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The Match (TV Series)
''The Match'' is a reality TV show on Sky One in which a group of celebrities form a football team to compete against a team of former professional footballers (The Legends). The show begins with a large squad of celebrities who train and live together, all aiming to be selected for "The Match" against the team of legends. The show has also been published in Switzerland in 2006 and 2008 on SF 2. In Great Britain, three editions of the programme have been made, one in early 2004, one in late 2005 and one in October 2006. The program is hosted by Mark Durden-Smith, Ulrika Jonsson (2004) and Zoë Ball (2005 & 2006). The matches are played at St James' Park, Newcastle. In the Swiss version, the matches were held at Espenmoos in St. Gallen (2006) and at Allmend Stadion in Lucerne (2008). Participants The show features one of English football's best known managers, Graham Taylor, who manages the celebrity team. Players on the legends team have included Ally McCoist, Matt Le Tissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality TV
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series '' Survivor'', '' Idols'', and '' Big Brother'', all of which became global franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentaries, television news, sports television, talk shows, and traditional game shows are generally not clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralf Little
Ralf Alastair John Little (born 8 February 1980) is an English actor, writer, presenter, narrator and former semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He played Antony Royle in ''The Royle Family'' and Jonny Keogh in the first six series of ''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps''. Since 2020, he has starred as DI Neville Parker in '' Death in Paradise''. He also is the narrator of Channel 5's ''The Yorkshire Farm'', which follows the life of the Owen family on their Yorkshire Farm (2018-2020). Early life Little was born in Bury and attended Bolton School (Boys' Division). His parents are accountants. He had a Welsh grandmother. Some of his early television roles included minor roles in various programmes such as ''Elidor'', ''Children's Ward and '' ''Sloggers''. Career Little's big break came when he was offered the role of Antony Royle in the BBC sitcom ''The Royle Family''. This prompted him to abandon his studies to become a doctor at the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hooton
James Hooton (born 13 July 1973) is an English actor, best known for his role as Sam Dingle on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', a role he has played since 1995. Early and personal life Hooton was born and raised in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, where he attended Frank Wheldon Comprehensive School. He has been engaged to dance company owner Nancy Lucas since 2010, after they became engaged on Valentine's day. The couple have two children together. Career In 1985, at the age of 12, he made his television debut in the children's TV series ''Your Mother Wouldn't Like It''. He has also appeared in several other programmes, including ''Peak Practice'', ''The Bill'', '' Heartbeat'' and ''Touching Evil''. In 1995, he was cast in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' as Sam Dingle. He filmed his first scene on 10 January 1995. In 1997, he appeared in director Shane Meadows' first feature film, '' Twenty Four Seven'', where he played the character 'Wolfman' Knighty. Then a year later, he announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Kelly (actor)
Craig Kelly (born 31 October 1970) is an English actor and voice-over narrator. He is best known for his roles as Vince Tyler in the Channel 4 television series '' Queer as Folk,'' as Luke Strong in '' Coronation Street,'' and as Harold Bride in James Cameron's Academy Award winning film ''Titanic'' (1997). Early life Kelly was born on 31 October 1970 in Lytham St Annes near Blackpool, Lancashire. He is the brother of actor Dean Lennox Kelly. Career Kelly moved to London and attended the Drama Centre from 1989 to 1992, where he studied the Stanislavski School of method acting alongside John Simm and Joe Duttine. Graduating in 1992, Kelly played a minor speaking role in ''Titanic'' as Assistant Wireless Operator, Harold Bride and also as Russell Muir in the film ''When Saturday Comes''. TV work Kelly is best known for his role as Vince Tyler in '' Queer as Folk''. He also appeared in ''Casualty'' as Daniel Perryman between 1995 and 1996. A very brief role was as the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blair McDonough
Blair McDonough (born 30 April 1981), is an Australian actor who is best known for playing the role of Stuart Parker in the Australian TV soap opera '' Neighbours''. He first shot to fame the age of 19 in 2001, when he finished runner-up in the inaugural season of the reality TV series '' Big Brother''. He has since appeared on a number of other reality TV shows. Early life McDonough is the youngest son of four boys, born to Kathy, an Irish mother. McDonough spent much of his childhood living in Singapore, where his parents were working, where he was educated at Tanglin Trust School and the United World College of South East Asia. In his mid-teens, he left Singapore and moved back to Australia with his family. They settled in the Melbourne suburb of Plenty. McDonough finished his schooling at Eltham College of Education in Research. Blair and his brothers Wade, Gavin and Ryan were members of the band Snubrocket (later renamed Fifth Avenue), which was one of 30 that appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Ihenacho
Leo Ihenacho (born 28 May 1977), also known as Leo the Lion and Lee-O, is a Nigerian British singer, songwriter and actor who collaborated several times with the Streets. Music In 2001, Ihenacho was the featured vocalist on the UK top 40 and number one dance hit " Coming Home" by UK garage producer K-Warren. Ihenacho is also the lead vocal performance behind the song "Lock Down", produced by Adam Skinner and Dave James of British production music company Audio Network. The song has been frequently used as a licensed track for intermissions on livestreams from the video game journalism website Giant Bomb, where it has gained popularity as an Internet meme. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the song was referenced in the title and description of a series made after the editorial staff began streaming from their homes while under government lockdown. Television He has also appeared in several TV reality shows; in 2006, he appeared as a member of "the Celebrity squad" in ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Marshall
Rocky Marshall (born c.1967) is an English television and film actor, living near Battersea Park. Biography Rocky Marshall trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and was taught by Sam Kogan for the first 2 years there. He has starred in movies such as ''Hart's War'', ''Re-Kill'', ''Mean Machine'', Remainder and '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' as Colonel Datoo. He has also appeared on several television programmes in both guest roles and starring roles, including ''Family Affairs'', ''Casualty'', '' Band of Brothers'', ''Rome'', '' Holby City'' (as registrar Ed Keating), ''Dalziel and Pascoe'' (BBC TV series), '' Law & Order: UK'', '' Waking the Dead'' (BBC TV series), ''Silk'' (BBC TV series), '' Bostock's Cup'' and ''The Bill.'' He has also appeared in many plays,varying from fringe productions to the West End. These include: Piaf, Faustus, Macbeth, Rabbit, Realism, The Love Girl and the Innocent. In 2014, Marshall appeared in ''Emmerdale'' as the recurring character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris J
Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigerian author * Chris Abrahams (born 1961), Sydney-based jazz pianist *Chris Adams (other), multiple people * Chris Adcock (born 1989), English internationally elite badminton player * Chris Albright (born 1979), American former soccer player *Chris Alcaide (1923–2004), American actor *Chris Amon (1943–2016), former New Zealand motor racing driver *Chris Andersen (born 1978), American basketball player * Chris Anderson (other), multiple people *Chris Angel (wrestler) (born 1982), Puerto Rican professional wrestler *Chris Anker Sørensen (born 1984), Danish cycler *Chris Anstey (born 1975), Australian basketball player * Chris Anthony, American voice actress *Chris Antley (1966–2000), champion American jockey *Chris Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Offiah
Martin Nwokocha Offiah MBE ( (''original pronunciation''), (''commonly used'')); born 29 December 1965) is an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Offiah was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2013. He scored over 500 tries during his rugby league career, making him the third-highest try scorer (and top try-scoring English player) of all time, and now features in a statue of great rugby league players outside Wembley Stadium. He was a Great Britain and England national representative winger, and due to his running speed he was nicknamed "Chariots" Offiah after the film ''Chariots of Fire'' while playing amateur rugby union at Rosslyn Park. Offiah played for English rugby league clubs Widnes, Wigan, London Broncos and Salford City Reds, and in Australia for Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and St. George clubs. It is believed that the England rugby anthem " Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was first su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bonetti
Peter Philip Bonetti (27 September 1941 – 12 April 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. He was known for his safe handling, lightning reflexes and his graceful style, for which he was given the nickname "The Cat". He was one of several goalkeepers (Gordon West of Everton was another) who specialised in a one-armed throw which could achieve a similar distance to a drop kick. Bonetti played seven times for England, but mainly served the team as a back-up to Gordon Banks; he was part of the winning England squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, but did not play. He belatedly received a winners' medal in 2009, after the Football Association led a successful campaign for non-playing members of the squad to be recognised. After Banks fell ill before the 1970 FIFA World Cup quarter-final, Bonetti played as England lost 3–2 to West Germany. Early life Bonetti was born in Putney, southwest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fluke
Fluke may refer to: Biology * Fluke (fish), a species of marine flatfish * Fluke (tail), the lobes of the tail of a cetacean, such as dolphins or whales, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs Mosasaurs (from Latin ''Mosa'' meaning the 'Meuse', and Greek ' meaning 'lizard') comprise a group of extinct, large marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous. Their first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on th ..., plesiosaurs, and metriorhynchids. * Fluke (flatworm), parasitic flatworms in the class Trematoda ** Blood-fluke ** Liver fluke Arts and entertainment * Fluke (album), ''Fluke'' (album), a 1995 album by Canadian rock band Rusty * Fluke (band), a British electronic dance music group * Fluke (film), ''Fluke'' (film), a 1995 film directed by Carlo Carlei * Fluke (General Hospital), Fluke (''General Hospital''), a character in the American television series ''General Hospital'' * Fluke (novel), ''Fluke'' (novel), a 1977 novel by English horror writer James H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Campbell
Darren Andrew Campbell, (born 12 September 1973) is a British former sprint athlete. He was the sprint coach at Wasps Rugby Club for the 2015–16 season. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay. Campbell was a promising junior athlete and won a number of medals at the World and European Junior Championships. He spent two years away from athletics, playing professional football but returned in 1995, attending his first Olympics shortly afterwards. He began to compete as part of the British 4 × 100 m relay team and between 1997 and 2000 he won two World Championship medals, a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, and set the European record in the event. Success also came in the individual events: he became the 1998 European Champion in the 100 m and won his first Olympic medal, a silver in the 200 m at the 2000 Sydney Games. In the 100 m he won silver at the 2002 European Championships and was the 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
