Tipping Point: Lucky Stars


3:15 pm - 4:15 pm, Sunday, July 19 on ITV1 London +1 (35)

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About this Broadcast

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Season 10, Episode 1

Ben Shephard hosts as John Barnes, Charlotte Church and Stephen Bailey 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


HD subtitles repeat 16x9
Game Show/Quiz/Contest Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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John Barnes (Contestant)
Charlotte Church (Contestant)
Stephen Bailey (Contestant)
Kate Lownds (Executive producer)
Hugh Rycroft (Executive producer)
Sara Doyle (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.
John Barnes (Contestant)
Charlotte Church (Contestant)
Born: February 21, 1986 in Llandaff, Cardiff
Best Known For: Her voice and boozy nights out.
Early-life: Born Charlotte Maria Reed on February 21, 1986, in Llandaff, Cardiff. She was raised by her mother Maria and stepfather James Church. Her first public performance was at the age of three, when she sang the Ghostbusters theme with her cousin at a holiday camp. Her big break came when she was 10 when she performed Ave Maria over the phone on ITV daytime magazine This Morning. She subsequently was invited into the studio to sing again. She later appeared on Jonathan Ross's The Big, Big Talent show, and wowed the audience.
Career: Church's first album, Voice of an Angel, was released in November 1998 and went on to sell 600,000 copies. It made Church the youngest ever artist to top the classical chart. She also performed live for various VIPs such as Bill Clinton, the Pope and Nelson Mandela. In 2000, following the release of her second album, entitled Charlotte Church, she sacked manager Jonathan Shalit and replaced him with her mother. She then decided to change direction and moved into more mainstream music. Her first pop album, Tissues and Issues, was released in 2005. She's also branched out into acting with movie I'll Be There and enjoyed success as a TV host on Channel 4's Charlotte Church Show. She released her sixth studio album, Back to Scratch, in 2010.
Quote: 'I just love food and hate the gym, and that seems to be a pretty curvy combination.'
Trivia: Church performed at the University of Wolverhampton freshers fair in September 2013.
Stephen Bailey (Contestant)
Richard van't Riet (Director)
Kate Lownds (Executive producer)
Hugh Rycroft (Executive producer)
Sara Doyle (Executive producer)

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