Tipping Point: Lucky Stars


4:50 pm - 5:55 pm, Monday, December 22 on ITV1 London (3)

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About this Broadcast

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Season 9, Episode 1

Ben Shephard hosts as Christopher Biggins, Rosemary Shrager and Gareth Chilcott 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 16x9 repeat
Game Show/Quiz/Contest Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Rosemary Shrager (Contestant)
Gareth Chilcott (Contestant)
Sara Doyle (Executive producer)
Kate Lownds (Executive producer)
Hugh Rycroft (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.
Christopher Biggins (Contestant)
Best Known For: His outlandish personality.
Early-life: Christopher Kenneth Biggins was born in Oldham, Lancashire, on December 16, 1948, but grew up in Salisbury, Wiltshire. He took elocution lessons as a child and dreamed of becoming a vicar, a chef or an actor. He decided to concentrate on acting after playing the lead role in a local amateur dramatics production. The reviews were so good, he was offered a position with a repertory theatre company - and hasn't looked back since.
Career: Biggins made his TV debut in a 1971 episode of sitcom Doctor at Large, and has been making audiences laugh ever since. There have been forays into drama with the likes of I, Claudius, The Duchess of Duke Street, Poldark and Upstairs, Downstairs, but his gregarious nature has been put to good use in a variety of comedies. Among his most famous projects are Porridge, Rentaghost, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Cluedo and Psychoville. He was also a co-host on Cilla Black's Surprise Surprise. Biggins won the 2007 series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! His most recent big-screen credit is the critically panned Britflick Run For Your Wife, and he continues to appear on stage in both plays and panto.
Quote: "I'm perfectly happy being me, thank you, and I happen to know that I am afforded enormous respect from everybody I know."
Trivia: Biggins and his partner, Neil Sinclair, formed a civil partnership in 2006.
Rosemary Shrager (Contestant)
Born: January 21, 1952 in London
Best Known For: Her strict discipline on reality show Ladette to Lady.
Early-life: Rosemary was born on January 21, 1951, in London to Jewish parents. She kicked off her cooking career working for Pierre Koffmann and Jean-Christophe Novelli.
Career: Shrager was head chef at Amhuinnsuidhe Castle until 2002. She became known to TV audiences after appearances on Ladette to Lady and Soapstar Superchef. She has also appeared on the small screen in Rosemary: Queen of the Kitchen, Kitchen Showdown with Rosemary Shrager, and Rosemary Shrager's School for Cooks. She presents the cookery slot on The Alan Titchmarsh Show. In 2012, she was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Quote: "Britney Spears could benefit from coming to Ladette To Lady and learning how to take care of herself."
Trivia: Away from TV, Shrager has her own cookery school in Kent.
Gareth Chilcott (Contestant)
Richard van't Riet (Director)
Sara Doyle (Executive producer)
Kate Lownds (Executive producer)
Hugh Rycroft (Executive producer)