Tipping Point: Lucky Stars


09:00 am - 10:00 am, Friday, December 19 on U&W (25)

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Season 1, Episode 6

Singer and presenter Jane McDonald, chef Rosemary Shrager and choreographer Louie Spence take part in the quiz show in which contestants answer questions to win turns on an arcade-style machine. Dropping tokens down a choice of four chutes, they hope to knock piles of them off a moving shelf - and the more they collect, the better their chances of collecting the £20,000 prize for their selected charity. Ben Shephard hosts


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Cast & Crew

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Jane McDonald (Contestant)
Rosemary Shrager (Contestant)
Louie Spence (Contestant)
Nick Harris (Director)
Sara Doyle (Series producer)
Peter Usher (Executive producer)
Hugh Rycroft (Executive producer)

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Ben Shephard (Host)
Born: December 11, 1974 in Epping, Essex
Best Known For: Hosting The Xtra Factor
Early-life: Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard was born in Essex on December 11, 1974. He has a brother and sister. He studied dance, drama and theatre arts at Birmingham University. As a teenager he loved sport, and played for South-East England's Under 16 and Under 18 football teams, and for the Senior Eastern Counties rugby team. After graduating, he spent time in France, working in a chateu. He returned to the UK and landed jobs at various production companies, before getting his big break in 1998, hosting Channel 4 series Control Freaks.
Career: He co-hosted The Bigger Breakfast and T4 on Channel 4, before signing up to ITV2's Bedrock. Among his presenting credits are EastEnders Revealed, Channel 4's Planet Pop, MTV Select with Kelly Brook and Exclusive with Lisa Rogers. As well as presenting GMTV Today and Entertainment Today, Ben also fronted the station's lifestyle series Inch-loss Beach in 2003 and took a road trip from San Francisco to LA in Ben's Road to Hollywood. He presented the ITV2 show The Xtra Factor since 2004 but quit - reportedly being angry that Dermot O'Leary was brought in to replace Kate Thornton on the main show, instead of him. He has since presented several high-profile shows for ITV and is the face of The Krypton Factor.
Quote: "My experiences as a backpacker have taught me that decent toilet paper is a luxury you just can't afford to be without."
Trivia: Shephard holds the world record for the most pumpkins smashed in one minute - 11.
Jane McDonald (Contestant)
Born: April 04, 1963 in Wakefield
Best Known For: Her star-making appearance on The Cruise and talking straight on Loose Women.
Early-life: Born 4 April, 1963, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Her father, Peter, was a miner and chimney sweep, her mother, Jean, ran a boarding house. She has a brother, Tony, and a sister, Janet. She claims her first words were Down Town, which she learned from the Petula Clark song. By the age of three she was hooked on singing and dancing. At 18 she was doing three jobs to make ends meet, and was determined to make it in showbusiness.
Career: She lived at home for many years, and until he died, her father worked as her road manager. McDonald spent years performing in small clubs across the country before getting a job as a cabaret singer on a cruise ship. At first, she claims it was a nightmare, but the move made her a star when the BBC filmed reality TV show The Cruise at her place of work. Her down-to-earth charm made her an instant celebrity. Since then, she's released hit records, had sell-out tours and written an autobiography.
Quote: "To me, 20 fans are equally as important as 20,000 fans. When I look out, I don't see a sea of people but individual faces."
Trivia: She was a regular on Loose Women from 2004, but quit after 10 years on the show to concentrate on her music career.
Rosemary Shrager (Contestant)
Born: January 21, 1952 in London
Best Known For: Her strict discipline on reality show Ladette to Lady.
Early-life: Rosemary was born on January 21, 1951, in London to Jewish parents. She kicked off her cooking career working for Pierre Koffmann and Jean-Christophe Novelli.
Career: Shrager was head chef at Amhuinnsuidhe Castle until 2002. She became known to TV audiences after appearances on Ladette to Lady and Soapstar Superchef. She has also appeared on the small screen in Rosemary: Queen of the Kitchen, Kitchen Showdown with Rosemary Shrager, and Rosemary Shrager's School for Cooks. She presents the cookery slot on The Alan Titchmarsh Show. In 2012, she was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Quote: "Britney Spears could benefit from coming to Ladette To Lady and learning how to take care of herself."
Trivia: Away from TV, Shrager has her own cookery school in Kent.
Louie Spence (Contestant)
Born: April 06, 1969 in Enfield, London
Best Known For: Pineapple Dance Studios.
Early-life: Born on April 6, 1969, Louie grew up in Braintree, Essex. On the advice of a local dance teacher, Louie's parents took out a second mortgage to send him to the Italia Conti Performing Arts School. He landed his West End debut in Bugsy Malone at the age of 13. His talent was spotted by the London Studio Centre and he won a full three-year scholarship to go there. After graduating with full honours in all aspects of dance, Spence joined the cast of Miss Saigon, where he helped choreograph the show's acrobatic sequences.
Career: After a spell working in Italy, Spence returned to London to pursue a career as a commercial dancer. During the 1990s, he toured and worked with Take That, E17, Boyzone and Bjork and was one of only five male dancers selected to accompany the Spice Girls on their debut world tour. Further work in London followed when he joined the West End cast of Cats and the Pet Shop Boys's musical Closer to Heaven. After becoming disheartened by the West End's eight show weeks, he started Edit Agency at Pineapple Dance Studios, where he is currently Artistic Director. TV beckoned when Trouble TV cast him as their Boot Camp mentor for three series of Bump N Grind. Other TV work followed and his big break came on Sky1's fly-on-the-wall documentary series Pineapple Dance Studios. More recently, he was a judge on the seventh series of Dancing on Ice, alongside Robin Cousins and Katarina Witt. In August 2013, he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house. In early 2015, he was a contestant on Channel 4 reality series The Jump.
Quote: "Like a rash darling, I spread myself everywhere."
Trivia: His autobiography, Still Got It, was published by HarperCollins in 2011.
Nick Harris (Director)
Sara Doyle (Series producer)
Peter Usher (Executive producer)
Hugh Rycroft (Executive producer)

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