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reality television programme produced by
Endemol UK
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Endemol Shine UK incorporates a number of production brands, including Artist ...
. The show's name was a play on that of the sitcom ''
Only Fools and Horses
''Only Fools and Horses....'' is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas ...
'', and first aired on 7 July 2006. It featured twelve celebrities who performed
equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
* Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...
events, with one celebrity being eliminated every day until only one was left. Proceeds went towards
Sport Relief
''Sport Relief'' was a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, established in 2002.
It was the idea of Kevin Cahill, CBE, who had joined Comic Relief in 1991 to establish a new department as Director of Educat ...
. It was presented by
Angus Deayton and
Kirsty Gallacher
Kirsty Jane Gallacher (born 20 January 1976) is a Scottish television presenter and model. She began her career at Sky Sports News in 1998 and hosted '' Kirsty's Home Videos'', '' RI:SE'' and '' Simply the Best'' before returning to Sky Sports ...
.
After the final, it was announced that the event had raised over £250,000 for Sport Relief. The final, a jump off between Jenni and Nicki, was won by Jenni Falconer.
Celebrities
In reverse order of elimination:
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Jenni Falconer
Jenni Falconer (born 12 February 1976) is a Scottish radio and television presenter. She appears on the ITV daytime show '' This Morning'' as a regular travel reporter and was a regular presenter of the National Lottery Draws on BBC One.
She ...
(Television presenter)
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Nicki Chapman (Television presenter) ''(Replacement for
Duncan Bannatyne
Duncan Walker Bannatyne, (born 2 February 1949) is a Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, and property. He is most famous for his appearance as a business a ...
, who dropped out due to injury)''
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Matt Baker
Matthew James Baker (born 23 December 1977) is a British television presenter. He co-presented the children's television show ''Blue Peter'' from 1999 until 2006, BBC One's ''Countryfile'' since 2009 and ''The One Show'' from 2011 to 2020, wit ...
(Former ''
Blue Peter'' presenter)
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Sara Cox
Sara Joanne Cyzer (née Cox; born 13 December 1974) is an English broadcaster. She presented ''Radio 1 Breakfast'' on BBC Radio 1 from 3 April 2000 until 19 December 2003. Since January 2019 she now hosts the BBC Radio 2 drivetime show, Monday ...
(Radio 1 DJ)
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Diarmuid Gavin
Diarmuid Gavin (born 10 May 1964) is an Irish garden designer and television personality. He has presented gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show on nine occasions from 1995 to 2016, winning a number of medals, including gold in 2011. He has als ...
(Gardener)
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Anna Ryder-Richardson
Anna Caroline Ryder Richardson (born 29 January 1964) is a British interior designer and television presenter. She is known for being a designer on the BBC shows ''Changing Rooms'' and the subject of ''Chaos at the Zoo'', which documents her ...
(Interior designer and presenter – ''
Changing Rooms'')
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Suzi Perry (Television presenter)
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Paul Nicholas
Paul Nicholas (born Paul Oscar Beuselinck; 3 December 1944) is an English actor and singer. He started out with a pop career, but soon changed to musical theatre, playing the lead role in ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' at the West End’s Palace T ...
(Actor and producer)
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Sally Gunnell
Sally Jane Janet Gunnell (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track and field athlete, active between 1984 and 1997, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. During a golden 24-month period between 1992 and 1994, Gunn ...
(Former athlete)
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Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax (; born 19 April 1953) is an American-British actress, comedian, writer, television personality, and mental health campaigner. A classically-trained actress, Wax was with the Royal Shakespeare Company for five years and co-starred on t ...
(Comedian)
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Matt Littler
Matt Littler (born 19 March 1982) is a British actor and director born in Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. He is most famous for playing the role Max Cunningham from 1997 to 2008 in the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''.
Car ...
(Actor- ''
Hollyoaks
''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera '' Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a ...
'')
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Josie d'Arby (Actress and television presenter) ''(Replacement for
Felix Dexter
Felix Dexter (26 July 1961
Retrieved 22 October 2013 )''
Horses
* Fibi (Matt Littler) – mare, 16.1 hands, 13 years old.
* Funtime (Paul Nicholas) – gelding, 16.1 hands, 12 years old.
* Indy (Suzi Perry) – mare, 15 hands, 9 years old.
* Isa (Diarmuid Gavin) – mare, 16.3 hands, 8 years old.
* J-Lo (Jenni Falconer) – mare, 16 hands, 8 years old.
* Leroy (Josie D'Arby) – gelding, 16.1 hands, 10 years old.
* Marley (Nicki Chapman) – mare, 16.1 hands, 9 years old.
* Mr Kenneth (Ruby Wax) – gelding, 16 hands, 16 years old.
* Peter (Matt Baker) – gelding, 16.2 hands, 9 years old.
* Prelude (Anna Ryder-Richardson) – mare, 16.1 hands, 8 years old.
* Ralph (Sally Gunnell) – gelding, 16.3 hands, 9 years old.
* Solomon (Sara Cox) – gelding, 16.2 hands, 11 years old.
Judges
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Jessica Kürten
Jessica Kürten (born 24 November 1969) is an Irish equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.
Born Jessica Chesney, Kürten won several national pony championships as a youth.
In 1994 Kürten married Eckard Kürten and moved to Hà ...
– The world number three female show-jumper
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Jodie Kidd
Jodie Elizabeth Kidd (born 25 September 1978) is an English fashion model, racing driver, and television personality.
Early life
Kidd was born in 1978 and is the daughter of the businessman and former showjumper Johnny Kidd. She is the grandda ...
– Supermodel, polo player and horse rider
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Robert Smith (equestrian)
Robert Smith (born 12 June 1961) is a British equestrian. He was born in Yorkshire, a son of Harvey Smith, and brother of Steven Smith, and lives in Shrewley, Warwickshire. He competed in show jumping at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
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Trainers
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Tim Stockdale
Timothy Mark Stockdale (12 August 1964 – 14 November 2018) was an English equestrian who competed in the sport of show jumping.
Early life
Stockdale grew up in Retford in north Nottinghamshire. He attended the Sir Frederick Milner Secondary M ...
* Fredrik Bergendorff
* Mia Korenika
* Mary-Ann Trevor-Roper
* Jenny Ward
External links
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Equestrianism
BBC Television shows
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English-language television shows