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Virtually Famous
''Virtually Famous'' is a British comedy panel game show most recently presented by Chris Ramsey. In each episode, two teams of three panelists compete. The teams were, in the final series, captained by Vicky Pattison and Seann Walsh. The questions and the tasks are about items found on the internet. The programme made its debut on E4 on 21 July 2014 with Kevin McHale as host and Chris Stark Christopher Francis Stark (born 12 March 1987) is a British radio personality known for his work most recently as a co-host on the ''Scott Mills'' show on BBC Radio 1 until he departed in 2022. He currently works on Capital FM's Breakfast Show ... as team captain opposite Walsh. On 26 November 2014, it was announced that the show had been recommissioned for a second and third series. For the fourth and final series, Chris Ramsey replaced McHale as host and Vicky Pattison replaced Stark as team captain. Transmissions Episodes The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Brooker
Alexander James Brooker (born 15 May 1984) is an English journalist and presenter best known for his television work with Channel 4. Since 2012, Brooker has co-hosted ''The Last Leg'', a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe as well as co-presenting Channel 4 ski jumping show '' The Jump'' with Davina McCall in 2014. In 2016, he began presenting ''The Superhumans Show'' for Channel 4 daytime. In February 2018 Brooker signed with Leeds Rhinos' Foundation PDRL (Physical Disability Rugby League) team. Career Brooker went to the Norton Knatchbull School in Ashford, Kent, before graduating from Liverpool John Moores University in 2006 and worked as a sports reporter on the ''Liverpool Echo''. He now works for the Press Association. Brooker entered Channel 4's ''Half a Million Quid Talent Search'' in 2012, which aimed to find disabled talent for coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games and beyond. He first appeared as a trackside reporter on Channel 4's cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberly Wyatt
Kimberly Kaye Wyatt (born February 4, 1982) is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. She is a former member of the pop/ R&B girl group and dance ensemble The Pussycat Dolls. She is also a member of the dance duo Her Majesty & the Wolves, alongside Spencer Nezey. From 2009 to 2014, Wyatt was a judge on the Sky1 dance competition show ''Got to Dance''. She won BBC One's ''Celebrity MasterChef'' in 2015, and the following year, she became the ambassador for the Bloch Dance World Cup. Since 2019, she has starred in the CBBC series ''Almost Never'', and in 2022, Wyatt competed in the fourteenth series of ''Dancing on Ice'' with professional partner Mark Hanretty. Life and career Childhood and early years Wyatt was born in Warrensburg, Missouri, a town near Kansas City, Missouri, and is of English, Scottish, German, and Swiss-German descent. She began dancing at the age of seven. At the age of 14, she earned a scholarship to study in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Acaster
James William Acaster (; born 9 January 1985) is an English comedian, writer, presenter and musician. As well as appearances on panel shows, he is known for the stand-up specials ''Repertoire'', co-hosting the food podcast '' Off Menu'' and co-presenting the panel show ''Hypothetical''. He has won four Chortle Awards. After attempting to pursue a music career as a drummer, Acaster began performing stand-up comedy in 2008. He drew acclaim for his stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where he has been nominated for Best Comedy Show five times. Four of his Fringe performances were adapted into the serialised Netflix specials ''Repertoire'': "Recognise", "Represent", "Reset" and "Recap". His more recent special ''Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999'' (2019) won a Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award. As a presenter, Acaster began the food podcast ''Off Menu'' with Ed Gamble in 2018, and has co-hosted four series of the Dave panel show ''Hypothetical'' from 2019 onwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Lycett
Joe Harry Lycett, also known by the self-given moniker Mummy, is an English comedian, painter and television presenter. Known for his sardonically camp style, whimsical public stunts and elaborate set designs, Lycett has been described as one of Britain's most popular comedians. Born in Hall Green, Birmingham and raised in Solihull, Lycett began performing stand-up in 2009 and won the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year the same year. He has appeared on TV shows including '' Live at the Apollo'', '' Taskmaster'', ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', ''8 Out of 10 Cats'', '' QI'', as the announcer on Saturday BBC One show '' Epic Win'', the narrator for ''Ibiza Weekender'' and as the presenter on BBC Two's ''The Great British Sewing Bee'' and Channel 4's consumer rights show, ''Joe Lycett's Got Your Back''. In February 2020, Lycett briefly changed his name by deed poll to Hugo Boss as part of a protest against the fashion brand of the same name. He is also recognised as one of Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Flanagan
Helen Flanagan (born 7 August 1990) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Rosie Webster in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 2000 to 2012; she reprised the role in 2017, before going on maternity leave on 8 June 2018. Early life Flanagan was born in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. She attended Westholme School in Blackburn, Lancashire. Career Flanagan first appeared as Rosie Webster in ''Coronation Street'' in January 2000. In 2006, she was nominated for the award of "Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress" at the British Soap Awards, losing to Ellis Hollins of ''Hollyoaks''. In 2007, she was nominated for "Villain of the Year" at the same awards, this time losing to ''Coronation Street'' co-star Jack P. Shepherd. In 2010, Flanagan appeared in ''Coronation Street'' spin-off ''Coronation Street: A Knights Tale'' as her character Rosie Webster. In 2011, she had her own ''Coronation Street'' spin-off ''Just Rosie'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Haye
David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 2002 and 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, and was the first British boxer to reach the final of the World Amateur Boxing Championships, where he won a silver medal in 2001. As a professional, Haye became a unified cruiserweight world champion in 2008, winning three of the four major world titles, as well as the ''Ring'' magazine and lineal titles. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's No.1 cruiserweight from 2005 to 2007, and was also ranked within ten best in 2003 and 2004. In 2008 he moved up to heavyweight, winning the WBA title in 2009 after defeating Nikolai Valuev, who had a size advantage of in height and in weight over Haye. Along with Evander Holyfield and Oleksandr Usyk, Haye is one of only three boxers in history to have unified the cruiserweight world titles and become a world heavyweight champion. As of September 2021, BoxRec ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Ryan
Katherine Louisa Ryan (born 30 June 1983) is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, and actress based in the United Kingdom. She has appeared on many British panel shows, including as a regular team captain on ''8 Out of 10 Cats'' and '' Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', ''A League of Their Own'', ''Mock the Week'', '' Would I Lie to You?'', '' QI'', '' Just a Minute, Safeword'', and '' Have I Got News for You''. In 2015, she replaced Steve Jones as the presenter of ''Hair'' on BBC Two. As an actress, Ryan has appeared on numerous television series in the UK, including the sitcoms ''Campus'', ''Episodes'', and her Netflix show '' The Duchess''. As a stand-up comedian, Ryan has appeared on the BBC's '' Live at the Apollo'', both as a featured act and as a lead act. She has had two live stand-up specials released on Netflix: ''Katherine Ryan: In Trouble'' (2017) and '' Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room'' (2019). Early life Ryan's father, Finbar, is a draughtsman and owner of an engineerin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyger Drew-Honey
Lindzi James Tyger Drew-Honey (born 26 January 1996) is an English actor and television presenter. He is best known for his role as Jake Brockman in the British sitcom '' Outnumbered'', Citizen Khan as Richard Scab before later appearing in '' Horrid Henry: The Movie'' and the television series ''Cuckoo''. Early life Tyger Drew-Honey is the son of pornographic film stars Ben Dover and Linzi Drew. He was educated at Danes Hill School, in Oxshott, followed by Epsom College. Career Acting and presenting Between 2007 and 2016, Drew-Honey played Jake Brockman in the British sitcom '' Outnumbered''. Other appearances have included ''The Armstrong & Miller Show'' and ''Doctors''. He co-presented the CBBC series ''Friday Download'' from 2011 until 2012. He played Mr. Lovett in ''The Ministry of Curious Stuff'' for CBBC and the role of Dylan in the BBC Three sitcom ''Cuckoo'' (2012–2019). He has done more than 200 voiceovers for television and radio, including for Red Bull and Dell, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Riley
Rachel Annabelle Riley (born 11 January 1986) is a British television presenter. She co-presents the Channel 4 daytime puzzle show ''Countdown'' and its comedy spin-off ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown''. She is a mathematics graduate. Her television debut came when she joined ''Countdown'' aged 22. With an interest in popularising mathematics and the sciences, she has since co-presented ''The Gadget Show'' on Channel 5 (2013–14) and '' It's Not Rocket Science'' on ITV (2016). She was also a contestant on the BBC celebrity dance show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2013. Early life and early career Riley was born in Rochford, Essex. She was raised in the Thorpe Bay area of Southend-on-Sea and was educated at the independent Thorpe Hall School, and Southend High School for Girls, a grammar school, where she obtained four As at A-Level. She then completed a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Oxford. During a university holiday Riley considered a career in th ... [...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] |
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