Tipping Point: Lucky Stars


11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Monday, April 6 on U&W (25)

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Season 2, Episode 2

Chat show host Jonathan Ross, world super-middleweight boxing champion Carl Froch and actress Samantha Womack, best known as EastEnders' Ronnie Mitchell, use knowledge, skill and tactics to win turns on the arcade-style token-pushing machine. Dropping counters down a choice of four chutes, the star contestants hope to knock piles of them off a moving shelf - and the more they collect, the better their chances of scooping a £20,000 prize for a charity of their choice. Ben Shephard presents the game show


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Cast & Crew

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Jonathan Ross (Contestant)
Carl Froch (Contestant)
Samantha Womack (Contestant)
Sara Doyle (Series producer)
Will Smith (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.
Jonathan Ross (Contestant)
Best Known For: His cheeky celebrity interviews.
Early-life: Jonathan Stephen Ross was born on November 17, 1960, in Camden, London. He is one of six children born to a lorry driver and his film extra wife (Martha Ross had a bit part in EastEnders for over 20 years). Jonathan appeared in TV ads as a child, but after completing a degree in modern European history at the University of London, he began his TV career as a researcher on such shows as Loose Talk and Soul Train.
Career: In 1987, Ross and his friend Alan Marke devised a format inspired by Late Night with David Letterman, and after struggling to find a suitable host, Ross stepped in. The resulting show, The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross, made him a star. Other major projects include his chat shows Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and The Jonathan Ross Show, and his stint as the reviewer of the BBC's Film programme. He's also a massive comic book fan; his first foray into the genre, Turf, was published in 2010. But he's also hit the headlines for various controversies over the years, including the notorious Sachsgate, which involved a prank call made by him and Russell Brand to actor Andrew Sachs in 2008.
Quote: 'People like coming on my show because they know they'll have fun and they know I'm going to be respectful to them. I'm never, you know, mean-spirited.'
Trivia: He's been married to screenwriter and author Jane Goldman since 1988. They have three children.
Carl Froch (Contestant)
Born: July 02, 1977 in Nottingham
Best Known For: Being a world champion boxer.
Early-life: Carl was born in Nottingham on July 2, 1977. He began boxing at the age of nine. As an amateur, he won ABA middleweight titles in 1999 and 2001. In March 2002, he won his professional debut against Michael Pinnock.
Career: Froch went on to win the English super-middleweight title in 2003, the Commonwealth super-middleweight title in 2004, and the WBC super-middleweight title in 2008, making him a world champion. He lost his first professional fight in 2010 against Mikkel Kessler, losing his WBC title. He regained the belt a few months later by defeating Arthur Abraham. He lost his WBC title to Andre Ward in 2011. A year later, he won the IBF world title and in 2013, he beat Mikkel Kessler in a rematch, which saw him retain his IBF title and win the WBA crown. Since then, Froch has successfully defended his titles in two contests against George Groves. Away from boxing, Froch was a contestant on ITV's celebrity dance contest Stepping Out. In August 2014, he was a participant on BBC One celebrity gymnastics contest Tumble.
Quote: On Stepping Out: 'Dancing is harder. This isn't my area of expertise as first and foremost I am a professional athlete.'
Trivia: Froch supports Nottingham Forest, and is a fan of Johnny Cash.
Samantha Womack (Contestant)
Born: November 02, 1972 in Brighton
Best Known For: Playing Ronnie in EastEnders.
Early-life: Born Samantha Zoe Janus on November 2, 1972, in Brighton. Her aunt is George Best's ex-wife Angie, which makes their son, Calum, her cousin. Samantha's parents split when she was three, and her mother married a doctor before relocating to Edinburgh. She even lived on the QE2 with her grandmother for a short time. During her teens, Samantha claims she became a wild child, but eventually turned things around by attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
Career: Samantha's first taste of fame came at 18 when she represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, eventually finishing joint 10th. But it's as an actress that she's now best known. She enjoyed success with sitcom Game On in the mid-1990s before appearing in The Grimleys, Up 'n' Under and Babes in the Wood. A successful run in a West End production of Guys and Dolls came just before she joined EastEnders in 2007. After being involved in a number of major storylines, she took a break from the soap in 2011. She went on to perform in a stage tour of South Pacific, and was also a subject of Who Do You Think You Are? In May 2013, it was confirmed that Samantha would return to EastEnders on a six-month contract.
Quote: 'I'm a jobbing actor again, and that's quite scary. I feel grateful to have had the EastEnders experience but I'm glad to be moving in another direction.'
Trivia: In 2005, she directed an anti-bullying music video for Liverpool band Just 3.
Richard van't Riet (Director)
Sara Doyle (Series producer)
Will Smith (Executive producer)
Born: September 25, 1968 in Philadelphia
Best Known For: Men in Black and a string of hit movies.
Early-life: Born Willard Christopher Smith Jr on September 25, 1968, in Philadelphia, the second of four children. He received his Fresh Prince nickname from a teacher who noted his ability to talk his way out of any situation. In high school, Smith teamed up with Jeff Townes to form rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Turning down a university scholarship to concentrate on music paid off when the duo became platinum-selling recording artists.
Career: Smith's charm swayed Quincy Jones and the NBC TV network to give him a starring role in The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, a series that ran for six years. In 1992, he made his film debut with Where the Day Takes You. Since then, he's enjoyed a steady string of box-office hits, including Bad Boys, Independence Day, Men in Black and its two sequels, and Ali, which gained him an Oscar nomination. Other projects include Enemy of the State, Six Degrees of Separation, I, Robot, I Am Legend, Seven Pounds and Hancock. His recent work includes Men in Black 3, After Earth, and new movie Focus.
Quote: 'Give me a problem, I'll give you a solution. I just love living. That's a feeling you can't fake. I'm glad every single day. I think that even the camera can feel that I'm a happy man.'
Trivia: He married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997. They have two children, Jaden and Willow.
Hugh Rycroft (Executive producer)