Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
5:35 pm - 6:35 pm, Sunday, April 19 on ITV1 London +1 (35)
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Season 8, Episode 5
Ben Shephard asks the questions as Shane Richie, the Rev Kate Bottley and Tom Read Wilson 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
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Cast & Crew
Ben Shephard
(Host)
Shane Richie
(Contestant)
The Rev Kate Bottley
(Contestant)
Tom Read Wilson
(Contestant)
Richard van't Riet
(Director)
Sara Doyle
(Executive producer)
Kate Lownds
(Executive producer)
Hugh Rycroft
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
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.
Shane Richie
(Contestant)
Born:
March 11, 1964
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Alfie Moon in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born Shane Patrick Roche on March 11, 1964, in Harlesden, north London. His dad was a dustman and the family struggled to make ends meet - they spent the first nine years of Shane's life living in an attic flat at a hostel for Turkish women, where his mum was a cleaner. He joined an amateur theatre group in his teens and left school at 16 to become a DJ in Plymouth, but the job fell through and he ended up living rough.
Career:
Shane lied about his age to get a job as a bluecoat entertainer in Pontins holiday camps, then played the alternative comedy circuit where he was noticed by the BBC. They cast him in short-lived sketch shows such as You Gotta Be Joking, and Up To Something. Daytime show Win, Lose or Draw followed before he got his big break with ITV's Lucky Numbers. His own show, The Shane Richie Experience, was a flop, but he had more success on stage in musicals Grease and Boogie Nights. Richie made his EastEnders debut in 2002 and soon became a firm favourite with fans. During a break from Albert Square, he played the lead role in one series of revamped comedy drama Minder.
Quote:
'Even now, to this day, if it all goes belly-up and I had to make a living, I would go back to Pontins.'
Trivia:
He is a patron of the Huntington's Disease Association.
The Rev Kate Bottley
(Contestant)
Tom Read Wilson
(Contestant)
Richard van't Riet
(Director)
Sara Doyle
(Executive producer)
Kate Lownds
(Executive producer)
Hugh Rycroft
(Executive producer)
