Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh
07:30 am - 09:25 am, Saturday, March 28 on ITV1 London (3)
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Alan is joined at Manor Farm by actress Sarah Parish and singer Peter Andre. He also catches up with the zebras currently residing in Warwickshire, while a couple of llamas make quite an impression. Plus, advice on reviving houseplants after the winter months
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Alan Titchmarsh
(Presenter)
Born:
May 02, 1949
in
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Best Known For:
Ground Force and various chat shows.
Early-life:
Alan Fred Titchmarsh was born in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, on May 2, 1949. His love of gardening began while helping his grandfather on his allotment. He left school at 15 with an O-level in art and worked as an apprentice gardener at Ilkley Parks Department while studying for a City & Guilds in horticulture. He then studied at Oaklands College, Hertfordshire, before gaining a diploma at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew.
Career:
Titchmarsh moved into editing gardening books, writing and broadcasting, and had a stint as a host on Pebble Mill at One on BBC One in the 1990s. He joined Gardeners' World as the main host in 1996 and Ground Force began a year later. After writing a number of horticultural books, he turned to writing novels. His first one, Only Dad, was published in 2001. More novels, gardening books and three biographies followed. He's also hosted the Proms, various series for Radio 2 and Classic FM and Love Your Garden. Despite retiring from The Alan Titchmarsh Show in 2014, he kept busy with writing and presenting commitments. TV shows he has presented since include Britain's Best Back Gardens, Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh and Love Your Home.
Quote:
'I am partly to blame for the decking boom, and I am sorry, I know it's everywhere these days.'
Trivia:
He was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List in 1999 and has an honorary DSc from the University of Bradford.
Sarah Parish
(Guest)
Born:
June 07, 1968
in
Yeovil, Somerset
Best Known For:
Cutting It and Mistresses.
Early-life:
Sarah Parish was born on June 7, 1968, in Yeovil, Somerset. Her parents were both keen on amateur dramatics. She made her first stage appearance at the age of two in a local pantomime, and claims she was immediately hooked on acting. Parish then enrolled in dance classes and attended a youth theatre group throughout her school years. She went on to train at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London.
Career:
Parish took small roles in various projects to gain experience. She first came to the nation's attention while appearing in a Boddington's TV advert. In 1998, she had a regular role as a receptionist in Peak Practice, and made her film debut a year later in Parting Shots. Since then she's appeared in a string of high-profile TV programmes, including Hearts and Bones, Cutting It, Sirens, Trust, Unconditional Love, Blackpool, Doctor Who, ShakespeaRe-told, Mistresses, Merlin, The Pillars of the Earth, Monroe, Hatfields & McCoys, and Atlantis. She also appeared in big-screen romantic comedies The Wedding Date and The Holiday.
Quote:
'In this business you can be flavour of the month. People might love me this year and then next year just think they have had enough of me.'
Trivia:
She set up a charity, the Murray Parish Trust, with her husband James Murray in memory of their first daughter, who died of congenital heart failure at eight months old.
Peter Andre
(Guest)
Born:
February 27, 1973
in
Harrow, London
Best Known For:
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! and his own reality shows on ITV2.
Early-life:
Born Peter Jay Andrea on February 27, 1973, in Harrow, London. His Greek-Cypriot parents moved their family to Australia's Gold Coast in 1979. He has four older brothers and a sister. He became interested in music at an early age, particularly the songs of Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson, and Smokey Robinson. He wrote his first song, Dream a Little, at the age of 13 with one of his brothers and began entering local talent competitions.
Career:
At 16, Andre auditioned for the Australian version of talent show New Faces. He was turned down, but returned 12 months later, won the series and was offered a recording contract live on air. He won various awards, before being offered the chance to tour Britain with Madonna and Bobby Brown. This led to him releasing singles in the UK. He went on to achieve his dream of appearing at Wembley Stadium. When the hits dried up, he concentrated on songwriting. Andre's appearance on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! in 2004 brought him back to the nation's attention, and he's since relaunched his singing career. In August 2015, it was announced that he would be a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
'I hate feet, they're disgusting. What are they even for?'
Trivia:
Andre has appeared on a number of fly-on-the-wall reality shows since 2005, first with his then-wife Katie Price and then on his own after they separated.
