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Season 8, Episode 9
Stephen Mulhern hosts a special charity edition game show, with former Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole and TV presenters Seema Jaswal and Tim Lovejoy attempting to guess the well-known phrases from the animated clues as they try to win the £50,000 jackpot for Unicef
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Cast & Crew
Stephen Mulhern
(Host)
Brendan Cole
(Contestant)
Seema Jaswal
(Contestant)
Tim Lovejoy
(Contestant)
Geraldine Dowd
(Director)
Gary Chippington
(Executive producer)
Sam Munday
(Series editor)
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Did You Know..
Stephen Mulhern
(Host)
Born:
April 04, 1977
in
Minehead
Best Known For:
Presenting various ITV shows.
Early-life:
Stephen Daniel Mulhern was born in Minehead on April 4, 1977 to Maureen and Christopher. He has two older brothers and a younger sister. He started to learn about magic when he was 14 and his first break as an entertainer came when he performed his magic show at Butlins when he was 17. It led to him being offered a job as a Redcoat at Minehead. His first taste of TV began in 1998 as a CITV presenter. He went on to co-host Finger Tips with Fearne Cotton and Naomi Wilkinson, children's show Tricky TV and Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown with Holly Willoughby.
Career:
Mulhern moved on to more adult fare in 2006 when he hosted ITV2 spin-off Dancing on Ice: Defrosted. Since then, he has been involved with ITV2 spin-off Britain's Got More Talent, game show Magic Numbers, The Big Quiz, Big Star's Little Star and Sunday Side Up. Since 2013, he has presented a revived version of ITV game show Catchphrase. He has also appeared in a number of pantomimes. In 2012, he began co-presenting a Sunday breakfast show on Heart radio alongside Emma Willis.
Quote:
'I wanted to be the new Paul Daniels,' he says. 'I wanted to have that show where the best and biggest acts from around the world would do a couple of tricks and I'd introduce them.'
Trivia:
Mulhern has released a number of children's magic sets, toured the UK with Stephen's Mega Mad Magic Show and performed his magic act in front of the Queen at a Royal Variety Performance.
Brendan Cole
(Contestant)
Born:
April 23, 1976
in
Christchurch, New Zealand
Best Known For:
Being a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing.
Early-life:
Brendan was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on April 23, 1976. He has had a passion for dancing since the age of six. A few days before his 19th birthday, he packed his bags and left New Zealand with £1,000 in his pocket and a one-way ticket to England. He went on to compete as an amateur dancer before later turning professional. For a number of years he partnered with Camilla Dallerup.
Career:
Cole's big break came in 2004 when he was approached to appear as one of the male professional dancers on the first series of Strictly Come Dancing. He danced with newsreader Natasha Kaplinksy that year and they ended up winning the inaugural glitter ball trophy. Since then, he has partnered with a number of celebrities on the show, including Fiona Phillips, Kelly Brook, Lulu, Victoria Pendleton and Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Away from Strictly, Cole has toured the UK and Ireland with his own hugely popular stage shows, performing with a 20-strong cast.
Quote:
On Strictly: 'It's a brilliant show and I still love doing it as much now as I did when I started.'
Trivia:
Cole supports the Act Against Bullying charity.
Seema Jaswal
(Contestant)
Tim Lovejoy
(Contestant)
Born:
March 28, 1968
in
Northwood, Middlesex
Best Known For:
Hosting Soccer AM on a Saturday morning for over a decade
Early-life:
Tim was born in Middlesex in 1968 and became a die-hard Chelsea fan at an early age. He always hoped for a career in sport and presenting, and as a teenager began sending out letters to production companies looking for work. For a time he worked in music as a merchandise manager for touring bands.
Career:
After starting out as a VJ on MTV UK, Tim moved to the Big Breakfast, where he worked his way up from researcher to producer of the show. From there, he got the Soccer AM job in 1996, and continued to host it with Helen Chamberlain, as well as producing it, for 11 years. After leaving, he moved to BBC Radio Five Live before settling at Something For The Weekend, the Sunday breakfast show he hosts with Louise Redknapp and chef Simon Rimmer. He also launched online project Channel Bee.
Quote:
'I did not choose Something For The Weekend over Soccer AM. I love doing both. However I just turn up and present STFW whereas with Soccer AM I worked my nuts off every day writing and producing it. If I carried on doing Soccer AM I would not be able to develop my other ideas.'
Geraldine Dowd
(Director)
Gary Chippington
(Executive producer)
Sam Munday
(Series editor)
