Jamie Theakston
Encyclopedia
Jamie Theakston is an English
television
and radio
presenter, producer and actor.
near the village of Hurstpierpoint
in West Sussex
, followed by Lancing College
in the village of Lancing
, also in West Sussex. He then attended BHASVIC
in Hove, followed by the University of North London
, where he studied for a degree in business studies. Whilst at university, he read traffic bulletins on BBC GLR as he wanted to get into sports reporting.
eers Christies, and was going to study art history at the Courtauld Institute. After undertaking football and cricket reports for both GLR and Radio 5 Live, he was spotted by the BBC's head of sport and presented GLR's Saturday Sport Show at the age of 23. He then presented numerous shows for Radio 5 Live including Sportscall, The Jamie Theakston Cricket Show and Sport on Wednesday. Theakston joined Radio 1
in April 1999 to present the Sunday Lunch show. He fronted the 'One Big Sunday' events during 2000. He moved to a Saturday morning slot in 2002.
He left Radio 1
in 2002 to pursue an acting career, his last show being broadcast on 28 September. He joined Heart 106.2
, a London radio station on 18 April 2005, replacing Jonathan Coleman on Heart Breakfast with Harriet Scott
, which won Gold for Best Music Personality Show at The New York Festivals, 2007 and The Silver Entertainment Award at The Sony Radio Academy Awards
, 2007. In June 2009 he won the Radio Presenter of the Year Award at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards.
, he has most notably hosted Top of the Pops
(1999–2002), Live & Kicking
(1996–1999) and The Priory. The two latter shows were presented with Zoe Ball
. Other presenting work includes fronting the Glastonbury coverage for the BBC
, The Oscars, The Grammys, A Question of Pop, UK Music Hall of Fame, and Guinness World Records.
He hosted the Channel 4
reality TV show The Games alongside Kirsty Gallacher
. He was also the host of a 2004 game show
, 'Beg Borrow or Steal'. He presented the ITV
Saturday night show With A Little Help From My Friends.
Theakston also played himself in the mock-interview series Rock Profile
in which he interviews "celebrities" impersonated by Matt Lucas
and David Walliams
. He also appeared alongside Lucas and Walliams in an episode of Little Britain
. The programme was shown on the now defunct channel UK Play.
The Priory was commissioned by Chris Evans's then production company Ginger Productions
. Despite initially strong ratings, the show failed to capitalize on the demise of TFI Friday
(also a Ginger production), and figures slowly dropped. A fourth series was never commissioned, while today the show is remembered by many as a failed attempt to emulate TFI Friday's success, including the time slot it once occupied. Despite the show's relative failure, fans of Rock Profile often recall Matt Lucas
's and David Walliams
's appearance on the show as Danny and Noel from Hear'Say
, in which they constantly sang "Monday, Monday
" after Jamie asked them a question. As Jamie was the interviewer on Rock Profile, he as a result reprised his role from that show. Another famous moment in the show's history is the appearance of Eastenders
actor Danniella Westbrook
on the show six months after her return from drug rehab, with the claim that she was clean and had been free from drugs for months. However, Jamie and Zoe struggled to get coherent answers from Danniella, who was under the influence of drugs despite her claims of abstinence. Reflecting back on the event in 2002, Westbrook commented, "I said I was clean, but it was obvious I wasn't. I looked about 50, and my voice was shaky. I should never have been allowed on. They wanted to laugh at me, rip me apart. I despise that sort of thing, but it did me the world of good because watching it I realised, 'I'm so ill.' When it came to the crunch I thought, 'Hang on. I don't want to die.'"
More recently Jamie has hosted the primetime Saturday night show 'The People's Quiz' and produced and presented on Channel 4 'The Search', which was nominated for a Rose d'Or award at the International Television Festival'.
He played himself in the episode "Video Killed the Radio Star" in the TV series FM
in March 2009.
Jamie featured beside Zoe Ball once again in Channel 5's "Britain's Best Brain" series, which aired in October 2009.
He played in his third successive Soccer Aid
match at Old Trafford
in June 2010. In this match, Theakston saved four penalties for England against the Rest Of The World in a penalty shootout, before missing a penalty himself in a defeat. He was later named Man of the Match for his performance in goal. The American actor Woody Harrelson
for the Rest of the World team scored the game-winning penalty kick against him.
in 'Mad About Alice' (2004) and worked with Adam Faith
on the series Murder in Mind in 2003, shortly before Faith's death. He has also starred in the West End in the plays ART
Home and Beauty at the Lyric Shaftesbury Avenue and Murder in Mind.
In 2004 he appeared in Agatha Christie's
Miss Marple:Body in the Library.
prostitute was exposed in The Sunday People newspaper. Theakston had attempted to block the revelation through a court injunction on the grounds of privacy, but a judge rejected this.
Theakston married Sophie Siegle on 15 September 2007, and they live in west London
. The couple have two sons – Sidney, born on 11 April 2008, and Kit, born on 29 September 2009.
He is a keen fencer and has trained with the GB Team.
As captain of Ditchling
Cricket Club, Theakston was a member of the first cricket team from England to play the Afghanistan national side in Kabul
.
Theakston is a member of Mensa
and a supporter of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
.
He once shared a flat with Eastenders actor Adam Woodyatt
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
presenter, producer and actor.
Education
Theakston was educated at two independent schools: the preparatory school of Hurstpierpoint CollegeHurstpierpoint College
Hurstpierpoint College is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school for pupils aged 4–18, located just to the north of the village of Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex in the lee of the South Downs...
near the village of Hurstpierpoint
Hurstpierpoint
Hurstpierpoint is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Together with Sayers Common it forms one of the Mid Sussex civil parishes, with an area of 2029.88 ha and a population of 6,264 persons....
in West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, followed by Lancing College
Lancing College
Lancing College is a co-educational English independent school in the British public school tradition, founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard. Woodard's aim was to provide education "based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith." Lancing was the first of a...
in the village of Lancing
Lancing, West Sussex
Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north...
, also in West Sussex. He then attended BHASVIC
Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College
Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College, usually abbreviated to BHASVIC , is a college in Brighton & Hove, England for 16- to 18-year-old students.-Location:...
in Hove, followed by the University of North London
University of North London
The University of North London was a university in the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2002. On 1 August 2002, it merged with London Guildhall University to form London Metropolitan University. The former University of North London premises now form the new university's north campus, situated on...
, where he studied for a degree in business studies. Whilst at university, he read traffic bulletins on BBC GLR as he wanted to get into sports reporting.
Radio
Before embarking on a broadcasting career, he worked for auctionAuction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder...
eers Christies, and was going to study art history at the Courtauld Institute. After undertaking football and cricket reports for both GLR and Radio 5 Live, he was spotted by the BBC's head of sport and presented GLR's Saturday Sport Show at the age of 23. He then presented numerous shows for Radio 5 Live including Sportscall, The Jamie Theakston Cricket Show and Sport on Wednesday. Theakston joined Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
in April 1999 to present the Sunday Lunch show. He fronted the 'One Big Sunday' events during 2000. He moved to a Saturday morning slot in 2002.
He left Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
in 2002 to pursue an acting career, his last show being broadcast on 28 September. He joined Heart 106.2
Heart 106.2
Heart 106.2 is an Independent Local Radio station based in London and is owned by Global Radio as part of the Heart Network.On 25 June 2007 it was announced that Heart along with its sister stations The Arrow, Sky News Radio, LBC and Galaxy were to be sold for £170 million to Global Radio from...
, a London radio station on 18 April 2005, replacing Jonathan Coleman on Heart Breakfast with Harriet Scott
Harriet Scott
Harriet Marie Scott is a British radio presenter, and current co-host of the Breakfast show on London's Heart along with Jamie Theakston....
, which won Gold for Best Music Personality Show at The New York Festivals, 2007 and The Silver Entertainment Award at The Sony Radio Academy Awards
Sony Radio Academy Awards
The Sony Radio Academy Awards , started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. They are run by ZAFER Associates in association with the Radio Academy...
, 2007. In June 2009 he won the Radio Presenter of the Year Award at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards.
Television
On television, after presenting The O Zone with Jayne MiddlemissJayne Middlemiss
Jayne Middlemiss is a London-based British television and radio presenter, originally from Northumberland. She began presenting music television shows such as The O-Zone and Top of the Pops in the mid '90s, before presenting a variety of other television and radio shows, including on BBC 6 Music...
, he has most notably hosted Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
(1999–2002), Live & Kicking
Live & Kicking
Live & Kicking was a BBC Saturday morning children's magazine programme, running from 1993 to 2001. The fourth in a succession of Saturday morning shows, it was the replacement for Going Live!, and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, comedy, competitions and the showing of...
(1996–1999) and The Priory. The two latter shows were presented with Zoe Ball
Zoë Ball
Zoë Louise Ball is an English television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show and for her earlier work presenting the 1990s children's show, Live & Kicking.-TV career:The daughter of the children's TV presenter Johnny Ball and his...
. Other presenting work includes fronting the Glastonbury coverage for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, The Oscars, The Grammys, A Question of Pop, UK Music Hall of Fame, and Guinness World Records.
He hosted the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
reality TV show The Games alongside Kirsty Gallacher
Kirsty Gallacher
Kirsty Jane Gallacher , is a Scottish television presenter.-Biography:The daughter of the former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher, Gallacher was born in Edinburgh. When her father got the job of professional at Wentworth Golf Club, they moved south when she was 18 months old...
. He was also the host of a 2004 game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
, 'Beg Borrow or Steal'. He presented the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
Saturday night show With A Little Help From My Friends.
Theakston also played himself in the mock-interview series Rock Profile
Rock Profile
Rock Profile is a British television comedy show written by and starring comedy partnership Matt Lucas and David Walliams, both now widely known for the sketch show Little Britain. Rock Profile first appeared on the channel UK Play in 1999, before moving to BBC Two in 2000...
in which he interviews "celebrities" impersonated by Matt Lucas
Matt Lucas
Matthew Richard "Matt" Lucas is an English comedian, screenwriter and actor best known for his acclaimed work with David Walliams in the television show Little Britain; as well as for his portrayals of the scorekeeping baby George Dawes in the comedy panel game Shooting Stars, Tweedledee and...
and David Walliams
David Walliams
David Edward Walliams is an English comedian, writer and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show Little Britain and its predecessor Rock Profile...
. He also appeared alongside Lucas and Walliams in an episode of Little Britain
Little Britain
Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was first broadcast on BBC radio and then turned into a television show. It was written by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas...
. The programme was shown on the now defunct channel UK Play.
The Priory was commissioned by Chris Evans's then production company Ginger Productions
Ginger Productions
Ginger Productions, alongside STV Productions, is part of the network production arm of STV Group plc. Based in Waterhouse Square in London, the company's output focuses on Entertainment and Factual Entertainment programming...
. Despite initially strong ratings, the show failed to capitalize on the demise of TFI Friday
TFI Friday
TFI Friday is an entertainment show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2000. The show produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first 5 series. The final series was hosted by a number of Guest Presenters. It was broadcast on...
(also a Ginger production), and figures slowly dropped. A fourth series was never commissioned, while today the show is remembered by many as a failed attempt to emulate TFI Friday's success, including the time slot it once occupied. Despite the show's relative failure, fans of Rock Profile often recall Matt Lucas
Matt Lucas
Matthew Richard "Matt" Lucas is an English comedian, screenwriter and actor best known for his acclaimed work with David Walliams in the television show Little Britain; as well as for his portrayals of the scorekeeping baby George Dawes in the comedy panel game Shooting Stars, Tweedledee and...
's and David Walliams
David Walliams
David Edward Walliams is an English comedian, writer and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show Little Britain and its predecessor Rock Profile...
's appearance on the show as Danny and Noel from Hear'Say
Hear'Say
Hear'Say were a British manufactured pop group created in February 2001 from the winners of Popstars, an ITV reality TV show based on a New Zealand show of the same name. They enjoyed huge success with their debut single "Pure and Simple", helped by the publicity surrounding Popstars, the first of...
, in which they constantly sang "Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday
"Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by The Mamas & the Papas for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. It was the group's only number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100....
" after Jamie asked them a question. As Jamie was the interviewer on Rock Profile, he as a result reprised his role from that show. Another famous moment in the show's history is the appearance of Eastenders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
actor Danniella Westbrook
Danniella Westbrook
Danniella Westbrook is an English actress and television presenter. She is known for being the original actress to play Samantha Mitchell in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1990–93, 1995–96, 1999–2000 and 2009–10. Away from EastEnders she has presented various shows, and was also a...
on the show six months after her return from drug rehab, with the claim that she was clean and had been free from drugs for months. However, Jamie and Zoe struggled to get coherent answers from Danniella, who was under the influence of drugs despite her claims of abstinence. Reflecting back on the event in 2002, Westbrook commented, "I said I was clean, but it was obvious I wasn't. I looked about 50, and my voice was shaky. I should never have been allowed on. They wanted to laugh at me, rip me apart. I despise that sort of thing, but it did me the world of good because watching it I realised, 'I'm so ill.' When it came to the crunch I thought, 'Hang on. I don't want to die.'"
More recently Jamie has hosted the primetime Saturday night show 'The People's Quiz' and produced and presented on Channel 4 'The Search', which was nominated for a Rose d'Or award at the International Television Festival'.
He played himself in the episode "Video Killed the Radio Star" in the TV series FM
FM (TV series)
FM was a British sitcom which aired on ITV2, starring Chris O'Dowd , Kevin Bishop and Nina Sosanya . The series followed the lives of two DJs and their producer on their FM radio progamme, "Skin 86.5 FM"...
in March 2009.
Jamie featured beside Zoe Ball once again in Channel 5's "Britain's Best Brain" series, which aired in October 2009.
He played in his third successive Soccer Aid
Soccer Aid
-Event schedule:*22 May 2006 – Start of the television coverage, presented by Ant and Dec. Rest of the World defeats England in a penalty shoot-out*23 May 2006 – Practice match: England 1–0 England Legends...
match at Old Trafford
Old Trafford
Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...
in June 2010. In this match, Theakston saved four penalties for England against the Rest Of The World in a penalty shootout, before missing a penalty himself in a defeat. He was later named Man of the Match for his performance in goal. The American actor Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an American actor.Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd...
for the Rest of the World team scored the game-winning penalty kick against him.
Acting
Jamie has acted with Amanda HoldenAmanda Holden
Amanda Louise Holden is an English actress and presenter. Among her roles are Mia Bevan in Cutting It, Sarah Trevanion in Wild at Heart, and the title role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award...
in 'Mad About Alice' (2004) and worked with Adam Faith
Adam Faith
Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5...
on the series Murder in Mind in 2003, shortly before Faith's death. He has also starred in the West End in the plays ART
ART
ART is a three-letter acronym that can mean:Medicine* The use of Antiretroviral drugs, in anti-retroviral therapy, for the treatment of HIV* Assisted reproductive technology* Androgen Replacement Therapy...
Home and Beauty at the Lyric Shaftesbury Avenue and Murder in Mind.
In 2004 he appeared in Agatha Christie's
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
Miss Marple:Body in the Library.
Personal life
In 2001, Theakston apologised to friends and family after a visit to a MayfairMayfair
Mayfair is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster.-History:Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today...
prostitute was exposed in The Sunday People newspaper. Theakston had attempted to block the revelation through a court injunction on the grounds of privacy, but a judge rejected this.
Theakston married Sophie Siegle on 15 September 2007, and they live in west London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. The couple have two sons – Sidney, born on 11 April 2008, and Kit, born on 29 September 2009.
He is a keen fencer and has trained with the GB Team.
As captain of Ditchling
Ditchling
Ditchling is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is contained within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park; the order confirming the establishment of the park was signed in Ditchling....
Cricket Club, Theakston was a member of the first cricket team from England to play the Afghanistan national side in Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
.
Theakston is a member of Mensa
Mensa International
Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test...
and a supporter of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....
.
He once shared a flat with Eastenders actor Adam Woodyatt
Adam Woodyatt
Adam Brinley Woodyatt is an English actor and media personality, best known for his role as Ian Beale in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders...
Acting
- West End Theatre
- Marat/Sade – Playhouse
- Murder in the Cathedral – Spitalfields
- Art – Whitehall
- Home and Beauty – Lyric
- Television Drama
- Drive – BBC1
- Afternoon Plays - BBC1
- Murder in Mind – BBC1
- Miss Marple ‘Body in the Library’ - ITV
- Taggart
- Television Comedy
- Bob Martin – ITV
- Mad About Alice – BBC1
- Rock Profile – BBC2
- Linda Green – ITV
- Little Britain – BBC3
Television presentation
- The O-ZoneThe O-ZoneThe O-Zone was a weekly music magazine show broadcast on BBC Two from 1989-2000. Originally presented by Andy Crane until 1990 and originally only shown during school holidays and Sunday mornings during the winter months on CBBC...
– BBC2 - Live & KickingLive & KickingLive & Kicking was a BBC Saturday morning children's magazine programme, running from 1993 to 2001. The fourth in a succession of Saturday morning shows, it was the replacement for Going Live!, and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, comedy, competitions and the showing of...
– BBC1 - HolidayHoliday (TV series)Holiday was a long-running UK television programme on BBC One, and was the oldest travel review show on UK television. It was aired on the channel from 1969 until 2007.-Overview:...
– BBC1 - The Priory – C4
- Holiday – You Call The Shots – BBC1
- Sport ReliefSport ReliefSport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries...
– BBC1 - Top of the PopsTop of the PopsTop of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
– BBC1 - Wish You Were HereWish You Were Here...?Wish You Were Here...? is a British television show that was first broadcast on 7th January 1974 on ITV. It was a series of 30 minute shows about travel and holidays. The show was broadcast during peak viewing hours and had gained a significant viewing audience in the UK...
– ITV - GlastonburyGlastonbury FestivalThe Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
- The Eclipse – BBC1
- Queen's Jubilee ConcertGolden Jubilee of Elizabeth IIThe Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II was the international celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the accession of Elizabeth II to the thrones of seven countries, upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, and was intended by the Queen to be both a commemoration of her 50...
– BBC1 - Natural Born Losers – BBC1
- A Question of Pop – BBC1
- The Millennium – BBC1
- Pick n Mix – UK Play
- The Games – C4
- Comic ReliefComic ReliefComic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...
– BBC1 - Landmarks – BBC2
- Aqua – BBC2
- Not a Lot of People Know That – BBC1
- Children in NeedChildren in NeedChildren in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
– BBC1 - The BritsBrit AwardsThe Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...
– BBC1 - 100 Greatest Kids Shows – C4
- Behind the MusicBehind the MusicBehind the Music is a television series on VH1. It originally ran from 1997 to 2006, before it was stopped and only aired new episodes sporadically. The series places its generality on documentation of musical artists or groups who are interviewed and profiled, and discuss how their careers became...
– VH1 - Traffic CopsTraffic CopsTraffic Cops is a documentary series on BBC One which follows traffic officers from various British police forces. The current series follows Bedfordshire Police. Previous series have followed Cheshire, Hampshire, Humberside, South Wales, South Yorkshire and Sussex police forces...
– BBC1 - Car Wars – BBC1
- Richest Kids – ITV
- BitesizeBitesizeBBC Bitesize is the name given to the BBC's free online study support resource for school-age students in the United Kingdom. It is designed to aid students in both school work and, for older students, exams.- History :...
– BBC2 - The GrammysGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
– BBC2 - Beg Borrow or Steal – BBC2
- With a Little Help from my Friends – ITV
- The Simpsons Quiz – C4
- The UK Music Hall of Fame – C4
- 50 Years, 50 Records – ITV
- The Oscars – Live – SKY 1Sky OneSky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...
/Sky Movies - Top of the Pops Awards – BBC1
- All Star Golf - Sky 1
- The Search - C4
- The People's Quiz (National LotteryNational Lottery (United Kingdom)The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007. The lottery is regulated by the National Lottery Commission, and was established by the then...
) - BBC1 - Concert for DianaConcert for DianaConcert for Diana was a concert held at the then new Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 1 July 2007, which would have been her 46th birthday; 31 August that year brought the 10th anniversary of her death...
- BBC1 - Sky CopsSky CopsSky Cops is a British reality TV show revealing the work of the air police in the UK. The BBC show follows police helicopters from the South Yorkshire Air Operations Unit and the Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit...
- BBC1 - Socceraid-Goalkeeper-ITV 1
Radio
- Saturday Sports Show - GLR
- Sportscall - R5
- Friday Night on 5 – R5
- Jamie Theakston's Cricket Show – R5
- Radio 5 Sport – R5
- The Sunday Lunch – R1
- The Jamie Theakston Show – R1
- Griff Rhys Jones Show – R2
- One Big Sunday – R1
- Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott – Heart 106.2