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17/05/2026
Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer are joined by guests Jamie Laing, Victoria Smurfit and Bonnie Langford. With live music from James Smith
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Simon Rimmer
(Presenter)
Tim Lovejoy
(Presenter)
Jamie Laing
(Guest)
Victoria Smurfit
(Guest)
Bonnie Langford
(Guest)
James Smith
(Musical guest)
Patrick Ruddy
(Series editor)
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Did You Know..
Simon Rimmer
(Presenter)
Tim Lovejoy
(Presenter)
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.'
Jamie Laing
(Guest)
Victoria Smurfit
(Guest)
Best Known For:
Ballykissangel, Trial & Retribution and Dracula.
Early-life:
Victoria was born in Dublin in 1974. Her family, headed by her uncle Michael, is one of the richest in Ireland. Victoria was educated at Saint Columbia's College, Dublin, and St George's School, Ascot. After completing an A Level in theatre studies, she studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school.
Career:
In 1997, Smurfit starred in BBC miniseries Ivanhoe, and a year later, she appeared in another period drama, Berkeley Square, before making a name for herself as Orla O'Connell in Ballykissangel. After two series of the BBC drama, the year 2000 saw Smurfit star on the big screen in The Wedding Tackle and The Beach and on the small screen in drama North Square and comedy Cold Feet. Her other credits include About a Boy (2002), Bulletproof Monk (2003), the lead role on TV in Trial & Retribution between 2003 and 2009, and Irish drama The Clinic. More recently, Smurfit has been playing glamorous society queen and vampire slayer Lady Jayne Wetherby in TV horror drama Dracula.
Quote:
On working with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Dracula: 'He makes you very comfortable, which is great. He knows what he wants from a scene and he knows how to do it, and you trust him.'
Trivia:
Smurfit is a patron of children's charity World Vision Ireland.
Bonnie Langford
(Guest)
Born:
July 22, 1964
in
Hampton Court, Surrey
Best Known For:
Her former child prodigy status and her head-banging antics on Dancing on Ice.
Early-life:
Born Bonita Melody Lysette Langford on July 22, 1964, in Hampton Court, Surrey. She is the youngest of three girls. She had singing and dancing lessons from an early age. At the age of six she won TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, which enabled her to gain an Equity card and work professionally. Training at the Arts Educational and Italia Conti stage schools in London led to a successful child actor's career.
Career:
Langford appeared in her first movie, Bugsy Malone, when she was 12. Other early projects include theatre productions and TV shows, including variety specials and Just William. At 17, Langford landed the role of Rumpleteaser in the original cast of Cats. Since then, she has put her singing and dancing skills to good use in Peter Pan: The Musical, The Pirates of Penzance, and TV's Saturday Starship and The Hot Shoe Show. She played Mel, an assistant to both the sixth and seventh Doctor Whos, between 1986 and 1987. She bounced back onto TV screens in 2006 when she was a contestant on Dancing on Ice. She made it through to the final and she also toured with Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice: The Tour in 2007. Since then, she has returned to the West End, playing Roxie Hart in long-running musical Chicago, and toured with Guys and Dolls. She has also appeared in Chicago in Canada and on Broadway. In early 2014, she participated with fellow former contestants in the final series of Dancing on Ice.
Quote:
'I'm far too normal for this industry, I think.'
Trivia:
Langford is a regular on the panto circuit.
James Smith
(Musical guest)
Patrick Ruddy
(Series editor)
