British television
Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection ...
talent show
A talent show is an event in which participants perform the arts of singing, dancing, lip-syncing, acting, martial arts, playing an instrument, poetry, comedy or other activities to showcase skills. Many talent shows are performances rather ...
. It was originally commissioned as a one-off special on 26 June 1999, but was soon commissioned as a series and ran from 8 January 2000 to 20 October 2001. It was presented by
Jane McDonald
Jane Anne McDonald (born 4 April 1963) is an English singer, songwriter and television presenter. Born and raised in Wakefield, McDonald spent much of her early career performing in local clubs and pubs before landing work as a singer on cruis ...
. The judges were
Nigel Martin-Smith
Nigel Martin-Smith is a Manchester-based English musical band manager. He helped form the 1990s British boy band Take That.
Biography Early career
Martin-Smith entered the entertainment industry in the early 1980s working as a casting agent fro ...