Tipping Point: Lucky Stars


6:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Wednesday, December 31 on ITV1 London +1 (35)

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About this Broadcast

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Season 10, Episode 8

Ben Shephard hosts as Olly Smith, Jo Brand and Vicky Pattison 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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Olly Smith (Contestant)
Jo Brand (Contestant)
Vicky Pattison (Contestant)
Kate Lownds (Executive producer)
Hugh Rycroft (Executive producer)
Sara Doyle (Executive producer)

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Did You Know..

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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.
Olly Smith (Contestant)
Jo Brand (Contestant)
Born: July 23, 1957 in Wandsworth, London
Best Known For: Acerbic gags about men.
Early-life: Born Josephine Grace Brand in Wandsworth, London, on July 23, 1957. She grew up in a village near Tunbridge Wells. Her father was a civil engineer and her mother a social worker. She has a brother called Matt. Jo was heading for Oxbridge, but rebelled and left home at 16 for a boyfriend her parents didn't approve of. When the relationship broke up, she trained as a nurse. Her first job was in a Dr Barnardo's home, but she ended up working in psychiatric units in London hospitals.
Career: Brand's sense of humour kept her going while dealing with difficult cases at work. She began doing stand-up at London clubs in the mid-1980s and eventually gave up nursing to concentrate on comedy. She was shortlisted for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival before landing her own comedy show, Jo Brand Through the Cakehole. Since then she has regularly appeared on TV, including as a frequent guest on Have I Got News for You, Question Time and QI. She continues to do stand-up, performing at venues around the country. Brand also took part in Celebrity Fame Academy, and the reality shows Play It Again and Comic Relief Does The Apprentice. She enjoyed a bona fide hit as an actress and writer with dark medical comedy Getting On. She is a judge on ITV reality series Splash!
Quote: "Anything is good if it's made of chocolate."
Trivia: Brand has written a number of hugely popular books.
Vicky Pattison (Contestant)
Born: November 16, 1987 in Newcastle upon Tyne
Best Known For: Geordie Shore.
Early-life: Victoria Pattison was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on November 16, 1987. Before finding fame on the small screen, Vicky worked on the doors of some clubs in Newcastle and in telesales. She studied drama at Liverpool John Moores University.
Career: Pattison's big break came in 2011 when she joined the cast of reality show Geordie Shore. She stayed with the show until the final episode of series nine. Away from TV, she has released her own fitness DVD, launched her own fashion range called VIP for Honeyz, and published her autobiography. In 2014, she started appearing in the reality show Ex on the Beach.
Quote: "Being a size six is liberating."
Trivia: Pattinson has modelled for a number of magazines, including Loaded and Nuts.
Richard van't Riet (Director)
Kate Lownds (Executive producer)
Hugh Rycroft (Executive producer)
Sara Doyle (Executive producer)

Before / After

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The Chase
7:00 pm