"Sally James (presenter) Sally James (born Sally Cann, 10 May 1950) is a former presenter on the ITV Saturday morning children's show ""Tiswas"" from 1977 until it ended in 1982. Before this success, she was an actress on such television shows as ""Sanctuary"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Journey to the Unknown"", ""Curry & Chips"", ""Paul Temple"", ""Father Dear Father"", ""Harriet's Back in Town"", ""Crown Court"", ""The Two Ronnies"", ""Beryl's Lot"" and ""The Protectors"". Film roles included a small part in ""To Sir, with Love"" (1967), ""The Railway Children"" (1970), and the glam rock film ""Never Too Young To Rock"" (1975)."
"Tiswas Tiswas (""""Today Is Saturday Watch And Smile"""") was a children's British television series that originally aired on Saturday mornings from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 and was produced for the ITV network by ATV Network Limited. It was created by ATV continuity announcer Peter Tomlinson (later to become a regular presenter on the show) following a test period in 1973 when he tried out a few competitions and ""daft stuff"" between the programmes. ""Tiswas"" began life as a 'links' strand between many 'filler' programmes, such as cartoons and old films. The popularity of the presenters' links soon"
"confidence to approach the ATV's management and show them there was an untapped audience out there. The management agreed and Tiswas was born. Known as the ""plummy-voiced"" member of the team, he was a regular presenter on the show from 1974 to 1977, when it was still only shown in the Midlands region. He did though make sporadic appearances after that up until 1980, when the show was at the peak of its (almost) national popularity. After leaving ATV in 1979 he joined ""Beacon Radio"" in Wolverhampton and the Black Country. He later became managing director and a presenter of"
"for transfer. Plans for a second volume are pending, based on sales of the first DVD. Tiswas Tiswas (""""Today Is Saturday Watch And Smile"""") was a children's British television series that originally aired on Saturday mornings from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 and was produced for the ITV network by ATV Network Limited. It was created by ATV continuity announcer Peter Tomlinson (later to become a regular presenter on the show) following a test period in 1973 when he tried out a few competitions and ""daft stuff"" between the programmes. ""Tiswas"" began life as a 'links' strand between"
"was produced with interviews with cast, quizzes and letters. This appeared initially as ""Tiswas Family Fun Book"" at the beginning of 1981 and developed into ""Tiswas Magazine"" from September 1981 to coincide with the final series. Four annual hardbook books were produced in ""Tiswas""'s later years. Presenter/performer John Gorman wrote the first three (Published in the Autumn of 1979, 1980, 1981), with Ollie Spencer writing the 1983 edition (prepared Spring 1982 and published Autumn 1982 featuring presenters and characters from the final 1981-82 series). In the early 1990s, three VHS compilations were made available. The majority of ""Tiswas"" never survived"
"Trevor East Trevor James East, (born 22 October 1950) was originally presenter of Tiswas; stooge to Chris Tarrant and Derby County obsessed. He was subsequently ranked 27 in The Guardian's ""Media 100"" most influential people in the industry. He was born on the same day as Look North's Harry Gration, a television and former sports presenter. He went to Bemrose Grammar School in Derby, a boys' grammar school. He began his television career as an ATV sports reporter, having been a disc jockey in Derby's clubs in the mid-1960s. Series 2 of Tiswas began from late 1974, and spanned almost"
"Marília Gabriela Marília Gabriela Baston de Toledo, also known as Gabi, (born 31 May 1948) is a Brazilian journalist, interviewer, actress, singer, television presenter and writer. Marília began her journalist career in 1969, as an intern at Rede Globo's Jornal Nacional.That same year she was invited to present the news program ""Jornal Hoje"", in São Paulo. In 1973,she presented the tv show ""Fantástico"", with a story about the anniversary of Carmen Miranda's death. After that she became special reporter for the program. In 1980, Marília became the main host of the program ""TV Mulher"", together with Ney Gonçalves Dias She"
"Tisha Silang Olivia Tisha deCarlos Silang (born November 6, 1975) or simply known as Tisha Silang is a beauty queen turned TV host turned businesswoman who joined in the 3rd season of The Amazing Race Asia where she and her teammate, Geoff Rodriguez took the 2nd place. In 1998, Tisha was crowned as Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1998, but resigned due to her Canadian citizenship. Jewel May Lobaton, the First Runner-up, was selected as the Philippine representative in the Miss Universe 1998 pageant held in Honolulu, Hawaii. After the Binibining Pilipinas, Tisha had the opportunity to work as a TV Personality"
"Betty Mendez Livioco Betty Mendez Livioco, born Beatriz Mendez on February 18, 1931 in Iriga Camarines Sur, Philippines. Known as ""Tita Betty"", she was the host of the a popular radio show in the 1950s and 1960s called Tita Betty's Children's Show . The show debuted on November 20, 1949. She also directed radio dramas and managed the radio station, DWAN-AM. A graduate of Far Eastern University in Manila where she earned her bachelor's degree in accounting. In 2004, Tita Betty was diagnosed with liver cancer. On March 27, 2006, at the age of 75, Tita Betty died from liver"
"appearances throughout this series, but was not established as a regular. Child performer Paul Hardin increased his visits to the studios, and could well be considered as a series 5 team member, likewise Sylveste McCoy (who added an ""r"" to his first name later in his career) who performed surreal comic interludes. ITV had been off the air across the nation since August due to a massive strike by technicians. ""Tiswas"" returned to the screens in November 1979 for its sixth series, as part of ITV's comeback; this was directly referenced in the first edition of the new series, when"
"eclipsed the staple diet of filler. It was originally produced as a Midlands regional programme by ATV and was first broadcast live on 5 January 1974. The then federal structure of ITV, with its independent regional companies, meant that not all of these stations broadcast the show when it became available for networked transmission. Over a period of time, most ITV regions did, with Granada Television and Southern Television being among the last to pick up the show in 1979. Tyne Tees and Ulster finally decided to take ""Tiswas"" for its final series in 1981. The smallest broadcaster in the"
"Awards, Most Promising Television Presenter at the RTP Awards in 2011. Dzifa Affainie Dzifa Affainie (née Smith, born 11 March 1980) is a Ghanaian television presenter and anchor. She was born with the name Deborah Dzifa Klu. Her father later changed the family name to Smith. Dzifa's early education was at the well respected female-only school St. Mary's Secondary School in Korle Gonno, Accra, where she learnt the fundamentals of her trade. She started her television career in the mid-1990s on ""Teen Beat"" on Ghana Television (GTV), where she excelled and won the hearts of many Ghanaians as a teenage"
"2017, Tarrant appeared in court charged with drink-driving. He returned to court on 18 January 2018 and received a £6,000 fine and a 12-month driving ban. Chris Tarrant Christopher John Tarrant, (born 10 October 1946) is an English radio and television broadcaster. He hosted the ITV children's television show ""Tiswas"" from 1974 to 1981, as well as the ITV game show ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" from 1998 to 2014, while also providing some audio recordings for some console games and a tabletop game made by Tiger Electronics based on the show. He was a Capital Radio host from"
"Flavia Tumusiime Flavia Tumusiime is a Ugandan actress, radio and television host, voice-over artist, emcee and author of 30 Days of Flavia. She presents a mid-morning radio show (AM-PM Show) on 91.3 Capital FM radio in Kampala, a co-host of Morning @ NTV on NTV Uganda where she also doubles as a news anchor on NTV Tonight news and is a VJ for Channel O. She played the role of Kamali Tenywa (lead role) in Nana Kagga's television series, Beneath The Lies - The Series from 2014 to 2016 and has co-hosted the Guinness Football Challenge. Tumusiime was born in"
"to celebrate 25 years since the final Tiswas show was broadcast by ITV1 on 16 June 2007, it started with the traditional ATV logo and jingle. This programme had been delayed from May in order to allow for an extended transmission slot. Celebrities and 'old ""Tiswas"" mates' alike joined in the fun. In an interview publicising this, Chris Tarrant put out an appeal to the public to submit any surviving video footage of the series to be included in the new programme - which resulted in the discovery of further footage. A DVD release of the programme, featuring an extended"
"Shaima Rezayee Shaima Rezayee () (1981 – May 18, 2005) was a TV presenter on the Afghan music television channel, Tolo TV. Rezayee was a rising star in the post-Taliban ruled Afghanistan, specially very popular among the youth. She was also the first female western-style music presenter to appear on television in Afghanistan's conservative history. In March 2005, Shaima Rezayee lost her job on the popular show ""Hop"", an Afghan programme with content similar to the global music video channel MTV, after the programme was criticised by local Islamic clerics. One of the most outspoken critics of ""Hop"" was Fazl"
"announced in March 2016 through her Facebook account, that she has irrevocably resigned from her show, Tubig at Langis due to the alleged rudeness and humiliation by her co-star Cristine Reyes against Velez during several tapings of the drama series. Vivian Velez Vivian Velez (born May 21, 1968) is an actress in the Philippines. As one of the radio host of the 8TriMedia's weekly program called 'DOUBLE V'. She was known as the ""Ms. Body Beautiful"" of Philippine movies in the 1980s. She won the Film Academy of the Philippines FAP Award for Best Actress in ""Pieta"" (1983) and FAMAS"
"Thais Souza Wiggers Thais Souza (Florianópolis,born 24 October 1985) is a Brazilian television presenter and model. She was a showgirl in the Italian satirical series ""Striscia la notizia"". Thais started her career in the fashion industry at fourteen and since 2000 she took part in different beauty contest such as ""Face Summer"". She traveled to Miami, where she finished high school while continuing to maintain her commitments as a model. In 2004 she was part of two advertising campaigns of TIM with supermodels Adriana Lima and Naomi Campbell. In the same year she decided to move to Italy where she"
"Virginia Graham Virginia Graham, born Virginia Komiss, (July 4, 1912 – December 22, 1998) was a daytime television talk show host from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. On television, Graham hosted the syndicated programs ""Food for Thought"" (1953–1957), ""Girl Talk"", which debuted in January 1963 and ran until 1969; and ""The Virginia Graham Show"" (1970–1972). She was also a guest on many other programs. Graham was born and raised in Chicago. Her father, an immigrant from Germany, became a successful businessman who owned the Komiss department store chain She graduated from the private Francis Parker School in Chicago, and in"
"Thuso Mbedu Thuso Mbedu (born 8 July 1991) is a South African actress. Mbedu was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in the telenovela ""Is'Thunzi,"" which has been called ""one of the most compelling television programmes on South African television"" by ""Mail & Guardian"". She is also played Kitso Medupe in the Soap opera ""Scandal!,"" Nosisa in ""Isibaya"", and Boni Khumalo in ""Saints and Sinners"". Thuso Mbedu was born Thuso Nokwanda Mbedu in Pietermaritzburg and grew up in Pelham. Her mother died when she was 4 years old and she was raised by her grandmother. She received performance"
"Chilloutzone Show"" and ""The Twist with Shine Radio Show"". Shine Begho Shine Begho Usanga (born 15 September 1985) is a Nigerian radio personality, television host, producer, promoter, brand ambassador and a businesswoman. She hosts events ""The Twists With Shine"", ""Shine with The Stars"", as well as ""The Sunday Chilloutzone Show"",""The Twist With Shine Radio Show"", a weekend radio show on COOL-FM Lagos.[1][2][3] She received awards and nominations for her radio show. Begho was born in Delta State Nigeria, and did her elementary education in Sapele Delta State, High School in Benin City Edo State and College in Anambra State,[5] the"
"Saturday or the Tis-was Show"", the title sequence features both ""Today Is Saturday"" and the original ""Tiswas"" chunky letters logo, shown over a background very similar to that of ""The Golden Shot"". The sequence featured clips from various films and Disney cartoons, backed by a funky jazz number known as ""Atomic Butterfly"" (which also seems to have been used for ""Sports Arena"", an HTV Wales sports programme in the early 1970s). Series 2 of ""Tiswas"" began from late 1974, and spanned almost every Saturday in 1975, finishing in early 1976. The presenting team was doubled to four presenters, and these"
"Kathleen Warner Kathleen Warner, ""née"" Kathleen Davis (1903 – December 1996), was a Trinidadian actress and radio personality, also known as ""Aunty Kay"". She is best remembered as the long-time host of the popular children's programme ""The Aunty Kay Show"", which aired from 1942 to 1985 on Radio Trinidad every Sunday afternoon. A multi-talented woman, she was during the course of her life a medical student, pianist, singer, actress, dancer, broadcaster and teacher, giving lessons in music and elocution, as well as briefly serving as an alderman of the Port of Spain City Council. A biography of her was being"
"honoured in Amadi Productions' annual concert entitled ""Ambataila Women"" at La Joya. Forming part of the Emancipation 2007 celebrations, the concert was creatively based around the cultural contribution of: Marjorie Padmore, Olive Walke, Kathleen ""Aunty Kay"" Warner, Olga Comma-Maynard, Cheryl Byron, Winifred Atwell, Daisy Voisin, Jean Coggins-Simmons, Beryl McBurnie and Beulah ""Lady B"" Bobb. A collection of her memorabilia is held by The University of the West Indies Library. Kathleen Warner Kathleen Warner, ""née"" Kathleen Davis (1903 – December 1996), was a Trinidadian actress and radio personality, also known as ""Aunty Kay"". She is best remembered as the long-time host"
"from the usual ""Tiswas"" and ""Saturday Superstore"" formula: This show would feature actors in character as hosts, performing their own comedic storyline around the usual guests, music videos, competitions and cartoons. Much of the show was improvised, and a whole week of rehearsals plus an extensive dress rehearsal on Friday preceded each live broadcast on Saturday morning. ""No 73"" opened its door to the public for the first time on 2 January 1982 at 11.00 am, but only as a regional programme in the South and South East of England (much of the ITV network continued to carry ""Tiswas""). Ethel"
"of this logo featured a circle going round the edge with ""Today Is Saturday Watch And Smile"" embossed upon it. The classic ""zig-zag"" logo designed by Stuart Kettle appeared in 1977 - this initially featured a mechanical bird flying above it, but later, Chris Wroe (who drew all of the classic caricatures of the ""Tiswas"" team) replaced this with a drawing of the Phantom Flan Flinger. The first series was intended to be eleven episodes, purely acting as links between the usual staple fillers of old films and cartoons that ATV would transmit on Saturday mornings. Presented by Chris Tarrant"
"Napua Stevens Napua Stevens Poire (born Harriet Daisy Kawaiala Kao'ionapuaopi'ilani Stevens, August 31, 1918 – January 7, 1990) was a well-known Hawaiian entertainer, singer, hula dancer, musician, teacher, radio-TV personality, producer and author. Noted for her hits such as ""Beyond The Reef"" and ""Hawaiian Hospitality"" in the late 1940s, in the 1950s and later embarked upon a successful media career as a radio DJ for her own show KTRG and presenting her own TV cooking show ""Napua's Kitchen"" in the 1960s. She made two guest appearances in the popular series ""Hawaii Five-O"" and also presented the ""Aloha Week"" and Kamehameha"
"Shine Begho Shine Begho Usanga (born 15 September 1985) is a Nigerian radio personality, television host, producer, promoter, brand ambassador and a businesswoman. She hosts events ""The Twists With Shine"", ""Shine with The Stars"", as well as ""The Sunday Chilloutzone Show"",""The Twist With Shine Radio Show"", a weekend radio show on COOL-FM Lagos.[1][2][3] She received awards and nominations for her radio show. Begho was born in Delta State Nigeria, and did her elementary education in Sapele Delta State, High School in Benin City Edo State and College in Anambra State,[5] the daughter of late Chief Justice Begho, a Chief Justice"
"Mills, a taxi driver from Cheswick Green, Solihull. John Gorman made his debut in this series, but with just four appearances, it would not be until series 5 that he became a regular visitor to the ""Tiswas"" studios. Likewise, child performer Paul Hardin made sporadic appearances. The programme expanded its footprint further outside its home region. As well as appearing in part on HTV, Anglia, Border, Granada and Scottish Television began to screen ""Tiswas"" in its entirety. Anglia dropped the series a number of times to pick up other regions' Saturday morning programmes throughout ""Tiswas""'s history. This series ran from"
"household injury. Like its cleaner BBC counterpart, ""Multi-Coloured Swap Shop"", it had a running order but no script (with the exception of some specific sketches). The programme was broadcast from Studio 3 at ATV Centre in Birmingham; this was the weekday home for the company's regional news magazine, ""ATV Today"". The show was a stitch-together of competitions, film clips and pop promos, just about held together by sketches and links from the cast. The show also regularly featured spoofs of BBC children's programming. A feature of ""Tiswas"" was ""The Cage"" wherein initially the child audience, and later their parents, were"
"Chris Tarrant Christopher John Tarrant, (born 10 October 1946) is an English radio and television broadcaster. He hosted the ITV children's television show ""Tiswas"" from 1974 to 1981, as well as the ITV game show ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" from 1998 to 2014, while also providing some audio recordings for some console games and a tabletop game made by Tiger Electronics based on the show. He was a Capital Radio host from 1984 to 2004. Tarrant was educated as a boarder in Choir House at the King's School, Worcester from 1960 to 1964. He represented the school at"
"""Le Iene"" Paul Baccaglini. Thais Souza Wiggers Thais Souza (Florianópolis,born 24 October 1985) is a Brazilian television presenter and model. She was a showgirl in the Italian satirical series ""Striscia la notizia"". Thais started her career in the fashion industry at fourteen and since 2000 she took part in different beauty contest such as ""Face Summer"". She traveled to Miami, where she finished high school while continuing to maintain her commitments as a model. In 2004 she was part of two advertising campaigns of TIM with supermodels Adriana Lima and Naomi Campbell. In the same year she decided to move"
"Najwa Qassem Najwa Qassem () (whose last name can be written phonetically in English as Qasem, Qassim or Alqasim, and Al Qassim) is a Lebanese journalist and television presenter (anchor) for Al Arabiya. Qassem has received many professional awards, and she was named by Arabian Business Magazine as one of the 100 most powerful women in the Arab world. Najwa Qassem was born in Lebanon a few years before the Lebanese Civil War. Qassem initially aspired to study architecture but soon fell in love with media and televised broadcasting. She first appeared on television in 1993 on Future TV of"