"mundane happenings at athletic events. Clive James wrote that the difference between commentating and 'colemantating' is that a commentator says something you may wish to remember; a colemantator says something you try to forget. However, Coleman's ability to generate excitement through his commentary was widely praised. In 1972, he broadcast for several hours during the siege at the Munich Olympics as well as the memorial service days later. Coleman concentrated on athletics commentary from 1984. Coleman also hosted sports quiz show ""A Question Of Sport"" for 18 years from 1979 to 1997, striking up a strong rapport with captains such"
"was anchored by veteran BBC sports commentator David Coleman, although Vine returned for part of one series in 1989 when illness forced Coleman to temporarily stand down from hosting duties. Coleman was also unavailable for two shows in 1996, so one of the team captains, Bill Beaumont, sat in as host (the only team captain to host the programme), while the rugby star Will Carling took Beaumont's place as captain. In Coleman's final series as host, ex-tennis star Sue Barker stood-in for a couple of shows including one at Christmas, a role that she continued after Coleman's retirement. Many team"
"David Vine David Martin Vine (3 January 1935 – 11 January 2009) was an English television sports presenter. He presented a wide variety of shows from the 1960s onwards. Most notably for his coverage of major Snooker tournaments on the BBC. Born in Newton Abbot, Devon, he grew up in the north-west of the county, attending Barnstaple Grammar School on Park Lane in Barnstaple. His father was a carpenter. He worked for the ""North Devon Journal Herald"" from the age of 17 and various newspapers, becoming the Sports Editor of the ""Western Morning News"" in Plymouth. He joined Westward Television"
"scoring 6 points on the first round answering questions about British motorways. Between 2010 and 2012, David provided the narration for Channel 4 series ""Coach Trip"" for a total of four series. He also occasionally features in the weekly Moan-In section of Richard Bacon's programme on BBC Radio 5 Live and has co-presented the football phone-in 6-0-6, also on 5 Live. Comedy Dave David Lloyd Vitty (born 24 April 1974 in Hong Kong) is a radio presenter working in the UK. He worked alongside Chris Moyles at BBC Radio 1, having originally been a broadcast assistant on Moyles' early morning"
"presenting the legal analysis programme ""Law in Action"". From 2010 he began contributing more widely across all of BBC News output, including both radio and television news, as well as specialist programmes including ""Panorama"" and ""Pick of the Week"". He is also a columnist on legal issues for ""The Times"", having also written for ""The Guardian"" and ""The Independent"". Clive Coleman Clive Coleman is an English barrister turned BBC News legal correspondent, who is also a comedy and sitcom writer. Called to the bar in 1986 and practising from the chambers of Robin Stewart QC, Coleman worked in the areas"
"the ESPN Classic channel. He had a coronary artery triple bypass operation in 2001, and he died of a heart attack on 11 January 2009 aged 74 at his home near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He married his first wife, Shirley, in 1958. They had met through amateur dramatics and had three children. The family lived in Mannamead, Plymouth. Shirley died in 1970. Vine married his second wife, Mandy, in 1972 in Wokingham. They had a son. David Vine David Martin Vine (3 January 1935 – 11 January 2009) was an English television sports presenter. He presented a wide variety of shows"
"held the record until November 2014, when Australian comedian Taylor Goodwin, inspired by Vine, told 550 jokes. The record had been taken on two occasions prior to that date, but in both instances, the record was reassigned back to him following a decision from Guinness World Record officials. An official spokesman said that Anthony Lehmann and Korukonda Ranga Rao had breached the guidelines by using cue cards during their attempts. Vine is the younger brother of Jeremy Vine, author, journalist and BBC Radio 2 presenter. He is a Christian who has performed at Spring Harvest Christian festivals. He is a"
"Clive Coleman Clive Coleman is an English barrister turned BBC News legal correspondent, who is also a comedy and sitcom writer. Called to the bar in 1986 and practising from the chambers of Robin Stewart QC, Coleman worked in the areas of criminal (both for defence and Crown Prosecution Service), and civil law (insolvency, medical negligence and property). From 1990 Coleman was lecturer on the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law. During this period he wrote and published in the legal areas of: advocacy; contract; civil litigation; evidence; and negotiation. The move into education allowed"
"commissioned by the BBC. The show broadcast its first episode on Monday 27 September 2010 at 10pm on BBC Two. On 24 April 2006, Gorman made his first appearance as a reporter (he had previously appeared as a guest on 11 December 2001 promoting ""Are You Dave Gorman?""), in which he was credited as the show's senior new correspondent. On 27 April, he debuted as the host of the show's satirical statistical analysis piece called ""Poll Smoking with Dave Gorman"". He was the first ""Daily Show"" correspondent to have been born in England, and the third ""Daily Show"" correspondent to"
"Dave Gorman David James Gorman (born 2 March 1971) is an English comedian, author, and television presenter. Gorman began his career writing for television comedy series, such as ""The Mrs Merton Show"" and ""The Fast Show"". His stand-up shows also achieved acclaim, and he was nominated for a Perrier Award. Gorman became famous for his ""Are You Dave Gorman?"" stage show for the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the television version of which was broadcast as ""The Dave Gorman Collection"" in 2001 over several episodes. ""Are You Dave Gorman?"" was followed by several other filmed stand-up shows, most recently """", which"
"vegetarian. Dave Gorman David James Gorman (born 2 March 1971) is an English comedian, author, and television presenter. Gorman began his career writing for television comedy series, such as ""The Mrs Merton Show"" and ""The Fast Show"". His stand-up shows also achieved acclaim, and he was nominated for a Perrier Award. Gorman became famous for his ""Are You Dave Gorman?"" stage show for the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the television version of which was broadcast as ""The Dave Gorman Collection"" in 2001 over several episodes. ""Are You Dave Gorman?"" was followed by several other filmed stand-up shows, most recently """","
"anchorman at the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, from 1978 – the first year the BBC covered the championships daily – until his retirement in 2000 as well as the Grand Prix, UK Championship and the Masters. Vine's supposed friendship with Steve Davis was parodied in a ""Spitting Image"" sketch in which Davis boasted, ""I'm a mate of David Vine"". His final work for the BBC was covering the weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics which he had done since the 1970s, after which he retired owing to a heart condition. He had contributed to programmes on"
"David Jacobs (broadcaster) David Lewis Jacobs, CBE (19 May 1926 – 2 September 2013) was a British broadcaster perhaps best known as presenter of the BBC Television 1960s peak-time show ""Juke Box Jury"", and as chairman of the long-running BBC Radio 4 topical forum ""Any Questions?"" Earlier radio work included small acting parts: over the years he played himself or presenter characters in film, television and radio productions. Jacobs finally stepped down as a BBC Radio 2 presenter shortly before his death, his career having spanned more than 65 years. Jacobs was born to a Jewish family, the youngest of"
"and Henry Cooper serving as team captains. It took an 18-month hiatus from June 1977 before relaunching in 1979 with David Coleman replacing Vine. It has been hosted since 1997 by former tennis star Sue Barker, with former England rugby player Matt Dawson and former England cricketer Phil Tufnell serving as captains since 2004 and 2008 respectively. On 8 January 2010, the BBC broadcast a 40th anniversary special, where Barker, Dawson, and Tufnell were joined by Pat Cash, David Coulthard, Laura Davies, and Michael Johnson. Series 42, episode 17 marked the 1,000th episode where each captain was joined by two"
"Jeremy Vine Jeremy Guy Vine (born 17 May 1965) is a British presenter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known as the host of his own BBC Radio 2 programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests and popular music. He is known for his direct interview style, and exclusive reporting from war-torn areas throughout Africa. Vine is also the host of the BBC long-running quiz show ""Eggheads"", taking over from former host Dermot Murnaghan full-time in 2014. Since September 2018 he has presented his own Channel 5 daily current affairs show called ""Jeremy Vine"". In 2015 he was"
"Comedy Dave David Lloyd Vitty (born 24 April 1974 in Hong Kong) is a radio presenter working in the UK. He worked alongside Chris Moyles at BBC Radio 1, having originally been a broadcast assistant on Moyles' early morning show. He became the show's head writer and 'Director of Comedy' and moved with Moyles to the drivetime slot, and then to ""The Radio 1 Breakfast Show"", during which time the programme was known as ""The Chris Moyles Show"". In total, he spent 14 years from 1998-2012 working alongside Moyles. Dave has also presented other shows on Radio 1 and BBC"
"Vince Henderson Vincent P. ""Vince"" Henderson (born 24 July 1957 in Liverpool) is an English television presenter, actor and street performer. He is best known for hosting the Sky Sports Saturday morning show ""Soccer AM"", and ITV's game show ""Chain Letters"". He made his television debut on CBBC show Dear Mr Barker a year before he became host of Chain Letters. His wife is actress Sophie Aldred who played the Seventh Doctor's companion Ace in the BBC Science-Fiction series Doctor Who. He married her on 12 July 1997. They have two sons, Adam and William, who make occasional convention appearances"
"Stuart-Hutcheson lasted from 1979 until his death in 2013. Jacobs died at home at the age of 87 on 2 September 2013, surrounded by his family. He had been suffering from Parkinson's disease and had also been treated for liver cancer since at least 2011. David Jacobs (broadcaster) David Lewis Jacobs, CBE (19 May 1926 – 2 September 2013) was a British broadcaster perhaps best known as presenter of the BBC Television 1960s peak-time show ""Juke Box Jury"", and as chairman of the long-running BBC Radio 4 topical forum ""Any Questions?"" Earlier radio work included small acting parts: over the"
"Carol Vorderman. Nine teams of nine players (with one celebrity in each team) representing geographical regions competed to solve a puzzle. Each player had a hand-held device for entering numbers corresponding to answers for four cells. Phil Kollin of Winchelsea, England, was the series grand prize winner, taking home over £23,000 over a series of games. The audience at home was in a separate interactive competition, which was won by Hannah Withey of Cheshire. Later in 2005, the BBC launched ""SUDO-Q"", a game show that combined Sudoku with general knowledge. However, it used only 4×4 and 6×6 puzzles. Four seasons"
"of ""Den of Geek"" wrote a positive review in 2016, praising the show as the ""crowning jewel"" of original programming on Dave, and approving of the design of the tasks and the range of approaches that contestants demonstrate. Mead believes that the second series was an improvement on the first, but criticises that the first three series have only one female contestant apiece. Taskmaster (TV series) Taskmaster is a British comedy panel game show originally created by British comedian Alex Horne during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010, and transferred to television on Dave in 2015. The TV series stars"
"previous year. William Dolman William ""Bill"" Dolman (Reverend Doctor) was H.M.Coroner for the Northern District of London from 1993 to 2007. During his career he held over 8000 inquests, including a ""suicide by cop"", the first such case in English legal history. He is the only Coroner to have been a regular BBC broadcaster, providing medical advice for 25 years to the 6 million regular listeners of the Jimmy Young Show. He founded the Dolman Best Travel Book Award in 2006, the only travel book award in the country (as of its founding), given to the best travel book published"
"Dave Myers (presenter) David James Myers (born 8 September 1957) is an English television presenter, best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers, along with Si King. Together, they have presented a number of television cookery series for the BBC. They have also launched their own product called The Hairy Bikers Diet Club. Myers was born in Barrow-in-Furness where his father worked as a foreman in a paper mill. He attended Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys where he had an inspirational art teacher. He went on to earn a fine art degree at Goldsmiths, University of London and a"
"in 1999. During her time at Cambridge, she auditioned for the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club and met future co-stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb as well as Peter Serafinowicz. Colman has appeared in roles in numerous BBC, ITV and Channel 4 television programmes, such as ""Bruiser"", ""People Like Us"", ""Look Around You"", ""Black Books"", ""The Office"", ""The Time of Your Life"" and provided the voice-over for Five's poll for ""Britain's Funniest Comedy Character"". She regularly features in BBC Radio 4 comedies, such as ""Concrete Cow"", ""Think the Unthinkable"", ""The House of Milton Jones"" and ""Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency""."
"for the first time with Dan. I was in awe of him. He was such a lovely man. There's never been anyone like him. He became my best friend."" Williams was particularly associated with Des Lynam, the pair presented the nightly round-up of Wimbledon coverage on BBC television for ten years. Williams introduced the singer Cliff Richard to tennis player Sue Barker, Richard would later consider marriage to Barker. Jim White described Williams and Lynam as making ""an odd couple. Alongside Lynam's smooth, telegenic ease, Williams, with his unfashionable haircut and huge glasses, looked like a chemistry teacher who had"
"David Letterman David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He hosted late night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of ""Late Night with David Letterman"" on NBC, and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of ""Late Show with David Letterman"" on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,028 episodes of ""Late Night"" and ""Late Show"", surpassing friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late night talk show host in American television history. In 1996 Letterman was ranked 45th on ""TV Guide""s 50 Greatest"
"Hairy Bikers David Myers (born 8 September 1957) and Simon ""Si"" King (born 20 October 1966) collectively known as the Hairy Bikers, are British television presenters who have fronted the series ""The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook"", ""The Hairy Bikers Ride Again"", ""The Hairy Bakers"", ""The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain"", ""The Hairy Bikers' Mums Know Best"", ""Hairy Bikers' Meals on Wheels"", ""Hairy Bikers' Best of British"", ""The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation"", ""Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight"", ""The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure"", ""The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure"" and ""The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain"" for BBC Two,"
"return on 18 June 2014. Hacker is very fond of TV presenter Sue Barker and mentions her often in the CBBC HQ. In 2009 Hacker was the mascot for the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship. Hacker, Barry Davies and Amberley Lobo provided CBBC commentary on the Russia v Belgium match at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Hacker appeared on an episode of Celebrity Mastermind on Saturday, 3 January 2018. He came in second place and lost to TV chef Paul Rankin. Hacker T. Dog Hacker T. Dog, otherwise known as Hacker (born 27 October) is one of the presenters of British"
"appeared in the revival of ""Celebrity Squares"" as one of the resident comedians alongside Joe Wilkinson. In 2017, he appeared in two episodes of ""Tim Vine Travels in Time"" on BBC One. On BBC Radio 4, Vine presented one series of four episodes of ""The Tim Vine Chat Show"" in July 2016, and one episode of ""The Tim Vine Christmas Chat Show"" on 26 December 2016. A second series of six episodes was broadcast in September and October 2017. In August 2010, Vine won the prize for the funniest joke of that year's Edinburgh Fringe, following a public vote from"
"Bikers' partner Dave Myers he was initiated into the showbusiness charity the Grand Order of Water Rats. Si King Simon James King (born 20 October 1966) is an English television presenter, best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers with Dave Myers. Together they have presented a number of television cookery series for BBC television and have since launched an online weight loss programme, 'The Hairy Bikers Diet Club'. King was born in Kibblesworth, County Durham. An alumnus of St Robert of Newminster Catholic School, he once stated that he 'went through a phase of wanting to be a"
"of the Barker family that owns a well-known chain of bakeries in and around Cambridge. Liz Barker Elizabeth Jane Barker (born 16 May 1975) is an English television presenter. Born in Cambridge, Barker grew up in the village of Oakington, near Cambridge and attended Impington Village College before undertaking a philosophy degree at the University of Southampton. After this was completed, she became a runner for independent production company Lion TV, a researcher, and eventually the sports presenter for BBC Choice programme ""Backstage"". On 23 June 2000, Barker joined the children's television programme ""Blue Peter"". During her six years on"
"Si King Simon James King (born 20 October 1966) is an English television presenter, best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers with Dave Myers. Together they have presented a number of television cookery series for BBC television and have since launched an online weight loss programme, 'The Hairy Bikers Diet Club'. King was born in Kibblesworth, County Durham. An alumnus of St Robert of Newminster Catholic School, he once stated that he 'went through a phase of wanting to be a priest when I was about 13, but soon discovered girls and music were way more interesting."" King's"
"to discuss ""Mystery Diseases"". In 2012/2013 David started hosting for Food Network's 2012/2013 series ""SugarDome"" which is broadcast in the US, Canada, Asia and the UK. He has also co-presented Coast vs Country on Channel 4. In 2000 Bull founded the creative branding company, Incredibull. On 16 December 2006 Bull was selected to represent the Parliamentary seat of Brighton Pavilion at the 2010 general election for the Conservative Party, after being placed on the party's A-List earlier that year. He withdrew his candidacy in June 2009 and was replaced by Charlotte Vere. Denying rumors he quit after falling out with"
"on 19 February 2007 under the title ""Are You Dave Gorman?"". It is, however, only available to buy from his website and on Recordstore. Are You Dave Gorman? Are You Dave Gorman? is the title of a stage show by the British documentary comedian Dave Gorman and the book of the same name, co-written by Gorman and Danny Wallace. The BBC television series ""The Dave Gorman Collection""— Gorman's first television show—was based on the show. The original show was created for the 2000 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was nominated for a prestigious Perrier award. An extended version of the show"