Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Arlene Phillips and Anton Du Beke
11:00 am - 12:15 pm, Wednesday, August 19 on Challenge (48)
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Arlene Phillips and Anton Du Beke
Season 2, Episode 3
Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke takes on one of the show's former judges, Arlene Phillips, in a search for potentially profitable antiques. Beginning in West Yorkshire, their route takes in a traditional clog-making business and a trip to Blackpool Tower, before finishing at an auction in Liverpool. Along the way, they receive expert advice from Charles Hanson and James Braxton
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Antiques/Collectibles
Leisure Hobbies
Cast & Crew
Anton Du Beke
(Contestant)
Arlene Phillips
(Contestant)
Amanda Reilly
(Producer)
Paul Tucker
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Anton Du Beke
(Contestant)
Arlene Phillips
(Contestant)
Born:
May 22, 1943
in
Manchester
Best Known For:
Her work as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing
Early-life:
Arlene Phillips was born on May 22, 1943 in Manchester. At 15 her mother died from Leukaemia and a few years later she lost her father to Alzheimer's. She moved to London in her mid teens and started teaching dance. She got her big break as a home help for Ridley Scott. She used to clean and look after his son Jake (now also a film-maker). One day while working on an ice-cream commercial he needed a choreographer and asked her to help out with the dance routine. By the 1970s she stirred up controversy for choregographing the sexy dance routines with Hot Gossip on Kenny Everett's TV show. That incurred the wrath of Mary Whitehouse and turned the group into front page news.
Career:
From the 1980s onwards, Phillips was rarely out of work, choreographing videos for Elton John and Duran Duran, as well as high profile films such as Annie and Monty Python's Meaning of Life. In 1984 she re-teamed with Ridley Scott for the fantasy epic Legend, and also worked with him and brother Tony Scott on a string of high profile adverts. She attracted a new wave of fans as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing. She was also one of the brains behind ITV's Britannia High; choreographed Flashdance the Musical and launched a range of jewellery on QVC.
Quote:
On advising dancers, she says: 'Make sure your body is in good shape and is strong enough and you have enough styles to meet the demands of the choreographer. Your body is your future. Make sure you take care of it.'
Trivia:
Phillips choreographed Engelbert Humperdinck's performance for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.
Amanda Reilly
(Producer)
Paul Tucker
(Executive producer)
