Celebrity Catchphrase: Celebrity Catchphrase: Christmas Special 2016
3:30 pm - 4:35 pm, Wednesday, December 24 on ITV2 (6)
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Celebrity Catchphrase: Christmas Special 2016
Season 1, Episode 1
Stephen Mulhern hosts a festive special of the guessing game, challenging presenter Carol Vorderman, musical theatre star Michael Ball and actress Michelle Collins to see it and say it. Thousands of pounds for charity is up for grabs as the contestants compete to identify a series of well-known phrases
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Cast & Crew
Stephen Mulhern
(Host)
Carol Vorderman
(Contestant)
Michael Ball
(Contestant)
Michelle Collins
(Contestant)
Gary Chippington
(Executive producer)
Geraldine Dowd
(Director)
Ed Egan
(Series producer)
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Did You Know..
Stephen Mulhern
(Host)
Born:
April 04, 1977
in
Minehead
Best Known For:
Presenting various ITV shows.
Early-life:
Stephen Daniel Mulhern was born in Minehead on April 4, 1977 to Maureen and Christopher. He has two older brothers and a younger sister. He started to learn about magic when he was 14 and his first break as an entertainer came when he performed his magic show at Butlins when he was 17. It led to him being offered a job as a Redcoat at Minehead. His first taste of TV began in 1998 as a CITV presenter. He went on to co-host Finger Tips with Fearne Cotton and Naomi Wilkinson, children's show Tricky TV and Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown with Holly Willoughby.
Career:
Mulhern moved on to more adult fare in 2006 when he hosted ITV2 spin-off Dancing on Ice: Defrosted. Since then, he has been involved with ITV2 spin-off Britain's Got More Talent, game show Magic Numbers, The Big Quiz, Big Star's Little Star and Sunday Side Up. Since 2013, he has presented a revived version of ITV game show Catchphrase. He has also appeared in a number of pantomimes. In 2012, he began co-presenting a Sunday breakfast show on Heart radio alongside Emma Willis.
Quote:
"I wanted to be the new Paul Daniels," he says. "I wanted to have that show where the best and biggest acts from around the world would do a couple of tricks and I'd introduce them."
Trivia:
Mulhern has released a number of children's magic sets, toured the UK with Stephen's Mega Mad Magic Show and performed his magic act in front of the Queen at a Royal Variety Performance.
Carol Vorderman
(Contestant)
Born:
December 24, 1960
in
Bedford
Best Known For:
Doing the sums on Countdown.
Early-life:
Carol Jean Vorderman was born in Bedford on December 24, 1960, to a Welsh mother and a Dutch father who split up when she was a baby; her mother then took her children (Carol has a brother) back to her hometown of Prestatyn, where they grew up. Carol knew little about her father's early life until she appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? where she learned he had been in the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War - he died while the programme was being made. She studied engineering at Cambridge. It was her mum who put her name forward for Countdown after spotting an advert looking for women with a flair for maths.
Career:
Vorderman got the Countdown job, the first show broadcast on Channel 4 in 1982. She was initially one of four female presenters, but the other women were gradually phased out, leaving her as Richard Whiteley's co-host. Vorderman was soon in demand as a presenter on other TV shows, appearing on the likes of Tomorrow's World, How 2, Stars and Their Lives and Better Homes, but throughout continued to appear on Countdown. She announced she was leaving the show in 2008, after bosses reportedly asked her to take a 90 per cent pay cut. She has also been involved in a task force to improve numeracy skills in schools, and until July 2014 co-host of ITV's Loose Women.
Quote:
"All my life, I have been used to dusting myself down and just getting on with it."
Trivia:
Vorderman has hosted the Pride of Britain Awards on ITV since 1999.
Michael Ball
(Contestant)
Michelle Collins
(Contestant)
Born:
May 28, 1961
in
Hackney, London
Best Known For:
Playing Cindy Beale in EastEnders and Stella Price in Coronation Street.
Early-life:
Born Michelle Danielle Collins on May 28, 1961, in Hackney, London. When Collins was a baby, her father walked out, leaving her mother to bring up two daughters. Collins dreamed of becoming an actress, but didn't do anything about it until the age of 16 when her best friend Kate died of a heart attack. Suddenly life seemed short, and Collins set about getting onto a drama course.
Career:
A self-confessed workaholic, her first professional job was as a backing singer for Mari Wilson, which she followed up by appearing in a Squeeze video. She made several minor TV appearances before joining EastEnders in 1988. Since quitting her role as Cindy Beale in the BBC soap she has starred in numerous other major TV shows - including Sunburn (she also released the theme tune as a single), Real Women, Ella and the Mothers, Daylight Robbery, Rock Rivals and Getting Out. She joined the cast of Coronation Street in 2011, playing Stella Price, the landlady of the Rovers Return, but left three years later. She's since appeared in Casualty.
Quote:
"I'm not too beautiful, I'm not too ugly. I'm normal, and I think other women find me accessible."
Trivia:
Away from showbusiness, she is a committed supporter of Oxfam and has travelled to various countries to witness the charity's work in action.
Gary Chippington
(Executive producer)
Geraldine Dowd
(Director)
Ed Egan
(Series producer)
