When was the first airing of a British entertainment show presented by a man who was briefly a professional footballer?
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The One and Only (TV programme) The One and Only... is a British entertainment show, celebrating some of Britain's best loved stars from the world of entertainment. The first show aired on 8 April 2012 and was presented by Des O'Connor. The second aired on 16 October 2013, which was presented by Paul O'Grady, starred the comedian's good friend, Cilla Black.
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Des O'Connor O'Connor was born in Stepney, East London to Maude ("née" Bassett) and Harry O'Connor. His mother was Jewish and his father was from Ireland. Des claims to be the only O'Connor who ever had a Bar Mitzvah. He had a brother, William O'Connor, and has a sister, Patricia, who is one year his junior. He was evacuated to Northampton during the Second World War and was briefly a professional footballer with Northampton Town.
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Let Me Entertain You (2014 TV series) Let Me Entertain You is a British entertainment-based television series for ITV. It ran from 26 April to 7 June 2014 and is presented by Michael Underwood.
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Neil Cordy Neil Cordy (born 8 April 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer and now television presenter.
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Mik Scarlet Mik Scarlet (born 1965) is an award-winning British television presenter, actor, journalist and musician who originally came to prominence in the 80s and 90s.
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John Fashanu John Fashanu ( , born 18 September 1962), often referred to as Fash, is an English television presenter and former professional footballer of Nigerian (paternal) and Guyanese (maternal) descent. In his former career, he was a centre-forward from 1978 until 1995, most notably in an eight-year spell at Wimbledon F.C. in which he won the FA Cup in 1988 and scored over 100 goals in all competitions.
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man Alan Carr: Chatty Man (also simply known as Chatty Man) is a British comedy chat show presented by comedian Alan Carr. The show features interviews with celebrity guests, sketches, topical chat and music. In 2013, the show won a BAFTA for the best Entertainment Performance.
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Rob McCaffrey Robert McCaffrey (born Robert Thomas Talfryn Cooper, 1957) is a British television presenter. He is most notable for presenting shows such as "Goals On Sunday" and "You're On Sky Sports". McCaffrey also replaced Jeff Stelling as presenter of "Soccer Special" (the midweek version of "Soccer Saturday") and enjoyed a spell presenting live Conference National matches.
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The First Hour The First Hour is a Ginx TV production which plays the first hour of a brand new game or a recent classic for the very first time. The main presenter has always been Adam Savage and has been joined by guests such as Lucy James and Neil Cole. Many people, while watching the show, ask where exactly they found this presenter to represent gaming.
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CD:UK CD:UK (CountDown:United Kingdom), stylised as cd:uk, is a British music television programme. Originally run in conjunction with "SMTV Live", the programme first aired on ITV on 29 August 1998 to rival the BBC's "Live & Kicking" and was the replacement for "The Chart Show", which had been airing on the network for nine and a half years.
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3-2-1 3–2–1 was a British game show that was made by Yorkshire Television for ITV. It ran for ten years, between 29 July 1978 and 24 December 1988, with Ted Rogers as the host.
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Late Kick Off Late Kick Off was a BBC One regional television football programme which was broadcast between 2010 and 2015. Launched on 18 January 2010, it covered Football League teams on a regional or pan-regional basis in a magazine-style format. The show was usually broadcast on Monday nights, although it was broadcast on Sunday evenings during the 2012 series.
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Clarkson (TV series) Clarkson was a British talk show, presented by Jeremy Clarkson, airing from 8 November 1998 until 21 December 2000 on BBC Two. The show featured guest interviews with musicians, politicians and television personalities.
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Monday Night Soccer Monday Night Soccer is a former football television programme shown on RTÉ Two each Monday evening during the football season. Presented by Peter Collins, he was usually joined by two guests, like manager Damien Richardson and former Millwall striker Richard Sadlier. Broadcast weekly on Monday evenings live from RTÉ studio 5, every League of Ireland Premier Division game was shown. In July and August editions of the show, it showed UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches, involving participating League of Ireland clubs.
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Ejector Seat Ejector Seat is a British game show, presented by former Children's BBC presenter Andi Peters, that aired on ITV from 28 April to 22 June 2014 as a temporary spring replacement for "Tipping Point".
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Cliff Michelmore Arthur Clifford "Cliff" Michelmore, CBE (11 December 1919 – 17 March 2016) was an English television presenter and producer. He was best known for the BBC television programme "Tonight", which he presented from 1957 to 1965. He also hosted the BBC's television coverage of the Apollo moon landings, the Aberfan disaster, the 1966 and 1970 UK general elections and the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales in 1969. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1969.
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Family Fortunes Family Fortunes is a British television game show based on the American game show "Family Feud". The programme ran on ITV from 6 January 1980 to 30 December 2004, before being revived by the same channel in 2006 under the title of All Star Family Fortunes.
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Paul Parker (footballer) Paul Andrew Parker (born 4 April 1964) is an English former professional footballer, manager, and sports television pundit.
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Football League Extra Football League Extra was a Football League highlights show supplied by ITV Sport. It usually aired late on Monday nights. The programme first aired in 1994, and ended after the 2003-2004 season, when it was to be replaced on Sunday mornings with "The Championship". The show was first presented by Gabriel Clarke - other presenters later included Dave Beckett, Matt Smith and Tom Skippings. The show ran many club-specific features and also featured competitions and archive footage. Throughout the years, there often featured a Friday/Sunday or Monday extra which showed extended highlights of certain games. "Football League Extra" disbanded for a time in 2002 after the ITV Digital collapse, but soon returned to ITV during the 2002-2003 season. The shows theme tune was called "Little Britain" by Dreadzone. Other songs included "July" by Ocean Colour Scene and "Whoosh" by Bentley Rhythm Ace.
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Greg Dyke Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, journalist and broadcaster. He is the former chairman of The Football Association (FA). Dyke is a panellist on Sky News' "The Pledge". Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing 'tabloid' television to British broadcasting, and reviving the ratings of TV-am. In the 1990s, he held chief executive (CEO) positions at LWT Group, Pearson Television and Channel 5.
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It's a Funny Old Week It's a Funny Old Week (A Funny Old Year) is a British comedy programme, presented by Jason Manford.
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List of The Graham Norton Show episodes "The Graham Norton Show" is a British comedy chat show broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It was shown on BBC Two from February 2007 to May 2009 and has been on BBC One since October 2009. Presented by Irish comedian Graham Norton, the show's format is very similar to his previous Channel 4 programmes, "So Graham Norton" and "V Graham Norton", both of which were also produced by So Television.