver in 2000 for Best Breakfast Show. Lucas was writer and comedy sidekick on the show and was awarded his own Sony Award (Bronze) for his part of the 'Sticker Vicar' in 1999. Lucas is a graduate of the University of Salford, with a BA Honours and Higher National Diploma, HND in Performing Arts. He graduated with distinction in 1996 and is listed on the Manchester Evening News, Manchester Evening News' 'Hall of Fame'. Lucas played Richard, a member of the fictional Pop group ''2 Up, 2 down'' on ''Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Supersta ...
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ITV (TV Network) Original Programming
ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: **ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands **ITV1, a brand name used by ITV plc for twelve franchises of the ITV television network covering England, Southern Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands **ITV Digital, a defunct UK digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which opened in 1998 as ONdigital and closed in 2002 **ITV plc, the British parent company which owns thirteen of the fifteen ITV television network franchises **ITV Studios, a television production company owned by ITV plc **itv.com, the main website of ITV plc *ITV Parapentes, a defunct French aircraft manufacturer *ITV Independent Television Tanzania, a Tanzanian television station and member of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) *CITV-DT, a television station in Edmonton, Alberta, ...
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1999 British Television Series Debuts
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